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B. Effective Practices for Identifying
Botnets
(10) When identifying botnets, how
can those engaged in voluntary efforts
use methods, processes and tools that
maintain the privacy of consumers’
personally identifiable information?
(11) How can organizations best avoid
‘‘false positives’’ in the detection of
botnets (i.e., detection of behavior that
seems to be a botnet or malware-related,
but is not)?
(12) To date, many efforts have
focused on the role of ISPs in detecting
and notifying consumers about botnets.
It has been suggested that other entities
beyond ISPs (such as operating system
vendors, search engines, security
software vendors, etc.) can participate in
anti-botnet related efforts. Should
voluntary efforts focus only on ISPs? If
not, why not? If so, why and who else
should participate in this role?
C. Reviewing Effectiveness of Consumer
Notification
(13) What baselines are available to
understand the spread and negative
impact of botnets and related malware?
How can it be determined if practices to
curb botnet infections are making a
difference?
(14) What means of notification
would be most effective from an enduser perspective?
(15) Should notices, and/or the
process by which they are delivered, be
standardized? If so, by whom? Will this
assist in ensuring end-user trust of the
notification? Will it prevent fraudulent
notifications?
(16) For those companies that
currently offer mitigation services, how
do different pricing strategies affect
consumer response? Are free services
generally effective in both cleaning
computers and preventing re-infection?
Are fee-based services more attractive to
certain customer segments?
(17) What impact would a consumer
resource center, such as one of those
described above, have on value-added
security services? Could offers for valueadded services be included in a
notification? If not, why not? If so, why
and how? Also, how can fraudulent
offers be prevented in this context?
(18) Once a botnet infection has been
identified and the end-user does not
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(19) Are private entities declining to
act to prevent or mitigate botnets
because of concerns that, for example,
they may be liable to customers who are
not notified? If so, how can those
concerns be addressed?
Best Practices for Consumer
Notification
(20) Countries such as Japan,
Germany, and Australia have developed
various best practices, codes of conduct,
and mitigation techniques to help
consumers. Have these efforts been
effective? What lessons can be learned
from these and related efforts?
(21) Are there best practices in place,
or proposed practices, to measure the
effectiveness of notice and educational
messages to consumers on botnet
infection and remediation?
D. Incentives To Promote Voluntary
Action To Notify Consumers
(22) Should companies have liability
protections for notifying consumers that
their devices have been infected by
botnets? If so, why and what protections
would be most effective in incentivizing
notification? If not, why not? Are there
other liability issues that should be
examined?
(23) What is the state-of-practice with
respect to helping end-users clean up
their devices after a botnet infection?
Are the approaches effective, or do endusers quickly get re-infected?
(24) What agreements with end-users
may need modification to support a
voluntary code of conduct?
(25) Of the consumer resource
scenarios described above, which would
be most effective at providing incentives
for entities to participate? Are there
other reasons to consider one of these
approaches over the others?
(26) If a private sector approach were
taken, would a new entity be necessary
to run this project? Who should take
leadership roles? Are the positive
incentives involved (cost savings,
revenue opportunity, etc.) great enough
to persuade organizations to opt into
this model?
(27) If a public/private partnership
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participants in such a voluntary
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should participate? How could
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(28) If a government-run approach
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(30) Are there other positive
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of an organized consumer resource that
could encourage voluntary market-based
action in detection, notification, and
mitigation of botnets?
Willie E. May,
Associate Director for Laboratory Programs/
Principal Deputy, Department of Commerce.
Lawrence E. Strickling,
Assistant Secretary for Communications and
Information, Department of Commerce.
Rand Beers,
Under Secretary, National Protection and
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Endangered Species; File Nos. 16526,
16323, 16436, 16422, 16438, 16431,
16507, 16547, 16375, 16442, 16482, and
16508.
National Marine Fisheries
Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),
Commerce.
ACTION: Notice; receipt of applications.
AGENCY:
Notice is hereby given that
NMFS has received twelve applications
applying in due form for permits to take
Atlantic sturgeon (Acipenser oxyrinchus
oxyrinchus) for purposes of scientific
research.
SUMMARY:
Written, telefaxed, or e-mail
comments must be received on or before
October 21, 2011.
ADDRESSES: The application and related
documents are available for review by
selecting ‘‘Records Open for Public
Comment’’ from the Features box on the
Applications and Permits for Protected
Species (APPS) home page, https://
apps.nmfs.noaa.gov, and then selecting
associated File No. from the list of
available applications.
These documents are also available
upon written request or by appointment
in the offices listed in SUPPLEMENTARY
INFORMATION.
Written comments on this application
should be submitted to the Chief,
Permits and Conservation Division,
Office of Protected Resources, NMFS,
1315 East-West Highway, Room 13705,
DATES:
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Silver Spring, MD 20910; phone (301)
427–8401; fax (301) 713–0376
• By e-mail to
NMFS.Pr1Comments@noaa.gov (include
the File No. in the subject line of the email),
• By facsimile to (301) 713–0376, or
• At the address listed above.
Those individuals requesting a public
hearing should submit a written request
to the Chief, Permits and Conservation
Division at the address listed above. The
request should set forth the specific
reasons why a hearing on this
application would be appropriate.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Malcolm Mohead or Colette Cairns,
(301) 427–8401.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The
subject permits are requested 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).
Each of the twelve applications is
summarized below. For specific take
numbers of each research project, please
refer to the associated application.
Gail Wippelhauser, PhD, [File No.
16526] of the Maine Department of
Marine Resources, 21 State House
Station, Augusta, ME 04333, requests a
five year permit to determine the
movement patterns and rate of exchange
between coastal river systems in Maine,
characterize the population structure
and generate estimates of population
abundance. Researchers would capture
adult, juvenile, and early life stage
Atlantic sturgeon. Individuals would be
measured, weighed, photographed, PIT
tagged, Floy/T-bar tagged, tissue
sampled, boroscoped, apical spine
sampled, blood sampled, anesthetized,
fin ray sectioned, and be implanted with
an acoustic telemetry tag.
Tom Savoy [File No. 16323] of the
Connecticut Department of
Environmental Protection, Marine
Fisheries, P.O. Box 719, Old Lyme, CT
06371, requests a five year permit to
monitor Atlantic sturgeon populations
to determine behavior, movement and
current status of the species in
Connecticut waters. Adult and juvenile
Atlantic sturgeon would be measured,
weighed, photographed, PIT and Floy/
T-bar tagged, genetic tissue sampled,
anesthetized and have a fin ray clipped
for ageing analysis, and a subset would
be implanted with an internal sonic tag
to assess movement patterns.
Kathryn Hattala [File No. 16436] of
New York State Department of
Environmental Conservation, 21 South
Putt Corners Road, New Paltz, NY
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12561, requests a five year permit to
research Atlantic sturgeon in the
Hudson River estuary, specifically to
assess abundance of juveniles,
characterize the adult spawning stock,
and generate population estimates.
Captured Atlantic sturgeon would be
measured, weighed, PIT and dart tagged,
tissue sampled, implanted with an
external telemetry tag, anesthetized and
gastric lavaged.
Stony Brook University (Keith
Dunton, Responsible Party) [File No.
16422], School of Marine and
Atmospheric Sciences, Stony Brook, NY
11794–5000, requests a five year permit
to research Atlantic sturgeon in the
marine and estuarine waters of
Connecticut, New York, New Jersey, and
Delaware. To characterize Atlantic
sturgeon aggregations, Atlantic sturgeon
would be captured, measured, weighed,
Carlin/Dart tagged, PIT tagged,
anesthetized, fin ray sampled, and
genetic tissue sampled. Some sturgeon
would additionally be implanted
internally with a satellite tag, and others
would be fitted with an external pop-up
satellite tag. A subset of fish would be
gastric lavaged, blood sampled and gill
biopsied.
Hal Brundage [File No. 16438] of
Environmental Research and
Consulting, Inc., 126 Bancroft Road,
Kennett Square, PA 19348, requests a
five year permit to study juvenile
Atlantic sturgeon abundance,
distribution, movement, habitat
preferences and biology in the Delaware
River and Bay. The applicant would
capture, measure, weigh, photograph,
PIT and Floy tag, genetic tissue sample
juvenile Atlantic sturgeon. A subset
would be selected and be anesthetized,
gastric lavaged, blood sampled, and
implanted an internal sonic tag. Early
life stage fish would also be lethally
sampled.
Matthew Fisher [File No. 16431] of
the Delaware Division of Fish and
Wildlife, 4876 Hay Point Landing Road,
Smyrna, DE 19977, requests a five year
permit to sample juvenile Atlantic
sturgeon in the Delaware River to locate
nursery habitat, characterize population
ecology and habitat use. Fish would be
captured using gill nets, measured,
weighed, photographed, PIT and Floy
tagged, tissue sampled, anesthetized,
gastric lavaged, and implanted with an
internal sonic tag.
Dewayne Fox, PhD, [File No. 16507]
of Delaware State University, 1200
North DuPont Highway, Dover, DE
19901, requests a five year permit to
sample Atlantic and shortnose sturgeon
in the Delaware River and Bay, as well
as in the coastal waters of Delaware. The
objectives of this research are to provide
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more detailed information on the
spawning location of Atlantic sturgeon
and to develop a fishery independent
sampling program to help assess
recovery of the species. The applicant
would use gill nets to capture adult and
juvenile Atlantic sturgeon and egg mats
to capture larval fish. Adult and
juvenile Atlantic sturgeon would be
measured, weighed, photographed, PIT
and Floy tagged, and tissue sampled; a
subset would be anesthetized,
implanted with an internal sonic tag
and gonad tissue sampled.
Albert Spells of U.S. Fish and
Wildlife Service, 11110 Kimages Road,
Charles City, VA 23030 (Responsible
Party) [File No. 16547] requests a five
year permit in conjunction with other
investigators in Maryland and Virginia
to study Atlantic sturgeon in the
Chesapeake Bay and its tributaries.
Adult and juvenile Atlantic sturgeon
would be captured using gill nets,
trawls, fyke nets, trammel nets, and
pound nets, and larval fish would be
collected using egg mats. Adult and
juvenile fish would be measured,
weighed, tissue sampled, PIT and Floy
tagged, and a subset of fish would have
an external satellite tag attached.
Joe Hightower, PhD, [File No. 16375]
of North Carolina State University,
Campus Box 7617, Raleigh, NC 27695–
7617, requests a five-year permit to
determine the presence, abundance, and
distribution of Atlantic sturgeon in
North Carolina rivers and estuaries. The
applicant would use gill nets to capture
adult and juvenile Atlantic sturgeon.
Captured fish would be measured,
weighed, photographed, PIT tagged,
Floy tagged, tissue sampled, and a subset would be implanted with an internal
sonic tag.
Bill Post, [File No. 16442] of the
South Carolina Department of Natural
Resources, 217 Fort Johnson Road,
Charleston, SC 29412, requests a five
year permit to conduct scientific
research on Atlantic sturgeon in the
rivers and estuaries of South Carolina.
Adult and juvenile Atlantic sturgeon
would be captured using gill nets, and
measured, weighed, photographed, PIT
and dart tagged, tissue sampled, and a
sub-set would be implanted with an
internal satellite tag. Young of the year
fish would be captured using trawls,
and measured and weighed; larval fish
would be collected with egg mats. This
research would contribute to knowledge
about Atlantic sturgeon coastal
migrations and riverine movement
patterns and information on the status
of the species.
Doug Peterson, PhD, [File No. 16482]
of the University of Georgia Warnell
School of Forestry and Natural
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Resources Fisheries Division, Athens,
GA 30602, requests a five year permit to
determine population dynamics and
seasonal habitat use of Atlantic sturgeon
in Georgia. Gill nets and trammel nets
would be used to capture adult and
juvenile Atlantic sturgeon, which would
be measured, weighed, photographed,
PIT and Floy tagged, tissue sampled; a
sub-set would also be anesthetized,
laproscoped, fin ray clipped, and
implanted with an internal satellite tag.
Egg mats and D-frame nets would be
used to collect larval fish.
Kenneth Sulak, PhD, [File No. 16508]
of the U.S. Geological Survey, Florida
Integrated Science Center, 7920 NW.,
71st Street, Gainesville, FL 32653,
requests a five year permit to identify
and track Atlantic sturgeon in Florida
and Georgia rivers. Adult and juvenile
Atlantic sturgeon would be captured
using a combination of side-scan sonar
and gill nets. Captured individuals
would be measured, weighed,
photographed, PIT and Floy tagged,
tissue sampled, and have an external
satellite tag attached.
Documents may be reviewed in the
following locations:
Northeast Region, NMFS, 55 Great
Republic Drive, Gloucester, MA 01930;
phone (978) 281–9328; fax (978) 281–
9394; and
Southeast Region, NMFS, 263 13th
Avenue South, Saint Petersburg, Florida
33701; phone (727) 824–5312; fax (727)
824–5309.
Dated: September 15, 2011.
P. Michael Payne,
Chief, Permits and Conservation Division,
Office of Protected Resources, National
Marine Fisheries Service.
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Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),
Commerce.
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AGENCY:
Notice is hereby given that
Gail Wippelhauser, Maine Department
of Marine Resources, 21 State House
Station, Augusta, ME 04333, has applied
in due form for a permit to take
shortnose sturgeon for purposes of
scientific research.
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Written, telefaxed, or e-mail
comments must be received on or before
October 21, 2011.
ADDRESSES: The application and related
documents are available for review by
selecting ‘‘Records Open for Public
Comment’’ from the Features box on the
Applications and Permits for Protected
Species (APPS) home page, https://
apps.nmfs.noaa.gov, and then selecting
File No. 16306 from the list of available
applications.
These documents are also available
upon written request or by appointment
in the following offices:
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;
Northeast Region, NMFS, 55 Great
Republic Drive, Gloucester, MA
01930; phone (978) 281–9328; fax
(978) 281–9394.
Written comments on this application
should be submitted to the Chief,
Permits and Conservation Division
• By e-mail to
NMFS.Pr1Comments@noaa.gov (include
the File No. in the subject line of the email),
• By facsimile to (301) 713–0376, or
• At the address listed above.
Those individuals requesting a public
hearing should submit a written request
to the Chief, Permits, Conservation and
Education Division at the address listed
above. The request should set forth the
specific reasons why a hearing on this
application would be appropriate.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Colette Cairns or Malcolm Mohead,
(301) 427–8401.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The
subject permit is requested 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).
The applicant proposes to collect
information on shortnose sturgeon life
history in the Gulf of Maine, including
movement, natal river origin, and other
vital population parameters. The
proposed research would take place in
the waters of the Gulf of Maine, the
Penobscot, Kennebec, and Saco Rivers
in Maine, the Merrimack River in
Massachusetts, and other small coastal
rivers of Maine and New Hampshire.
Adult and juvenile shortnose sturgeon
would be collected using gill nets,
trammel nets, beach seines and trawls.
Shortnose sturgeon eggs would be
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frame nets. All adult and juvenile
shortnose sturgeon would be measured,
weighed, passive integrated transponder
(PIT) tagged, Floy/T-bar tagged, tissue
sampled, boroscoped, photographed,
and released. Depending on the research
objective to be met, several subsets of
captured shortnose sturgeon would be
assigned different take activities. One
subset of the sturgeon from each river
would additionally be fitted with either
an internal or external satellite tag;
another subset would have an apical
spine or scute removed; a third subset
would be blood sampled; a fourth subset
would undergo gastric lavage; a fifth
subset would have a fin ray section
removed; and a final subset of ten adult/
juvenile fish would be fitted with an
internal/external acoustic tag with
trailing antennae. As required for the
specific procedure, fish would be
anesthetized using tricaine
methanesulfonate (MS–222) or
electronarcosis. The proposed research
would provide managers with a more
comprehensive understanding of the
population dynamics of shortnose
sturgeon in the Gulf of Maine and aid
in the management of this protected
species. The permit would be valid for
five years from the date of issuance.
Dated: September 15, 2011.
P. Michael Payne,
Chief, Permits, Conservation and Education
Division, Office of Protected Resources,
National Marine Fisheries Service.
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Commerce.
ACTION: Notice; receipt of application.
AGENCY:
Notice is hereby given that
NMFS Southwest Fisheries Science
Center (SWFSC), 3333 N. Torrey Pines
Ct., La Jolla, CA 92037, [Responsible
Party: Lisa Ballance, Ph.D.], has applied
in due form for a permit to take
leatherback sea turtles (Dermochelys
coriacea) for scientific research.
DATES: Written, telefaxed, or e-mail
comments must be received on or before
October 21, 2011.
ADDRESSES: The application and related
documents are available for review by
SUMMARY:
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
RIN 0648-XA713
Endangered Species; File Nos. 16526, 16323, 16436, 16422, 16438,
16431, 16507, 16547, 16375, 16442, 16482, and 16508.
AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Commerce.
ACTION: Notice; receipt of applications.
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SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that NMFS has received twelve
applications applying in due form for permits to take Atlantic sturgeon
(Acipenser oxyrinchus oxyrinchus) for purposes of scientific research.
DATES: Written, telefaxed, or e-mail comments must be received on or
before October 21, 2011.
ADDRESSES: The application and related documents are available for
review by selecting ``Records Open for Public Comment'' from the
Features box on the Applications and Permits for Protected Species
(APPS) home page, https://apps.nmfs.noaa.gov, and then selecting
associated File No. from the list of available applications.
These documents are also available upon written request or by
appointment in the offices listed in SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION.
Written comments on this application should be submitted to the
Chief, Permits and Conservation Division, Office of Protected
Resources, NMFS, 1315 East-West Highway, Room 13705,
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Silver Spring, MD 20910; phone (301) 427-8401; fax (301) 713-0376
By e-mail to NMFS.Pr1Comments@noaa.gov (include the File
No. in the subject line of the e-mail),
By facsimile to (301) 713-0376, or
At the address listed above.
Those individuals requesting a public hearing should submit a
written request to the Chief, Permits and Conservation Division at the
address listed above. The request should set forth the specific reasons
why a hearing on this application would be appropriate.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Malcolm Mohead or Colette Cairns,
(301) 427-8401.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The subject permits are requested 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).
Each of the twelve applications is summarized below. For specific
take numbers of each research project, please refer to the associated
application.
Gail Wippelhauser, PhD, [File No. 16526] of the Maine Department of
Marine Resources, 21 State House Station, Augusta, ME 04333, requests a
five year permit to determine the movement patterns and rate of
exchange between coastal river systems in Maine, characterize the
population structure and generate estimates of population abundance.
Researchers would capture adult, juvenile, and early life stage
Atlantic sturgeon. Individuals would be measured, weighed,
photographed, PIT tagged, Floy/T-bar tagged, tissue sampled,
boroscoped, apical spine sampled, blood sampled, anesthetized, fin ray
sectioned, and be implanted with an acoustic telemetry tag.
Tom Savoy [File No. 16323] of the Connecticut Department of
Environmental Protection, Marine Fisheries, P.O. Box 719, Old Lyme, CT
06371, requests a five year permit to monitor Atlantic sturgeon
populations to determine behavior, movement and current status of the
species in Connecticut waters. Adult and juvenile Atlantic sturgeon
would be measured, weighed, photographed, PIT and Floy/T-bar tagged,
genetic tissue sampled, anesthetized and have a fin ray clipped for
ageing analysis, and a subset would be implanted with an internal sonic
tag to assess movement patterns.
Kathryn Hattala [File No. 16436] of New York State Department of
Environmental Conservation, 21 South Putt Corners Road, New Paltz, NY
12561, requests a five year permit to research Atlantic sturgeon in the
Hudson River estuary, specifically to assess abundance of juveniles,
characterize the adult spawning stock, and generate population
estimates. Captured Atlantic sturgeon would be measured, weighed, PIT
and dart tagged, tissue sampled, implanted with an external telemetry
tag, anesthetized and gastric lavaged.
Stony Brook University (Keith Dunton, Responsible Party) [File No.
16422], School of Marine and Atmospheric Sciences, Stony Brook, NY
11794-5000, requests a five year permit to research Atlantic sturgeon
in the marine and estuarine waters of Connecticut, New York, New
Jersey, and Delaware. To characterize Atlantic sturgeon aggregations,
Atlantic sturgeon would be captured, measured, weighed, Carlin/Dart
tagged, PIT tagged, anesthetized, fin ray sampled, and genetic tissue
sampled. Some sturgeon would additionally be implanted internally with
a satellite tag, and others would be fitted with an external pop-up
satellite tag. A subset of fish would be gastric lavaged, blood sampled
and gill biopsied.
Hal Brundage [File No. 16438] of Environmental Research and
Consulting, Inc., 126 Bancroft Road, Kennett Square, PA 19348, requests
a five year permit to study juvenile Atlantic sturgeon abundance,
distribution, movement, habitat preferences and biology in the Delaware
River and Bay. The applicant would capture, measure, weigh, photograph,
PIT and Floy tag, genetic tissue sample juvenile Atlantic sturgeon. A
subset would be selected and be anesthetized, gastric lavaged, blood
sampled, and implanted an internal sonic tag. Early life stage fish
would also be lethally sampled.
Matthew Fisher [File No. 16431] of the Delaware Division of Fish
and Wildlife, 4876 Hay Point Landing Road, Smyrna, DE 19977, requests a
five year permit to sample juvenile Atlantic sturgeon in the Delaware
River to locate nursery habitat, characterize population ecology and
habitat use. Fish would be captured using gill nets, measured, weighed,
photographed, PIT and Floy tagged, tissue sampled, anesthetized,
gastric lavaged, and implanted with an internal sonic tag.
Dewayne Fox, PhD, [File No. 16507] of Delaware State University,
1200 North DuPont Highway, Dover, DE 19901, requests a five year permit
to sample Atlantic and shortnose sturgeon in the Delaware River and
Bay, as well as in the coastal waters of Delaware. The objectives of
this research are to provide more detailed information on the spawning
location of Atlantic sturgeon and to develop a fishery independent
sampling program to help assess recovery of the species. The applicant
would use gill nets to capture adult and juvenile Atlantic sturgeon and
egg mats to capture larval fish. Adult and juvenile Atlantic sturgeon
would be measured, weighed, photographed, PIT and Floy tagged, and
tissue sampled; a subset would be anesthetized, implanted with an
internal sonic tag and gonad tissue sampled.
Albert Spells of U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, 11110 Kimages
Road, Charles City, VA 23030 (Responsible Party) [File No. 16547]
requests a five year permit in conjunction with other investigators in
Maryland and Virginia to study Atlantic sturgeon in the Chesapeake Bay
and its tributaries. Adult and juvenile Atlantic sturgeon would be
captured using gill nets, trawls, fyke nets, trammel nets, and pound
nets, and larval fish would be collected using egg mats. Adult and
juvenile fish would be measured, weighed, tissue sampled, PIT and Floy
tagged, and a subset of fish would have an external satellite tag
attached.
Joe Hightower, PhD, [File No. 16375] of North Carolina State
University, Campus Box 7617, Raleigh, NC 27695-7617, requests a five-
year permit to determine the presence, abundance, and distribution of
Atlantic sturgeon in North Carolina rivers and estuaries. The applicant
would use gill nets to capture adult and juvenile Atlantic sturgeon.
Captured fish would be measured, weighed, photographed, PIT tagged,
Floy tagged, tissue sampled, and a sub-set would be implanted with an
internal sonic tag.
Bill Post, [File No. 16442] of the South Carolina Department of
Natural Resources, 217 Fort Johnson Road, Charleston, SC 29412,
requests a five year permit to conduct scientific research on Atlantic
sturgeon in the rivers and estuaries of South Carolina. Adult and
juvenile Atlantic sturgeon would be captured using gill nets, and
measured, weighed, photographed, PIT and dart tagged, tissue sampled,
and a sub-set would be implanted with an internal satellite tag. Young
of the year fish would be captured using trawls, and measured and
weighed; larval fish would be collected with egg mats. This research
would contribute to knowledge about Atlantic sturgeon coastal
migrations and riverine movement patterns and information on the status
of the species.
Doug Peterson, PhD, [File No. 16482] of the University of Georgia
Warnell School of Forestry and Natural
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Resources Fisheries Division, Athens, GA 30602, requests a five year
permit to determine population dynamics and seasonal habitat use of
Atlantic sturgeon in Georgia. Gill nets and trammel nets would be used
to capture adult and juvenile Atlantic sturgeon, which would be
measured, weighed, photographed, PIT and Floy tagged, tissue sampled; a
sub-set would also be anesthetized, laproscoped, fin ray clipped, and
implanted with an internal satellite tag. Egg mats and D-frame nets
would be used to collect larval fish.
Kenneth Sulak, PhD, [File No. 16508] of the U.S. Geological Survey,
Florida Integrated Science Center, 7920 NW., 71st Street, Gainesville,
FL 32653, requests a five year permit to identify and track Atlantic
sturgeon in Florida and Georgia rivers. Adult and juvenile Atlantic
sturgeon would be captured using a combination of side-scan sonar and
gill nets. Captured individuals would be measured, weighed,
photographed, PIT and Floy tagged, tissue sampled, and have an external
satellite tag attached.
Documents may be reviewed in the following locations:
Northeast Region, NMFS, 55 Great Republic Drive, Gloucester, MA
01930; phone (978) 281-9328; fax (978) 281-9394; and
Southeast Region, NMFS, 263 13th Avenue South, Saint Petersburg,
Florida 33701; phone (727) 824-5312; fax (727) 824-5309.
Dated: September 15, 2011.
P. Michael Payne,
Chief, Permits and Conservation Division, Office of Protected
Resources, National Marine Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 2011-24243 Filed 9-20-11; 8:45 am]
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