[Federal Register Volume 70, Number 205 (Tuesday, October 25, 2005)]
[Notices]
[Page 61606]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 05-21303]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

[I.D. 071105E]


Endangered Species; File No. 1475

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 the Florida Fish and Wildlife 
Conservation Commission (FFWCC), Florida Marine Research Institute 
(Richard E. Matheson, Principal Investigator), 1481 Market Circle, Unit 
1, Port Charlotte, FL 33953 has been issued a permit to take smalltooth 
sawfish, Pristis pectinata, 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, Saint Petersburg, 
Florida 33701; phone (727)824-5312; fax (727)824-5309.

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

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On May 21, 2004, notice was published in the 
Federal Register (69 FR 29274) that a request for a scientific research 
permit to take smalltooth sawfish had been submitted by the above-named 
organization. On January 26, 2005, notice was published in the Federal 
Register (70 FR 3682) that a request to amend the permit application to 
include takes of loggerhead (Caretta caretta), Kemp's ridley 
(Lepidochelys kempii),green (Chelonia mydas), hawksbill (Eretmochelys 
imbricata) and leatherback (Dermochelys coriacea) turtles. 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).
    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: October 20, 2005.
Stephen L. Leathery,
Chief, Permits, Conservation and Education Division, Office of 
Protected Resources, National Marine Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 05-21303 Filed 10-24-05; 8:45 am]
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