[Federal Register Volume 76, Number 180 (Friday, September 16, 2011)]
[Notices]
[Page 57717]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2011-23831]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
RIN 0648-XA697
Endangered and Threatened Species; Take of Anadromous Fish
AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Commerce.
ACTION: Notice of issuance of permits.
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SUMMARY: NMFS has issued permit 15926 to UC Davis Department of Animal
Science Genomic Variation Laboratory [Responsible Party: Dr. Bernie P.
May], Department of Animal Science, University of California, Davis,
One Shields Avenue Davis, CA 95616; and permit 16083 to Natural
Resource Scientists, Incorporated [Responsible Party: Dave A. Vogel],
P.O. Box 1210, Red Bluff, CA 96080; for purposes of scientific
research.
ADDRESSES: Permits and related documents are available for review upon
written request or by appointment in the following office(s): Permits,
Conservation and Education Division, Office of Protected Resources,
NMFS, 13415 East-West Highway, Room 13705, Silver Spring, MD 20910;
phone (301) 713-2289; fax (301) 427-2521; and NMFS, Protected Resources
Division, 650 Capitol Mall, Suite 5-100, Sacramento, CA 958914-4706;
phone (916) 930-3600; fax (916) 930-3629.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Shirley Witalis at phone number (916)
930-3606, or e-mail [email protected].
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This notice is relevant to Federally
endangered Sacramento River winter-run Chinook salmon (Oncorhynchus
tshawytscha), threatened Central Valley spring-run Chinook salmon (O.
tshawytscha), threatened California Central Valley steelhead (O.
mykiss), and threatened Southern distinct population segment of North
American green sturgeon (Acipenser medirostris). Permits 15926 and
16083 have 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).
Permits
Permit 15926 was issued to UC Davis Department of Animal Science
Genomic Variation Laboratory (UC Davis) on September 7, 2011,
authorizing the transfer of ESA-listed tissue specimens from the
California Department of Fish and Game Central Valley Salmonid Tissue
Archive to UC Davis, for purposes of genetic investigation. The
archived collection includes tissue specimens from endangered
Sacramento River (SR) winter-run Chinook salmon (Oncorhynchus
tshawytscha), threatened Central Valley (CV) spring-run Chinook salmon
(O. tshawytscha), and threatened California Central Valley (CCV)
steelhead (O. mykiss). UC Davis will genotype the tissues, utilizing
microsatellite and single nucleotide polymorphism (SNPs) markers, to
study genetic relationships associated with different geographic
populations and identify potential salmonid sources for introduction
into the San Joaquin River Restoration Program project area, below
Friant Dam to the confluence of the Merced River, a tributary to the
San Joaquin River, in the Central Valley, California. Permit 15926 will
expire on October 31, 2016.
Permit 16083 was issued to Natural Resource Scientists,
Incorporated (NRSI) on June 27, 2011, authorizing the take of ESA-
listed SR winter-run Chinook salmon), CV spring-run Chinook salmon, CV
steelhead and threatened Southern distinct population segment of North
American (sDPS) green sturgeon (Acipenser medirostris) for scientific
research purposes. NRSI will collect fish entrainment data at five
unscreened irrigation water diversions located along the Sacramento
River and Delta, in Sutter, Yolo and Sacramento counties, in the
Central Valley, California. Juvenile fish will be captured by fyke net,
identified to species, enumerated and measured. Dead or moribund fish
fish will be returned to the irrigation canals and live fish will be
released into the Sacramento River. The objectives of the study are: to
determine correlation of fish entrainment with river diversion flows,
to quantify benefits to fish populations from screening small-scale
agricultural diversions, and to advance the development of criteria for
prioritizing fish screening projects on the Sacramento River. Permit
16083 will expire on January 31, 2013.
Dated: September 12, 2011.
Angela Somma,
Chief, Endangered Species Division, Office of Protected Resources,
National Marine Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 2011-23831 Filed 9-15-11; 8:45 am]
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