[Federal Register Volume 68, Number 161 (Wednesday, August 20, 2003)]
[Notices]
[Pages 50125-50126]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 03-21368]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

[I.D. 080703D]


Endangered and Threatened Species; Take of Anadromous Fish

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and 
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Commerce.

ACTION: Issuance of 16 scientific research permits (1114, 1119, 1124, 
1134, 1152, 1194, 1379, 1403, 1406, 1410, 1421, 1422, 1423, 1426, 1427, 
) and six scientific research permit modifications (1290, 1291, 1322, 
1335, 1366, 1382).

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SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that on June 30, 2003, NMFS' Northwest 
Region issued the permits and permit modifications allowing researchers 
to take endangered and threatened species for purposes of scientific 
research and enhancement under the Endangered Species Act (ESA).

ADDRESSES: The applications and related documents are available for 
review in the following office, by appointment:
    Protected Resources Division, NOAA Fisheries, 525 NE Oregon Street, 
Suite 500, Portland, OR 97232-2737 (phone: 503-230-5400, fax: 503-230-
5435).

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Garth Griffin, Portland, Oregon 
(phone: (503) 231-2005, fax: (503) 230-5435, e-mail: 
[email protected]).

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

    Authority: Authority
    Issuance of permits and permit modifications, as required by the 
Endangered Species Act of 1973 (16 U.S.C. 1531-1543) (ESA), is based on 
a finding that such permits/modifications: (1) Are applied for in good 
faith; (2) would not operate to the disadvantage of the listed species 
which are the subject of the permits; and (3) are consistent with the 
purposes and policies set forth in section 2 of the ESA. Scientific 
research and enhancement permits are issued in accordance with and 
subject to Section 10(a)(1)(A) of the ESA and NMFS' regulations 
governing listed fish and wildlife permits (50 CFR parts 222-226). 
Authority to take listed species is subject to conditions set forth in 
the permits.

Species Covered in this Notice

    The listed species (evolutionarily significant units) covered by 
this notice are identified below and listed in the subsequent table by 
the numbers that precede each of them in the following list:

(1) Endangered upper Columbia River steelhead (Oncorhynchus mykiss)
(2) Endangered upper Columbia River Chinook Salmon (O. tshawytscha)
(3) Endangered Snake River sockeye salmon (O. nerka)
(4) Threatened Snake River fall chinook salmon (O. mykiss)
(5) Threatened Snake River spring/summer chinook salmon (O. mykiss)
(6) Threatened Snake River steelhead (O. mykiss)
(7) Threatened middle Columbia River steelhead (O. mykiss)
(8) Threatened lower Columbia River chinook salmon (Oncorhynchus 
mykiss)
(9) Threatened lower Columbia River steelhead (O. mykiss)
(10) Threatened lower Columbia River chum salmon (O. keta)
(11) Threatened upper Willamette River chinook salmon (O. mykiss)
(12) Threatened upper Willamette River steelhead (O. mykiss)
(13) Threatened Puget Sound chinook salmon (Oncorhynchus mykiss)
(14) Threatened Hood Canal summer chum (O. keta)
(15) Threatened Ozette lake sockeye salmon (O. nerka)
(16) Threatened Oregon coast coho salmon (O. kisutch)
(17) Threatened southern Oregon-northern California coast coho salmon 
(O. kisutch)

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                 Table 1. Twenty-two Scientific Research Permit Actions Affecting Threatened and Endangered Pacific Salmon and Steelhead
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                                                                       Affected                                               Federal Register notice of
                             Permit No.                              species/ESU                  Permittee                      application receipt
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1114...............................................................         1, 2          Washington Department of Fish and  April 2, 2003 (68 FR 15997)
                                                                                                                   Wildlife
1119...............................................................         1, 2             U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service        April 30, 2003 (68 FR
                                                                                                                                                  23107)
1124...............................................................      3, 4, 5          Idaho Department of Fish and Game  April 2, 2003 (68 FR 15997)
1134...............................................................      4, 5, 6           Columbia River Inter-Tribal Fish  April 2, 2003 (68 FR 15997)
                                                                                                                 Commission
1152...............................................................         5, 6     Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife  April 2, 2003 (68 FR 15997)
1194...............................................................      1, 2, 5         Northwest Fisheries Science Center        April 30, 2003 (68 FR
                                                                                                                                                  23107)
1205...............................................................     4, 5, 17         Oregon Department of Environmental        April 30, 2003 (68 FR
                                                                                                                    Quality                       23107)
1290...............................................................  1, 2, 4, 5,         Northwest Fisheries Science Center  April 2, 2003 (68 FR 15997)
                                                                            7, 8
1291...............................................................     1-5, 7-9                     U.S. Geological Survey  April 2, 2003 (68 FR 15997)
1322...............................................................  2, 4, 5, 8,         Northwest Fisheries Science Center  April 2, 2003 (68 FR 15997)
                                                                          10, 11
1335...............................................................     1, 2, 8,                        U.S. Forest Service        April 30, 2003 (68 FR
                                                                     11, 12, 16,                                                                  23107)
                                                                              17
1366...............................................................   1-6, 8, 9,       Oregon Cooperative Fish and Wildlife        April 30, 2003 (68 FR
                                                                              11                              Research Unit                       23107)
1379...............................................................       1-6, 8           Columbia River Inter-Tribal fish        April 30, 2003 (68 FR
                                                                                                                 Commission                       23107)
1382...............................................................            7                     U.S. Geological Survey        April 30, 2003 (68 FR
                                                                                                                                                  23107)
1403...............................................................      5, 6, 7         Northwest Fisheries Science Center        April 30, 2003 (68 FR
                                                                                                                                                  23107)
1406...............................................................         5, 6         Northwest Fisheries Science Center        April 30, 2003 (68 FR
                                                                                                                                                  23107)
1410...............................................................  1-12, 14-17         Northwest Fisheries Science Center        March 14, 2003 (68 FR
                                                                                                                                                  12342)
1421...............................................................         1-10             U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service        April 30, 2003 (68 FR
                                                                                                                                                  23107)
1422...............................................................      1, 2, 7                        U.S. Forest Service        April 30, 2003 (68 FR
                                                                                                                                                  23107)
1423...............................................................         1, 2             U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service        April 30, 2003 (68 FR
                                                                                                                                                  23107)
1426...............................................................            7            Bonneville Power Administration        April 30, 2003 (68 FR
                                                                                                                                                  23107)
1427...............................................................    8, 9, 11,         Oregon Department of Environmental        April 30, 2003 (68 FR
                                                                              12                                    Quality                       23107)
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    Dated: August 14, 2003.
Barbara Schroeder,
Acting Chief, Endangered Species Division, Office of Protected 
Resources, National Marine Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 03-21368 Filed 8-19-03; 8:45 am]
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