[Federal Register Volume 78, Number 141 (Tuesday, July 23, 2013)]
[Notices]
[Page 44096]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2013-17555]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

RIN 0648-XC372


Endangered Species; File No. 17381

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 Kristen Hart, Ph.D., United States 
Geological Survey, Southeast Ecological Science Center, 3205 College 
Avenue, Davie, FL 33314 has been issued a permit to take listed 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 December 5, 2012, notice was published in 
the Federal Register (77 FR 72326) that a request for a scientific 
research permit to take green (Chelonia mydas), loggerhead (Caretta 
caretta), hawksbill (Eretmochelys imbricata), and Kemp's ridley 
(Lepidochelys kempii) 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).
    The above-named individual has been granted a 5-year permit to 
continue long-term research on the demographics and movements of green, 
loggerhead, hawksbill, and Kemp's ridley sea turtles in Florida waters. 
Researchers may capture sea turtles by rodeo capture, cast net, tangle 
net, dip net or hand capture. Turtles may be weighed, measured, flipper 
tagged, passive integrated transponder tagged, blood sampled, tissue 
sampled, scute sampled, epibiota sampled, fecal sampled, undergo 
gastric lavage, temporarily carapace marked, photographed, and 
released. A subset of turtles may be fitted with some combination of up 
to three telemetry tags--e.g., satellite tag, acoustic transmitter, 
and/or accelerometer, --and tracked; upon recapture, these animals 
would have the tags removed.
    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: July 17, 2013.
P. Michael Payne,
Chief, Permits and Conservation Division, Office of Protected 
Resources, National Marine Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 2013-17555 Filed 7-22-13; 8:45 am]
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