[Federal Register Volume 78, Number 56 (Friday, March 22, 2013)]
[Notices]
[Pages 17640-17641]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2013-06647]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
RIN 0648-XC348
Endangered Species; File Nos. 17367 and 17364
AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Commerce.
ACTION: Issuance of permits.
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SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
(USFWS), Southeast Regional Office, Century Boulevard, Atlanta, GA
30602 [Thomas Sinclair: Responsible Party], has been issued a permit
[File No. 17367] to take shortnose sturgeon (Acipenser brevirostrum)
and Atlantic sturgeon (Acipenser oxyrinchus oxyrinchus) for purposes of
scientific research; and also, that the USFWS, Northeast Fishery
Center, PO Box 75, Lamar, PA 16848 [Michael Millard: Responsible
Party], has been issued a permit [File No. 17364] to take Atlantic
sturgeon 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) 427-8401; fax (301) 713-0376;
Southeast Region, NMFS, 263 13th Avenue South, Saint
Petersburg, FL 33701; phone (727) 824-5312; fax (727) 824-5309 [File
No. 17367].
Northeast Region, NMFS, 55 Great Republic Drive,
Gloucester, MA 01930; phone (978) 281-9328; fax (978) 281-9394 [File
No. 17364].
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Malcolm Mohead or Colette Cairns,
(301) 427-8401.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On November 13, 2012, notice was published
in the Federal Register (77 FR 67631) that requests for scientific
research permits to take shortnose sturgeon and/or Atlantic sturgeon
had been submitted by the above-named applicants. The requested permits
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).
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File No. 17367: The permit holder is issued a five year permit to
study captive shortnose and Atlantic sturgeon to conduct scientific
research facilitating the development of new methods needed for
achieving species recovery in four facilities located in the Southeast
Region of the USFWS. Research would include, but is not limited to,
nutrition, physiology, propagation, contaminants, genetics, fish
health, cryopreservation, tagging, refugia, as well as, collaborative
research with other researchers. Additionally, work with captive
animals would examine abiotic factors (e.g., pH, temperature, salinity
dissolved oxygen, etc.) potentially influencing distribution and
abundance in the wild.
File No. 17364: The permit holder is issued a five year permit to
refine propagation and culture techniques of captive Atlantic sturgeon
held in refugia at the USFWS's Northeast Fisheries Center, providing a
source of research animals for studies related to tagging, tracking,
behavior, physiology, genetics, health, cryopreservation, and other
methods for population conservation, recovery, or enhancement of the
species in the wild.
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: March 18, 2013.
P. Michael Payne,
Chief, Permits and Conservation Division, Office of Protected
Resources, National Marine Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 2013-06647 Filed 3-21-13; 8:45 am]
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