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Endangered and Threatened Species;
Take of Anadromous Fish
National Marine Fisheries
Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),
Commerce.
ACTION: Applications for five scientific
research permits.
AGENCY:
SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that
NMFS has received nine scientific
research permit application requests
relating to Pacific salmon. The proposed
research is intended to increase
knowledge of species listed under the
Endangered Species Act (ESA) and to
help guide management and
conservation efforts.
DATES: Comments or requests for a
public hearing on the applications must
be received at the appropriate address or
fax number (see ADDRESSES) no later
than 5 p.m. Pacific standard time on
June 21, 2007.
ADDRESSES: Written comments on the
applications should be sent to the
Protected Resources Division, NMFS,
1201 NE Lloyd Blvd., Suite 1100,
Portland, OR 97232–1274. Comments
may also be sent via fax to 503–230–
5441 or by e-mail to
resapps.nwr@NOAA.gov.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Garth Griffin, Portland, OR (ph.: 503–
231–2005, Fax: 503–230–5441, e-mail:
Garth.Griffin@noaa.gov). Permit
application instructions are available
from the address above.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Species Covered in This Notice
The following listed species are
covered in this notice:
Chinook salmon (Oncorhynchus
tshawytscha): endangered upper
Columbia River (UCR), threatened
Snake River (SR) spring/summer-run
(spr/sum), threatened Puget Sound (PS).
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Steelhead (O. mykiss): threatened
middle Columbia River (MCR),
threatened Snake River (SR), threatened
UCR, threatened PS.
Sockeye salmon (O. nerka):
endangered SR.
Authority
Scientific research permits are issued
in accordance with section 10(a)(1)(A)
of the ESA (16 U.S.C. 1531 et. seq) and
regulations governing listed fish and
wildlife permits (50 CFR 222–226).
NMFS issues permits based on findings
that such permits: (1) Are applied for in
good faith; (2) if granted and exercised,
would not operate to the disadvantage
of the listed species that are the subject
of the permit; and (3) are consistent
with the purposes and policy of section
2 of the ESA. The authority to take
listed species is subject to conditions set
forth in the permits.
Anyone requesting a hearing on an
application listed in this notice should
set out the specific reasons why a
hearing on that application would be
appropriate (see ADDRESSES). Such
hearings are held at the discretion of the
Assistant Administrator for Fisheries,
NMFS.
Applications Received
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Permit 1341 – Renewal
The Shoshone-Bannock Tribes
(Tribes) are seeking to renew and
modify their permit to take SR sockeye
salmon and SR spr/sum Chinook
salmon while conducting research
designed to estimate overwinter survival
and downstream migration survival and
timing with the goal of evaluating
various release strategies and
calculating smolt-to-adult return rates.
SR steelhead may also be taken. This
research would provide information on
the relative success of the Pettit and
Alturas Lakes sockeye salmon
reintroduction programs and thereby
benefit the listed fish by improving
those programs. Juvenile SR sockeye
salmon, spr/sum Chinook salmon, and
steelhead would be collected at Pettit
and Alturas Lakes, ID, using rotary
screw traps and weirs. The fish would
be sampled for biological information
and released or tagged with passive
integrated transponders and released. In
addition, to determine trap efficiencies,
a portion of the captured juvenile SR
sockeye salmon would be marked with
a small cut on their caudal fins, released
upstream of the traps, captured at the
traps a second time, and released. The
Tribes do not intend to kill any of the
fish being captured, but a small
percentage may die as an unintended
result of the research activities.
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Permit 1345 – Renewal
The WDFW is asking to renew its
permit to take adult and juvenile MCR
steelhead, UCR steelhead, UCR spring
Chinook salmon, SR steelhead, SR spr/
sum Chinook salmon, PS Chinook
salmon, and PS steelhead during the
course of Washington State’s annual
warmwater fish stock assessment
surveys. They are also asking to add a
study in the Cedar River that would
increase the number of PS Chinook
salmon they take. The purpose of the
warmwater surveys is to gather data on
the State’s fish species and thereby
allow the WDFW to manage them in the
best way possible. The research would
benefit listed fish by giving managers
more information on their abundance,
distribution, and health. The surveys
would be conducted using boat
electrofishing equipment in the
backwater sloughs, oxbow lakes, and
ponds associated with major river
systems throughout Washington State.
The purpose of the Cedar River study is
to monitor predation by trout and other
species on listed Chinook in the Cedar
River. The research would benefit listed
fish by helping managers set fishing
regulations in a manner that would
reduce predators and therefore
predation on the local PS Chinook
populations. This research, too, would
employ boat electrofishing.
Any juvenile listed salmonids
captured during the research would be
sampled for biological information and
immediately released. If adult listed
salmonids are seen, the electrofishing
equipment would be turned off and the
fish allowed to escape. The WDFW does
not intend to kill any of the fish being
captured, but a small percentage may
die as an unintended result of the
research activities.
Permit 1365 – Renewal
The Confederated Tribes of the
Umatilla Indian Reservation (CTUIR) are
seeking to modify and renew their
permit to annually take MCR steelhead
while conducting research designed to
(1) monitor and evaluate the species’
status and detect changes in salmonid
abundance, productivity, spatial
structure, and diversity; (2) determine if
recovery strategies are helping improve
natural production and viability in the
Walla Walla subbasin, Washington; and
(3) provide technical support for
salmonid planning and modeling. The
research would benefit MCR steelhead
by helping continuously update and
adapt subbasinwide recovery strategies
for the listed fish. The researchers plan
to capture the adult MCR steelhead
using a variety of techniques: barbless
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hook-and-line angling, trapping,
seining, and dip netting. Some of the
fish would simply be measured and
released, but some would also be fitted
with radio tags before being released.
These fish would then be tracked with
both permanent and mobile tracking
units to determine where in the
subbasin they go. The CTUIR does not
intend to kill any of the fish being
captured, but a small percentage may
die as an unintended result of the
research activities.
Permit 1423 – Renewal
The USFWS is seeking to renew and
modify its permit to annually take UCR
steelhead and UCR Chinook while
conducting research designed to
determine if there are any interactions
between wild and hatchery fish in terms
of disease transmission and to gather
baseline information on pathogen
presence in the local fish populations.
The research would take place in the
Methow and Entiat River subbasins,
Washington. The research would benefit
listed fish by increasing our knowledge
of disease presence and transmission in
the Upper Columbia River and thereby
help managers reduce the risks
associated with those diseases. The fish
would be captured using a variety of
methods: nets, traps, electrofishing, and
hook-and-line angling. The captured
fish would be killed and sampled for
pathogens.
Permit 1601
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
(USFWS) is requesting a 5–year research
permit to take juvenile PS Chinook
salmon and PS steelhead. The purpose
of this research is to document the
overall effectiveness of habitat
restoration projects in Thornton, Piper’s,
and Venema Creeks, Seattle, WA. The
goal is to help resource managers
determine which types of restoration
projects are most affective at mitigating
the effects of urbanization. The
information would be used to prioritize
restoration projects. The USFWS
proposes to capture fish in selected
habitats using the three-pass
electrofishing method. Block nets would
be placed at the upper and lower end of
a habitat site and three sequential passes
wold be conducted using a backpack
electrofishing unit. Listed fish would be
captured, enumerated, placed in aerated
containers, and held until the survey is
complete. The USFWS does not intend
to kill any of the fish being captured,
but a small number may die as an
unintended result of the activities.
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Permit 1605
Windward Environmental seeking a
5–year research permit to take juvenile
PS Chinook salmon and steelhead. The
purpose of the research is to
characterize chemical concentrations in
fish and crab tissues following activities
designed to remediate contaminated
sediments in the Lower Duwamish
Waterway and East Waterway Operable
Unit of the Harbor Island Superfund
Sites. The long-term goal is to help
determine if the remediation activities
have successfully reduced the
concentrations of chemical
contaminants in animal tissues. An
additional goal is to characterize the
Lower Duwamish Waterway
environment and determine if
contaminated sediments continue to
pose risks to the organisms living in it
and humans using it. The applicant
proposes to capture fish and crabs using
trawl nets and traps. Listed fish would
be captured, identified, enumerated,
and released. The applicant does not
intend to kill any listed species, but a
small number may die as an unintended
result of the activities.
Permit 1609
R2 Resource Consultants, Inc. is
requesting a 2–year research permit to
take juvenile PS Chinook salmon and
steelhead. The purpose of this study is
to determine the relative abundance of
juvenile salmonids and map their
distribution in the Sultan River, Puget
Sound, Washington. Information
gathered by this study would be used to
help develop the Henry M. Jackson
Hydroelectric Project management plan.
The study would thus help resource
managers design water management
strategies and habitat protection/
restoration projects to benefit
salmonids. The applicant proposes to
conduct snorkeling and electrofishing
surveys for juvenile salmonids.
Supplemental sampling may also be
conducted using minnow traps. The fish
would be captured, anesthetized,
measured, checked for hatchery marks,
allowed to recover, and released. The
applicant does not intend to kill any
listed species, but a small number may
die as an unintended result of the
activities.
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Permit 1611
The Confederated Tribes of Warm
Springs Reservation, Oregon (CTWSRO)
are seeking a 5–year permit to annually
capture MCR steelhead during the
course of research directed at non-listed
fall Chinook salmon in the lower
Deschutes River, Oregon. The
information gained from this action
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would be used to determine the status
of the fall Chinook stocks in the
Columbia River basin and that
information, in turn, would be used to
set appropriate harvest levels and
inform other management actions
relating to fall Chinook salmon both in
the United States and Canada. The
research would benefit listed steelhead
by helping reduce the number of them
being incidentally caught during
Chinook harvest. The CTWSRO would
capture the fish using an 8–inch (12.7
cm) stretch-mesh gillnet placed in the
lower Deschutes River (Rkm 32). Any
captured MCR steelhead would be
measured, assessed as to their
condition, and released immediately.
The CTWSRO does not intend to kill
any of the fish being captured, but a
small number may die as an unintended
result of the activities.
Permit 1612
Washington Trout is seeking a 5–year
permit to capture juvenile UCR Chinook
and steelhead during the course of
research designed to generate data on (1)
the relationships among physical and
ecological processes governing aquatic
food webs; (2) juvenile salmonid habitat
use, growth, and survival; and (3)
population structure and dynamics
among resident salmonids reintroduced
to the influence of anadromy. The
research would take place in Icicle
Creek, Chiwaukum Creek, and the
Chiwiwa River, Washington. The
research would benefit fish by
increasing our knowledge about the
ecology of native resident and migratory
salmonids in the upper Columbia basin,
and thereby help managers make better
decisions regarding salmonid recovery.
The fish would be captured using a
variety of methods: traps, nets,
electrofishing and angling. Some fish
would be captured, measured, and
released, others would be tagged with
passive integrated transponders and
tissue-sampled before being released.
Washington Trout does not intend to
kill any of the fish being captured, but
a small number may die as an
unintended result of the activities.
This notice is provided pursuant to
section 10(c) of the ESA. NMFS will
evaluate the applications, associated
documents, and comments submitted to
determine whether the application
meets the requirements of section 10(a)
of the ESA and Federal regulations. The
final permit decisions will not be made
until after the end of the 30–day
comment period. NMFS will publish
notice of its final action in the Federal
Register.
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Dated: May 16, 2007.
Angela Somma,
Chief, Endangered Species Division, Office
of Protected Resources, National Marine
Fisheries Service.
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National Telecommunications and
Information Administration
Public Safety Interoperable
Communications Grant Program
Public Meeting
National Telecommunications
and Information Administration,
Commerce.
ACTION: Notice of Public Meeting.
AGENCY:
SUMMARY: NTIA will hold a public
meeting on June 4, 2007, in connection
with its Public Safety Interoperable
Communications (PSIC) Grant Program
to provide information on the proposed
program policies related to the program.
DATES: The meeting will be held on June
4, 2007, from 10 a.m. to 12 p.m., Eastern
Standard Time.
ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at
the U.S. Department of Commerce
Auditorium, 1401 Constitution Avenue,
NW., Washington, DC.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Sallianne Schagrin at (202) 482–1885 or
sschagrin@ntia.doc.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: NTIA will
host a public meeting for all interested
parties to discuss proposed program
policies related to the PSIC Grant
Program. A copy of a presentation on
the proposed program policies and an
agenda will be available on NTIA’s
website prior to the public meeting at
www.ntia.doc.gov/psic. The meeting
will be webcast. Instructions on how to
access the webcast will also be available
on NTIA’s website at www.ntia.doc.gov/
psic.
Section 3006 of the Digital Television
Transition and Public Safety Act of
2005, Pub. L. No. 109-171, provides that
the Assistant Secretary for
Communications and Information of the
Department of Commerce, in
consultation with the Secretary of
Homeland Security, shall make
payments not to exceed $1 billion in the
aggregate through fiscal year 2010 to
carry out the PSIC Grant Program. As
required in the recently enacted Call
Home Act of 2006, the grants will be
awarded by September 30, 2007.
The Grant Program, which covers
public safety agencies in all 50 states,
the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
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Endangered and Threatened Species; Take of Anadromous Fish
AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Commerce.
ACTION: Applications for five scientific research permits.
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SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that NMFS has received nine scientific
research permit application requests relating to Pacific salmon. The
proposed research is intended to increase knowledge of species listed
under the Endangered Species Act (ESA) and to help guide management and
conservation efforts.
DATES: Comments or requests for a public hearing on the applications
must be received at the appropriate address or fax number (see
ADDRESSES) no later than 5 p.m. Pacific standard time on June 21, 2007.
ADDRESSES: Written comments on the applications should be sent to the
Protected Resources Division, NMFS, 1201 NE Lloyd Blvd., Suite 1100,
Portland, OR 97232-1274. Comments may also be sent via fax to 503-230-
5441 or by e-mail to resapps.nwr@NOAA.gov.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Garth Griffin, Portland, OR (ph.:
503-231-2005, Fax: 503-230-5441, e-mail: Garth.Griffin@noaa.gov).
Permit application instructions are available from the address above.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Species Covered in This Notice
The following listed species are covered in this notice:
Chinook salmon (Oncorhynchus tshawytscha): endangered upper
Columbia River (UCR), threatened Snake River (SR) spring/summer-run
(spr/sum), threatened Puget Sound (PS).
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Steelhead (O. mykiss): threatened middle Columbia River (MCR),
threatened Snake River (SR), threatened UCR, threatened PS.
Sockeye salmon (O. nerka): endangered SR.
Authority
Scientific research permits are issued in accordance with section
10(a)(1)(A) of the ESA (16 U.S.C. 1531 et. seq) and regulations
governing listed fish and wildlife permits (50 CFR 222-226). NMFS
issues permits based on findings that such permits: (1) Are applied for
in good faith; (2) if granted and exercised, would not operate to the
disadvantage of the listed species that are the subject of the permit;
and (3) are consistent with the purposes and policy of section 2 of the
ESA. The authority to take listed species is subject to conditions set
forth in the permits.
Anyone requesting a hearing on an application listed in this notice
should set out the specific reasons why a hearing on that application
would be appropriate (see ADDRESSES). Such hearings are held at the
discretion of the Assistant Administrator for Fisheries, NMFS.
Applications Received
Permit 1341 - Renewal
The Shoshone-Bannock Tribes (Tribes) are seeking to renew and
modify their permit to take SR sockeye salmon and SR spr/sum Chinook
salmon while conducting research designed to estimate overwinter
survival and downstream migration survival and timing with the goal of
evaluating various release strategies and calculating smolt-to-adult
return rates. SR steelhead may also be taken. This research would
provide information on the relative success of the Pettit and Alturas
Lakes sockeye salmon reintroduction programs and thereby benefit the
listed fish by improving those programs. Juvenile SR sockeye salmon,
spr/sum Chinook salmon, and steelhead would be collected at Pettit and
Alturas Lakes, ID, using rotary screw traps and weirs. The fish would
be sampled for biological information and released or tagged with
passive integrated transponders and released. In addition, to determine
trap efficiencies, a portion of the captured juvenile SR sockeye salmon
would be marked with a small cut on their caudal fins, released
upstream of the traps, captured at the traps a second time, and
released. The Tribes do not intend to kill any of the fish being
captured, but a small percentage may die as an unintended result of the
research activities.
Permit 1345 - Renewal
The WDFW is asking to renew its permit to take adult and juvenile
MCR steelhead, UCR steelhead, UCR spring Chinook salmon, SR steelhead,
SR spr/sum Chinook salmon, PS Chinook salmon, and PS steelhead during
the course of Washington State's annual warmwater fish stock assessment
surveys. They are also asking to add a study in the Cedar River that
would increase the number of PS Chinook salmon they take. The purpose
of the warmwater surveys is to gather data on the State's fish species
and thereby allow the WDFW to manage them in the best way possible. The
research would benefit listed fish by giving managers more information
on their abundance, distribution, and health. The surveys would be
conducted using boat electrofishing equipment in the backwater sloughs,
oxbow lakes, and ponds associated with major river systems throughout
Washington State. The purpose of the Cedar River study is to monitor
predation by trout and other species on listed Chinook in the Cedar
River. The research would benefit listed fish by helping managers set
fishing regulations in a manner that would reduce predators and
therefore predation on the local PS Chinook populations. This research,
too, would employ boat electrofishing.
Any juvenile listed salmonids captured during the research would be
sampled for biological information and immediately released. If adult
listed salmonids are seen, the electrofishing equipment would be turned
off and the fish allowed to escape. The WDFW does not intend to kill
any of the fish being captured, but a small percentage may die as an
unintended result of the research activities.
Permit 1365 - Renewal
The Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation (CTUIR)
are seeking to modify and renew their permit to annually take MCR
steelhead while conducting research designed to (1) monitor and
evaluate the species' status and detect changes in salmonid abundance,
productivity, spatial structure, and diversity; (2) determine if
recovery strategies are helping improve natural production and
viability in the Walla Walla subbasin, Washington; and (3) provide
technical support for salmonid planning and modeling. The research
would benefit MCR steelhead by helping continuously update and adapt
subbasinwide recovery strategies for the listed fish. The researchers
plan to capture the adult MCR steelhead using a variety of techniques:
barbless hook-and-line angling, trapping, seining, and dip netting.
Some of the fish would simply be measured and released, but some would
also be fitted with radio tags before being released. These fish would
then be tracked with both permanent and mobile tracking units to
determine where in the subbasin they go. The CTUIR does not intend to
kill any of the fish being captured, but a small percentage may die as
an unintended result of the research activities.
Permit 1423 - Renewal
The USFWS is seeking to renew and modify its permit to annually
take UCR steelhead and UCR Chinook while conducting research designed
to determine if there are any interactions between wild and hatchery
fish in terms of disease transmission and to gather baseline
information on pathogen presence in the local fish populations. The
research would take place in the Methow and Entiat River subbasins,
Washington. The research would benefit listed fish by increasing our
knowledge of disease presence and transmission in the Upper Columbia
River and thereby help managers reduce the risks associated with those
diseases. The fish would be captured using a variety of methods: nets,
traps, electrofishing, and hook-and-line angling. The captured fish
would be killed and sampled for pathogens.
Permit 1601
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) is requesting a 5-year
research permit to take juvenile PS Chinook salmon and PS steelhead.
The purpose of this research is to document the overall effectiveness
of habitat restoration projects in Thornton, Piper's, and Venema
Creeks, Seattle, WA. The goal is to help resource managers determine
which types of restoration projects are most affective at mitigating
the effects of urbanization. The information would be used to
prioritize restoration projects. The USFWS proposes to capture fish in
selected habitats using the three-pass electrofishing method. Block
nets would be placed at the upper and lower end of a habitat site and
three sequential passes wold be conducted using a backpack
electrofishing unit. Listed fish would be captured, enumerated, placed
in aerated containers, and held until the survey is complete. The USFWS
does not intend to kill any of the fish being captured, but a small
number may die as an unintended result of the activities.
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Permit 1605
Windward Environmental seeking a 5-year research permit to take
juvenile PS Chinook salmon and steelhead. The purpose of the research
is to characterize chemical concentrations in fish and crab tissues
following activities designed to remediate contaminated sediments in
the Lower Duwamish Waterway and East Waterway Operable Unit of the
Harbor Island Superfund Sites. The long-term goal is to help determine
if the remediation activities have successfully reduced the
concentrations of chemical contaminants in animal tissues. An
additional goal is to characterize the Lower Duwamish Waterway
environment and determine if contaminated sediments continue to pose
risks to the organisms living in it and humans using it. The applicant
proposes to capture fish and crabs using trawl nets and traps. Listed
fish would be captured, identified, enumerated, and released. The
applicant does not intend to kill any listed species, but a small
number may die as an unintended result of the activities.
Permit 1609
R2 Resource Consultants, Inc. is requesting a 2-year research
permit to take juvenile PS Chinook salmon and steelhead. The purpose of
this study is to determine the relative abundance of juvenile salmonids
and map their distribution in the Sultan River, Puget Sound,
Washington. Information gathered by this study would be used to help
develop the Henry M. Jackson Hydroelectric Project management plan. The
study would thus help resource managers design water management
strategies and habitat protection/restoration projects to benefit
salmonids. The applicant proposes to conduct snorkeling and
electrofishing surveys for juvenile salmonids. Supplemental sampling
may also be conducted using minnow traps. The fish would be captured,
anesthetized, measured, checked for hatchery marks, allowed to recover,
and released. The applicant does not intend to kill any listed species,
but a small number may die as an unintended result of the activities.
Permit 1611
The Confederated Tribes of Warm Springs Reservation, Oregon
(CTWSRO) are seeking a 5-year permit to annually capture MCR steelhead
during the course of research directed at non-listed fall Chinook
salmon in the lower Deschutes River, Oregon. The information gained
from this action would be used to determine the status of the fall
Chinook stocks in the Columbia River basin and that information, in
turn, would be used to set appropriate harvest levels and inform other
management actions relating to fall Chinook salmon both in the United
States and Canada. The research would benefit listed steelhead by
helping reduce the number of them being incidentally caught during
Chinook harvest. The CTWSRO would capture the fish using an 8-inch
(12.7 cm) stretch-mesh gillnet placed in the lower Deschutes River (Rkm
32). Any captured MCR steelhead would be measured, assessed as to their
condition, and released immediately. The CTWSRO does not intend to kill
any of the fish being captured, but a small number may die as an
unintended result of the activities.
Permit 1612
Washington Trout is seeking a 5-year permit to capture juvenile UCR
Chinook and steelhead during the course of research designed to
generate data on (1) the relationships among physical and ecological
processes governing aquatic food webs; (2) juvenile salmonid habitat
use, growth, and survival; and (3) population structure and dynamics
among resident salmonids reintroduced to the influence of anadromy. The
research would take place in Icicle Creek, Chiwaukum Creek, and the
Chiwiwa River, Washington. The research would benefit fish by
increasing our knowledge about the ecology of native resident and
migratory salmonids in the upper Columbia basin, and thereby help
managers make better decisions regarding salmonid recovery. The fish
would be captured using a variety of methods: traps, nets,
electrofishing and angling. Some fish would be captured, measured, and
released, others would be tagged with passive integrated transponders
and tissue-sampled before being released. Washington Trout does not
intend to kill any of the fish being captured, but a small number may
die as an unintended result of the activities.
This notice is provided pursuant to section 10(c) of the ESA. NMFS
will evaluate the applications, associated documents, and comments
submitted to determine whether the application meets the requirements
of section 10(a) of the ESA and Federal regulations. The final permit
decisions will not be made until after the end of the 30-day comment
period. NMFS will publish notice of its final action in the Federal
Register.
Dated: May 16, 2007.
Angela Somma,
Chief, Endangered Species Division, Office of Protected Resources,
National Marine Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. E7-9805 Filed 5-21-07; 8:45 am]
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