[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 105 (Thursday, May 30, 1996)] [Notices] [Pages 27052-27053] From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov] [FR Doc No: 96-13453] ----------------------------------------------------------------------- DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE [I.D. 051396G] Marine Mammals; Permit No. 927 (P79I)
Agency
National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Commerce.
Action
Receipt of application for modification.
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Summary
Notice is hereby given that the Institute of Marine Science, University of California, Santa Cruz, CA 95064 (Principal Investigators: Daniel P. Costa and Michael E. Goebel) has requested a modification to permit no. 927.
Dates
Written comments must be received on or before July 1, 1996.
Addresses
The modification request and related documents are available for review upon written request or by appointment in the following office(s): Permits Division, Office of Protected Resources, NMFS, 1315 East- West
Highway, Room 13130, Silver Spring, MD 20910 (301/713-2289); and Alaska Region, NMFS, P.O. Box 21668, Juneau, AK 99802-1668 (907/ 586-7221). Written data or views, or requests for a public hearing on this request should be submitted to the Director, Office of Protected Resources, NMFS, 1315 East-West Highway, Room 13130, Silver Spring, MD 20910. Those individuals requesting a hearing should set forth the specific reasons why a hearing on this particular modification request would be appropriate. Concurrent with the publication of this notice in the Federal Register, NMFS is forwarding copies of this application to the Marine Mammal Commission and its Committee of Scientific Advisors.
Supplementary Information
The subject modification to permit no. 927, issued on June 17, 1994 (59 FR 32419) is requested under the authority of the Marine Mammal Protection Act of 1972, as amended (16 U.S.C. 1361 et seq.) and the Regulations Governing the Taking and Importing of Marine Mammals (50 CFR part 216). Permit no. 927, as amended on July 12, 1995, authorizes the permit holder to take northern fur seals (Callorhinus ursinus) in the following manner: Capture, flipper tag, sample, weigh, measure, mark and release up to 440 adult females and pups; an additional 400 male/ female pups for body composition and metabolic and energetic use studies; accidentally kill up to 6 annually; and inadvertently harass up to 69,080 during the conduct of these activities. The permit holder requests authorization to: Subsample an additional 30 pups used in the oxygen consumption and metabolic rate study; expand the capture dates from 1 September to 1 July; obtain 100 muscle samples and 8 pelts from sub-adult animals killed in the subsistence harvest or from other animals that die of nartural causes; subsample an additional 30 pups in the milk intake, metabolism, growth, condition and thermoregulation study of body composition; subsample 30 pups in the total blood volume study; and measure total blood volume in 50 adult females. No additional live animals are requested.
Dated: May 14, 1996. Ann D. Terbush, Chief, Permits and Documentation Division, Office of Protected Resources, National Marine Fisheries Service. [FR Doc. 96-13453 Filed 5-29-96; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 3510-22-F