[Federal Register Volume 70, Number 188 (Thursday, September 29, 2005)]
[Notices]
[Pages 56892-56893]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 05-19500]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

[I.D. 091305B]


Endangered and Threatened Species; Take of Anadromous Fish

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

ACTION:  Receipt of application for a scientific research/enhancement 
permit (1090) and request for comment.

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SUMMARY:  Notice is hereby given that NOAA Fisheries has received 
applications to grant permit to (Permit 1090), Mattole Salmon Group, 
Petrolia, CA. This permit would affect SONCC coho salmon (Oncorhynchus 
kisutch), California Coastal (CC) Chinook salmon (O. tshawytscha) and 
Northern California (NC) steelhead (O. mykiss) This document serves to 
notify the public of the availability of the permit application for 
review and comment before a final approval or disapproval is made by 
NMFS.

DATES:  Written comments on the permit application must be received at 
the appropriate address or fax number (see ADDRESSES) no later than 5 
p.m. Daylight Savings Time on October 31, 2005.

ADDRESSES:  Written comments on any of these renewal and modification 
request should be sent to the appropriate office as indicated below. 
Comments may also be sent via fax to the number indicated for the 
request. Comments will not be accepted if submitted via e-mail or the 
internet. The applications and related documents are available for 
review in the indicated office, by appointment: For Permit 1090: Steve 
Liebhardt, Protected Species Division, NOAA Fisheries, 1655 Heindon 
Road, Arcata, CA 95521 (ph: 707-825-5186, fax 707 825-4840)

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Steve Liebhardt at phone number (707-
825-5186), or e-mail: [email protected]

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

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Authority

    Issuance of permits, 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. Authority to take listed species is 
subject to conditions set forth in the permits. Permits are issued in 
accordance with and are subject to the ESA and NOAA Fisheries 
regulations governing listed fish and wildlife permits (50 CFR parts 
222-226).
    Those individuals requesting a hearing on an application listed in 
this notice should set out the specific reasons why a hearing on that 
application would be appropriate (see ADDRESSES). The holding of such a 
hearing is at the discretion of the Assistant Administrator for 
Fisheries, NOAA. All statements and opinions contained in the permit 
action summaries are those of the applicant and do not necessarily 
reflect the views of NOAA Fisheries.

Species Covered in This Notice

    This notice is relevant to the following threatened salmonid ESU: 
Southern Oregon/Northern California Coast (SONCC) coho salmon 
(Oncorhynchus kisutch), California Coastal (CC) Chinook salmon (O. 
tshawytscha) and Northern California (NC) steelhead (O. mykiss).

Permit Requests Received

Permit 1090

    Mattole Salmon Group (MSG) has requested a Permit 1090 for take of 
juvenile SONCC coho salmon, CC Chinook salmon, and NC steelhead to 
monitor and support salmonid populations by using the following 
techniques: (1) Downstream migrant trapping, 2) downriver rescue and 
rearing, (3) upriver rescue and rearing, (4) adult trapping, (5) 
spawner surveys, and (6) direct underwater observations. MSG has 
requested non-lethal take of 16,250 juvenile SONCC coho salmon, 31,000 
juvenile Chinook salmon, 105 adult Chinook salmon, and 76,250 juvenile 
steelhead. Up to 6,000 wild down-migrant Chinook salmon would be 
captured in the lower mainstem Mattole at river-mile 3.2 in MSG's 5' 
rotary-screw traps) for transfer to rearing ponds at MSG's adjacent 
Mill Creek rearing facility. Permit 1090 will expire August 1, 2010.

    Dated: September 23, 2005.
Angela Somma,
Chief, Endangered Species Division, Office of Protected Resources, 
National Marine Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 05-19500 Filed 9-28-05; 8:45 am]
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