[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 79 (Monday, April 25, 2016)]
[Notices]
[Page 24063]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2016-09532]


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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: Notice; issuance of permit modification.

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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 modification to scientific research Permit No. 17183-01.

ADDRESSES: The modification and related documents are available for 
review upon written request or by appointment in the 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.

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

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On July 29, 2015, notice was published in 
the Federal Register (80 FR 45204) that a modification of Permit No. 
17183, issued April 24, 2013 (78 FR 26323), had been requested by the 
above-named individual. The requested 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 
222-226).
    Permit No. 17183-01 authorizes Dr. Carthy to continue long-term 
research on the demographics and movements of green (Chelonia mydas), 
loggerhead (Caretta caretta), hawksbill (Eretmochelys imbricata), and 
Kemp's ridley (Lepidochelys kempii) sea turtles off the northwest coast 
of Florida. Researchers are authorized to capture sea turtles annually 
by hand or strike, tangle or dip net and have the following procedures 
performed before release: Measure; weigh; epibiota sample; biological 
sampling, marking; photograph. A subset of sea turtles also may be 
fitted with telemetry tags--either a satellite tag or an acoustic tag 
with an accelerometer. This modification (No. 2): (1) Increases the 
number of Kemp's ridley sea turtles captured annually; and (2) allows a 
larger subset of green and Kemp's ridley sea turtles to be tagged. The 
permit is valid through April 17, 2018.
    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 such endangered or threatened 
species, and (3) is consistent with the purposes and policies set forth 
in section 2 of the ESA.

    Dated: April 20, 2016.
Julia Harrison,
Chief, Permits and Conservation Division, Office of Protected 
Resources, National Marine Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 2016-09532 Filed 4-22-16; 8:45 am]
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