[Federal Register Volume 72, Number 66 (Friday, April 6, 2007)]
[Notices]
[Page 17135]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E7-6484]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

[I.D. 040207B]


Endangered Species; File No. 1547-01

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

ACTION: Notice; issuance of permit modification.

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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, New York 12561, has been issued 
a modification to scientific research Permit Number 1547.

ADDRESSES: The permit modification 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) 427-2521; 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 Brandy Hutnak, (301) 
713-2289.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On February 23, 2007, notice was published 
in the Federal Register that a modification of Permit Number 1547, 
issued October 27, 2006, (71 FR 65470), had been requested by the above 
named organization. The requested permit modification has been granted 
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 
(Acipenser brevirostrum) in Haverstraw and Newburgh Bays of the Hudson 
River, the NYSDEC was previously 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. The 
applicant now proposes to collect soft fin-ray tissue samples from all 
captured shortnose sturgeon. The goal of the additional research would 
be to document and map the genetic identity of shortnose sturgeon in 
the Hudson River. The modification would run concurrently with the 
original permit until October 31, 2011.
    Issuance of this modification, 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: April 2, 2007.
P. Michael Payne,
Chief, Permits, Conservation and Education Division, Office of 
Protected Resources, National Marine Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. E7-6484 Filed 4-5-07; 8:45 am]
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