[Federal Register Volume 78, Number 87 (Monday, May 6, 2013)]
[Notices]
[Page 26323]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2013-10540]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

RIN 0648-XC078


Endangered Species; File No. 17183

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

ACTION: Issuance of permit.

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SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that Raymond Carthy, Ph.D., University 
of Florida, Florida Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit, 117 
Newins-Ziegler Hall, P.O. Box 110450, Gainesville, FL 32611, has been 
issued a permit to take green (Chelonia mydas), loggerhead (Caretta 
caretta), hawksbill (Eretmochelys imbricata), and Kemp's ridley 
(Lepidochelys kempii) sea turtles for purposes of scientific research.

ADDRESSES: The permit and related documents are available for review 
upon written request or by appointment in the following offices:
    Permits and Conservation Division, Office of Protected Resources, 
NMFS, 1315 East-West Highway, Room 13705, Silver Spring, MD 20910; 
phone (301) 427-8401; fax (301) 713-0376; and
    Southeast Region, NMFS, 263 13th Ave South, St. Petersburg, FL 
33701; phone (727) 824-5312; fax (727) 824-5309.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Colette Cairns or Amy Hapeman, (301) 
427-8401.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On July 2, 2012, notice was published in the 
Federal Register (77 FR 39220) that a request for a scientific research 
permit to take green, loggerhead, hawksbill, and Kemp's ridley sea 
turtles had been submitted by the above-named individual. 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).
    Dr. Carthy has been issued a five-year permit to continue long-term 
research on the demographics and movements of green, loggerhead, 
hawksbill, and Kemp's ridley sea turtles off the northwest coast of 
Florida. Researchers are authorized to capture sea turtles annually by 
strike net, tangle net, dip net or hand capture. Captured sea turtles 
may be measured, weighed, passive integrated transponder tagged, 
flipper tagged, epibiota sampled, tissue sampled, blood sampled, 
gastric lavaged, carapace marked, photographed, and released. A subset 
of sea turtles may be fitted with telemetry tags--either a satellite 
tag or an acoustic tag with an accelerometer.
    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 such endangered or threatened 
species, and (3) is consistent with the purposes and policies set forth 
in section 2 of the ESA.

    Dated: April 30, 2013.
P. Michael Payne,
Chief, Permits and Conservation Division, Office of Protected 
Resources, National Marine Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 2013-10540 Filed 5-3-13; 8:45 am]
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