[Federal Register Volume 68, Number 174 (Tuesday, September 9, 2003)]
[Notices]
[Page 53141]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 03-22918]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

[I.D. 073103A]


Marine Mammals; File No. 550-1712

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

ACTION: Issuance of permit.

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SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that Bernd Wursig, Ph.D., Professor of 
Marine Biology, Professor of Wildlife and Fisheries Science, Director, 
Institute of Marine Life Sciences, Texas A&M University, 4700 Avenue U, 
Building 303, Galveston, TX 77551 has been issued a permit to take 
bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops truncatus) for purposes of scientific 
research.

ADDRESSES: The permit and related documents are available for review 
upon written request or by appointment in the following office(s):
    Permits, Conservation and Education Division, Office of Protected 
Resources, NOAA Fisheries, 1315 East-West Highway, Room 13705, Silver 
Spring, MD 20910; phone (301)713-2289; fax (301)713-0376; and
    Southeast Region, NOAA Fisheries, 9721 Executive Center Drive 
North, St. Petersburg, FL 33702-2432; phone (727)570-5301; fax 
(727)570-5320.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jill Lewandowski or Carrie Hubard, 
(301)713-2289.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On June 17, 2003, notice was published in 
the Federal Register (68 FR 35859) that a request for a scientific 
research permit to take bottlenose dolphins had been submitted by the 
above-named individual. The requested permit has been issued under the 
authority of the Marine Mammal Protection Act of 1972, as amended (16 
U.S.C. 1361 et seq.) and the Regulations Governing the Taking and 
Importing of Marine Mammals (50 CFR part 216).
    The purpose of the authorized research, as stated in the 
application, is to study the behavioral ecology of bottlenose dolphins 
in the Gulf of Mexico. Research will occur over a five-year period and 
focus specifically along the Texas and Louisiana coastlines.

    Dated: August 25, 2003.
Stephen L. Leathery,
Chief, Permits, Conservation and Education Division, Office of 
Protected Resources, NOAA Fisheries.
[FR Doc. 03-22918 Filed 9-8-03; 8:45 am]
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