[Federal Register Volume 70, Number 96 (Thursday, May 19, 2005)]
[Notices]
[Pages 28910-28911]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 05-10024]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

[I.D. 051605A]


Marine Mammals; File No. 881-1758

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

ACTION:  Issuance of permit.

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SUMMARY:  Notice is hereby given that Alaska SeaLife Center (ASLC), 301 
Railway Avenue, Seward, AK 99664, (Anne Hoover-Miller, Principal 
Investigator) has been issued a permit to conduct research on harbor 
seals (Phoca vitulina) in rehabilitation at the ASLC.

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, NMFS, 1315 East-West Highway, Room 13705, Silver Spring, MD 
20910; phone (301)713-2289; fax (301)713-0376; and

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    Alaska Region, NMFS, P.O. Box 21668, Juneau, AK 99802-1668; phone 
(907)586-7221; fax (907)586-7249.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Amy Sloan or Ruth Johnson, (301)713-
2289.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On December 29, 2004, notice was published 
in the Federal Register (69 FR 77997) that a request for a scientific 
research permit to take the species identified above had been submitted 
by the above-named organization. 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).
    This permit authorizes researchers to study growth, development, 
and health of harbor seals throughout their residency in the ASLC 
Rehabilitation Program. In addition to conducting standard 
rehabilitation practices, researchers will collect blood, fecal, and 
urine samples; collect body composition measurements using 
bioelectrical impedance and deuterium oxide; perform sodium bromide, 
Evan's blue dye, and nitrogen administration followed by post-
administration blood samples; conduct assimilation efficiency 
experiments to study metabolic development; and collect blubber 
biopsies to study fatty acid composition and contaminant loads. The 
permit has been issued for a five-year period.

    Dated: May 16, 2005.
Stephen L. Leathery,
Chief, Permits, Conservation and Education Division, Office of 
Protected Resources, National Marine Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 05-10024 Filed 5-18-05; 8:45 am]
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