[Federal Register Volume 71, Number 216 (Wednesday, November 8, 2006)]
[Notices]
[Pages 65470-65471]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E6-18868]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

[I.D. 103006A]


Endangered Species; File No. 1547

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 New York State Department of 
Environmental Conservation (Kathryn Hattala, Principal Investigator), 
21 South Putt Corners Road; New Paltz, NY 12561 has been issued a 
permit to conduct scientific research on shortnose sturgeon (Acipenser 
brevirostrum).

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ADDRESSES: The permit and related documents are available for review 
upon written request or by appointment in the following offices:
    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
    Northeast Region, NMFS, One Blackburn Drive, Gloucester, MA 01930-
2298; phone (978) 281-9328; fax (978) 281-9394.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Malcolm Mohead or Carrie Hubard, (301) 
713-2289.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On August 08, 2005, notice was published in 
the Federal Register (70 FR 45701) that a request for a scientific 
research permit to take shortnose sturgeon had been submitted by the 
New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (NYSDEC). 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).
    In order to evaluate seasonal movement of shortnose sturgeon in 
Haverstraw and Newburgh Bays of the Hudson river, the NYSDEC is 
authorized annually to capture a maximum of 500 adult and juvenile 
shortnose sturgeon with gill nets, and to measure, weigh, scan for 
tags, insert passive integrated transponder tags and Carlin tags (if 
untagged) and then release.
    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 the endangered species which is the 
subject of this permit, and (3) is consistent with the purposes and 
policies set forth in section 2 of the ESA.

    Dated: November 2, 2006.
P. Michael Payne,
Chief, Permits, Conservation and Education Division, Office of 
Protected Resources, National Marine Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. E6-18868 Filed 11-7-06; 8:45 am]
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