[Federal Register Volume 70, Number 146 (Monday, August 1, 2005)]
[Notices]
[Page 44091]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 05-15143]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

[I.D. 071105A]


Endangered Species; File No. 1526

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

ACTION:  Notice; issuance of permit.

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SUMMARY:  Notice is hereby given that Andre Landry, Sea Turtle and 
Fisheries Ecology Research Lab, Texas A&M University at Galveston, 5007 
Avenue U, Galveston, TX 77553 has been issued a permit to take Kemp's 
ridley (Lepidochelys kempii), loggerhead (Caretta caretta), green 
(Chelonia mydas), and hawksbill (Eretmochelys imbricata) sea turtles 
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, NMFS, 1315 East-West Highway, Room 13705, Silver Spring, MD 
20910; phone (301)713-2289; fax (301)427-2521; and
    Southeast Region, NMFS, 263 13th Avenue South, St. Petersburg, FL 
33701; phone (727)824-5312; fax (727)824-5517.

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

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On April 25, 2005, notice was published in 
the Federal Register (70 FR 21178) that a request for a scientific 
research permit to take loggerhead, Kemp's ridley, hawksbill, and green 
sea turtles had been submitted by the above-named individual. The 
requested permit has been issued under the authority of the Endangered 
Species Act of 1973, as amended (ESA; 16 U.S.C. 1531 et seq.) and the 
regulations governing the taking, importing, and exporting of 
endangered and threatened species (50 CFR parts 222-226).
    Permit No. 1526 authorizes Dr. Landry to study Kemp's ridley, 
loggerhead, green, and hawksbill sea turtles in the Gulf of Mexico to 
identify their relative abundance over time; detect changes in sea 
turtle size composition; document movement and migration patterns; and 
determine the role of nearshore habitats in sea turtle survival.
    Issuance of this permit, as required by the ESA, was based on a 
finding that such permit (1) was applied for in good faith, (2) will 
not operate to the disadvantage of any endangered or threatened 
species, and (3) is consistent with the purposes and policies set forth 
in section 2 of the ESA.

    Dated: July 26, 2005.
Stephen L. Leathery,
Chief, Permits, Conservation and Education Division, Office of 
Protected Resources, National Marine Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 05-15143 Filed 7-29-05; 8:45 am]
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