[Federal Register Volume 69, Number 30 (Friday, February 13, 2004)]
[Notices]
[Pages 7206-7207]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 04-3278]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

[I.D. 020404C]


Endangered and Threatened Species; Take of Anadromous Fish

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

ACTION: Issuance of Permit.

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SUMMARY: NMFS has issued Permit 1408 to the California Department of 
Water Resources (DWR).

ADDRESSES: Copies of the permit may be obtained from the Protected 
Resources Division, NMFS, 650 Capitol Mall, Suite 8-300, Sacramento, CA 
95814.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Rosalie del Rosario at (916) 930-3614, 
or e-mail: [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This notice is relevant to federally 
endangered Sacramento River winter-run Chinook salmon (Oncorhynchus 
tshawytscha), threatened Central Valley spring-run Chinook salmon (O. 
tshawytscha), and threatened Central Valley steelhead (O. mykiss).

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Permit

    Permit 1408 was issued to DWR on December 23, 2003. The permit 
authorizes incidental take (by long-line gear) and release of ESA-
listed juvenile and adult Sacramento River winter-run Chinook salmon, 
Central Valley spring-run Chinook salmon, and Central Valley steelhead 
from San Pablo Bay, the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta, and the 
Sacramento River to River Mile 220. The project exclusively targets 
collection of migrating adult white sturgeon to study sturgeon swimming 
performance and behavior. Permit 1408 expires June 30, 2008. NMFS has 
determined that take levels authorized in the modified permit will not 
jeopardize listed salmon and steelhead nor result in the destruction or 
adverse modification of critical habitat where described.
    Issuance of this permit, as required by the ESA, was based on a 
finding that the permit: (1) was applied for in good faith; (2) will 
not operate to the disadvantage of the listed species which are the 
subject of the permit; and (3) is consistent with the purposes and 
policies set forth in section 2 of the ESA. This permit was issued in 
accordance with, and is subject to, 50 CFR part 222, the NMFS 
regulations governing listed species permits.

    Dated: February 5, 2004.
David O'Brien,
Acting Chief, Endangered Species Division, Office of Protected 
Resources, National Marine Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 04-3278 Filed 2-12-04; 8:45 am]
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