[Federal Register Volume 77, Number 166 (Monday, August 27, 2012)]
[Notices]
[Page 51763]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2012-21091]



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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

RIN 0648-XC173


Endangered and Threatened Species; Take of Anadromous Fish

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

ACTION: Issuance of a scientific research permit.

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SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that NMFS has issued Permit 14513 to 
Dr. Stephanie Carlson of University of California, Berkeley.

ADDRESSES: The approved application for the permit is available on the 
Applications and Permits for Protected Species (APPS), https://apps.nmfs.noaa.gov Web site by searching the permit number within the 
Search Database page. The application, issued permit and supporting 
documents are also available upon written request or by appointment: 
Protected Resources Division, NMFS, 777 Sonoma Avenue, Room 325, Santa 
Rosa, California 95404 (ph: (707) 575-6097, fax: (707) 578-3435).

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jeffrey Jahn at 707-575-6097, or 
email: [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Authority

    The issuance of permits and permit modifications, 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 and modifications are issued in accordance with 
and are subject to the ESA and NMFS regulations (50 CFR parts 222-226) 
governing listed fish and wildlife permits.

Species Covered in This Notice

    This notice is relevant to federally endangered Central California 
Coast coho salmon (Oncorhyncus kisutch), threatened Southern Oregon/
Northern California Coast coho salmon (O. kisutch), threatened Central 
California Coast steelhead (O. mykiss), threatened Northern California 
steelhead (O. mykiss), and threatened California Coastal Chinook Salmon 
(O. tshawytscha).

Permit 14513

    A notice of the receipt of an application for a scientific research 
permit (14513) was published in the Federal Register on December 8, 
2010 (75 FR 76400-76401). After publication of the notice of receipt, 
Dr. Carlson expanded her research program to include study sites in the 
Eel River watershed. Since the Eel River watershed and associated take 
of salmon and steelhead were not included in the previous application 
that already went through the public comment period, NMFS published 
another notice of receipt in the Federal Register on June 7, 2012 (77 
FR 33717-33718).
    Permit 14513 is for research to be conducted in the Lagunitas Creek 
watershed in Marin County, the Pescadero Creek watershed in San Mateo 
County, and the Eel River watershed in Humboldt and Mendocino counties, 
California. The main purpose of the research is to conduct research on, 
and monitor salmon populations in these watersheds. Permit 14513 
authorizes capturing (backpack electrofisher, traps, seine, dip net, 
hook and line), observing (snorkel surveys), anesthetizing, handling 
(identify, measure, weigh), marking (Passive Integrated Transponder 
tags, fin clips), sample (scales, gastric lavage, otolith), and release 
of Central California Coast (CCC) coho salmon, Southern Oregon/Northern 
California Coast (SONCC) coho salmon, Central California Coast (CCC) 
steelhead, Northern California (NC)steelhead, and California Coastal 
(CC) Chinook Salmon, henceforth referred to as ESA-listed salmonids.
    Permit 14513 authorizes non-lethal take and low levels of 
unintentional lethal take of ESA-listed salmonids, as well as adult 
carcasses of these species. Permit 14513 does not authorize any lethal 
take of ESA-listed salmonids except for a limited number of moribund 
CCC steelhead that may occur in Pescadero Creek.

    Dated: August 22, 2012.
Dwayne Meadows,
Acting Chief, Endangered Species Division, Office of Protected 
Resources, National Marine Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 2012-21091 Filed 8-24-12; 8:45 am]
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