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The AMNH is authorized a 5–year
research permit to study green and
hawksbill sea turtles at the Palmyra
Atoll in the Pacific Ocean. Researchers
may capture by hand or net, examine,
measure, photograph, flipper and
Passive Integrated Transponder tag,
blood sample, carapace sample, shell
etch and paint, fecal sample, measure
their temperature, and release up to 300
green and 100 hawkbill sea turtles
annually. The purpose of this work is to
assess the population biology and
connectivity of green and hawksbill sea
turtles focusing on distribution and
abundance, ecology, health, threats to
sea turtles as well as implications for
their management and conservation. A
subset of animals may be gastric lavaged
or have transmitters affixed to the
carapace before release. Additionally,
researchers are authorized to collect the
carcass, tissues and/or parts of
encountered dead animals from 30
green and 10 hawksbill sea turtles
annually.
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 23, 2008.
P. Michael Payne,
Chief, Permits, Conservation and Education
Division, Office of Protected Resources,
National Marine Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. E8–17465 Filed 7–29–08; 8:45 am]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration
RIN 0648–XI89
Endangered Species; File No. 1551
National Marine Fisheries
Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),
Commerce.
ACTION: Issuance of permit.
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AGENCY:
SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that
the Southeast Fisheries Science Center
(SEFSC), National Marine Fisheries
Service (NMFS), 75 Virginia Beach
Drive Miami, Florida 33149, has been
issued a permit to take green (Chelonia
mydas), loggerhead (Caretta caretta),
hawksbill (Eretmochelys imbricata),
olive ridley (Lepidochelys olivacea),
leatherback (Dermochelys coriacea), and
Kemp’s ridley (Lepidochelys kempii) sea
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turtles for purposes of scientific
research.
The permits and related
documents are available for review
upon written request or by appointment
in the following offices:
Permits, Conservation and Education
Division, Office of Protected Resources,
NMFS, 1315 East-West Highway, Room
13705, Silver Spring, MD 20910; phone
(301)713–2289; fax (301)427–2521; and
Southeast Region, NMFS, 263 13th
Ave South, St. Petersburg, FL 33701;
phone (727)824–5312; fax (727)824–
5309.
ADDRESSES:
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Patrick Opay or Amy Hapeman,
(301)713–2289.
On
February 7, 2006, notice was published
in the Federal Register (71 FR 6272)
that a request for scientific research
permit to take sea turtles had been
submitted by the above-named
institution. 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 research will be conducted each
year over the course of a five-year
permit in coastal and inshore waters of
the North Atlantic, Gulf of Mexico and
Caribbean Sea (including embayments
and tributaries). Turtles will be taken by
harassment (e.g., aerial surveys) and
direct capture (pound nets,
entanglement/strike nets, seine nets,
hoop nets, dipnets, cast nets, and by
hand). Researchers will also access
animals legally captured incidental to
fishing activities where covered by the
incidental take statement (ITS) of an
ESA section 7 biological opinion or by
an ESA incidental take permit. Animals
used in this research could also be
obtained from other Section 10
permitted research activities.
Researchers will conduct a variety
sampling and tagging activities in order
to collect biological and ecological
information on these species that will
help efforts to conserve them.
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.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
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Dated: July 25, 2008.
P. Michael Payne,
Chief, Permits, Conservation and Education
Division, Office of Protected Resources,
National Marine Fisheries Service.
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Administration
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Fisheries of the Caribbean, Gulf of
Mexico, and South Atlantic; SnapperGrouper Fishery off the Southern
Atlantic States
National Marine Fisheries
Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),
Commerce.
ACTION: Notice of receipt of an
application for an exempted fishing
permit; request for comments.
AGENCY:
SUMMARY: NMFS announces the receipt
of an application for an exempted
fishing permit (EFP) from Tom Burgess
of Sneads Ferry, North Carolina. If
granted, the EFP would authorize the
applicant, with certain conditions, to
collect limited numbers of snapper and
grouper using chevron traps, a
prohibited gear type, and compare
results from inside and outside a
proposed marine protected area (MPA).
Acoustic sonar would be utilized to
collect catch-per unit-effort (CPUE) data.
This study is intended to collect data to
develop a model for estimating deepwater snapper-grouper abundance in
South Atlantic Federal waters.
DATES: Comments must be received no
later than 5 p.m., Eastern time, on
August 29, 2008.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments
on the application by any of the
following methods:
• e-mail: Burgess.EFP@noaa.gov.
Include in the subject line the following:
‘‘Comment on Burgess EFP
Application.’’
• Fax: 727–824–5308, Attn: Kate
Michie.
• Mail: Kate Michie, Southeast
Regional Office, NMFS, 263 13th
Avenue South, St. Petersburg, FL 33701.
The application and related
documents are available for review
upon written request to the address
above or the e-mail address below.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Kate
Michie, 727–824–5305; fax 727–824–
5308; e-mail: Kate.Michie@noaa.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The EFP is
requested under the authority of the
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
RIN 0648-XI89
Endangered Species; File No. 1551
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 the Southeast Fisheries Science
Center (SEFSC), National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), 75 Virginia
Beach Drive Miami, Florida 33149, has been issued a permit to take
green (Chelonia mydas), loggerhead (Caretta caretta), hawksbill
(Eretmochelys imbricata), olive ridley (Lepidochelys olivacea),
leatherback (Dermochelys coriacea), and Kemp's ridley (Lepidochelys
kempii) sea turtles for purposes of scientific research.
ADDRESSES: The permits and related documents are available for review
upon written request or by appointment in the following offices:
Permits, Conservation and Education Division, Office of Protected
Resources, NMFS, 1315 East-West Highway, Room 13705, Silver Spring, MD
20910; phone (301)713-2289; fax (301)427-2521; and
Southeast Region, NMFS, 263 13th Ave South, St. Petersburg, FL
33701; phone (727)824-5312; fax (727)824-5309.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Patrick Opay or Amy Hapeman,
(301)713-2289.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On February 7, 2006, notice was published in
the Federal Register (71 FR 6272) that a request for scientific
research permit to take sea turtles had been submitted by the above-
named institution. 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 research will be conducted each year over the course of a five-
year permit in coastal and inshore waters of the North Atlantic, Gulf
of Mexico and Caribbean Sea (including embayments and tributaries).
Turtles will be taken by harassment (e.g., aerial surveys) and direct
capture (pound nets, entanglement/strike nets, seine nets, hoop nets,
dipnets, cast nets, and by hand). Researchers will also access animals
legally captured incidental to fishing activities where covered by the
incidental take statement (ITS) of an ESA section 7 biological opinion
or by an ESA incidental take permit. Animals used in this research
could also be obtained from other Section 10 permitted research
activities. Researchers will conduct a variety sampling and tagging
activities in order to collect biological and ecological information on
these species that will help efforts to conserve them.
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 25, 2008.
P. Michael Payne,
Chief, Permits, Conservation and Education Division, Office of
Protected Resources, National Marine Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. E8-17469 Filed 7-29-08; 8:45 am]
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