[Federal Register Volume 78, Number 125 (Friday, June 28, 2013)]
[Notices]
[Page 38952]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2013-15503]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

RIN 0648-XC518


Endangered Species; File No. 17506

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 Karen G. Holloway-Adkins, East 
Coast Biologists, Inc. P.O. Box 33715, Indialantic, FL 32903 has been 
issued a permit to take green (Chelonia mydas), loggerhead (Caretta 
caretta), hawksbill (Eretmochelys imbricata), Kemp's ridley 
(Lepidochelys kempii), and leatherback (Dermochelys coriaceae) 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: Amy Hapeman or Colette Cairns, (301) 
427-8401.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On February 28, 2013, notice was published 
in the Federal Register (78 FR 13642) that a request for a scientific 
research permit to take green, loggerhead, hawksbill, Kemp's ridley, 
and leatherback 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).
    Ms. Holloway-Adkins has been issued a 5-year research permit to 
continue to characterize the population of sea turtles that utilize the 
nearshore hard bottom reefs in Brevard County, FL. Green and loggerhead 
sea turtles would be captured, flipper and passive integrated 
transponder tagged, measured, weighed, tissue and blood sampled and 
photographed before release. A subset of green sea turtles may be 
stomach lavaged or have an acoustic transmitter attached to the 
carapace for tracking movements. Researchers are also authorized to 
count all sea turtle species during vessel surveys in the nearshore 
waters of Florida and Georgia.
    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: June 25, 2013.
P. Michael Payne,
Chief, Permits and Conservation Division, Office of Protected 
Resources, National Marine Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 2013-15503 Filed 6-27-13; 8:45 am]
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