Issuance of Permit for Marine Mammals

[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 237 (Thursday, December 10, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Page 68292]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-32815]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Fish and Wildlife Service


Issuance of Permit for Marine Mammals

    On August 26, 1998, a notice was published in the Federal Register, 
Vol. 63, No. 165, Page 45511-12, that an application had been filed 
with the Fish and Wildlife Service by Joseph Crawley for a permit (PRT-
001978) to import one polar bear (Ursus maritimus) trophy taken from 
the Lancaster Sound population, Canada prior to April 30, 1994 for 
personal use.
    Notice is hereby given that on October 23, 1998, as authorized by 
the provisions of the Marine Mammal Protection Act of 1972, as amended 
(16 U.S.C. 1361 et seq.) the Fish and Wildlife Service authorized the 
requested permit subject to certain conditions set forth therein.
    On August 26, 1998, a notice was published in the Federal Register, 
Vol. 63, No. 165, Page 45512, that an application had been filed with 
the Fish and Wildlife Service by Kurt von Besser for a permit (PRT-
001631) to import one polar bear (Ursus maritimus) trophy taken from 
the Viscount Melville population, Canada, taken prior to April 30, 
1994, for personal use.
    Notice is hereby given that on November 4, 1998, as authorized by 
the provisions of the Marine Mammal Protection Act of 1972, as amended 
(16 U.S.C. 1361 et seq.) the Fish and Wildlife Service authorized the 
requested permit subject to certain conditions set forth therein.
    On September 11, 1998, a notice was published in the Federal 
Register, Vol. 63, No. 176, Page 48751, that an application had been 
filed with the Fish and Wildlife Service by Ricardo E. Longoria for a 
permit (PRT-002446) to import one polar bear (Ursus maritimus) trophy 
taken from the McClintock Channel population, Canada, for personal use.
    Notice is hereby given that on November 4, 1998, as authorized by 
the provisions of the Marine Mammal Protection Act of 1972, as amended 
(16 U.S.C. 1361 et seq.) the Fish and Wildlife Service authorized the 
requested permit subject to certain conditions set forth therein.
    On September 17, 1998, a notice was published in the Federal 
Register, Vol. 63, No. 180, Page 49707, that an application had been 
filed with the Fish and Wildlife Service by George Gard for a permit 
(PRT-002693) to import one polar bear (Ursus maritimus) trophy taken 
from the Foxe Basin population, Canada prior to April 30, 1994 for 
personal use.
    Notice is hereby given that on November 10, 1998, as authorized by 
the provisions of the Marine Mammal Protection Act of 1972, as amended 
(16 U.S.C. 1361 et seq.) the Fish and Wildlife Service authorized the 
requested permit subject to certain conditions set forth therein.
    On September 23, 1998, a notice was published in the Federal 
Register, Vol. 63, No. 184, Page 50922, that an application had been 
filed with the Fish and Wildlife Service by Robert B. Ashton, Hanover, 
NH, for a permit (PRT-002869) to import a sport-hunted polar bear 
(Ursus maritimus) trophy, from the Southern Beaufort Sea population, 
Northwest Territories, Canada, for personal use.
    Notice is hereby given that on November 18, 1998, as authorized by 
the provisions of the Marine Mammal Protection Act of 1972, as amended 
(16 U.S.C. 1361 et seq.) the Fish and Wildlife Service authorized the 
requested permit subject to certain conditions set forth therein.
    Documents and other information submitted for these applications 
are available for review by any party who submits a written request to 
the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Office of Management Authority, 
4401 North Fairfax Drive, Rm 700, Arlington, Virginia 22203, phone 
(703) 358-2104 or Fax (703) 358-2281.

    Dated: December 4, 1998.
MaryEllen Amtower,
Acting Chief, Branch of Permits, Office of Management Authority.
[FR Doc. 98-32815 Filed 12-9-98; 8:45 am]
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