[Federal Register Volume 78, Number 160 (Monday, August 19, 2013)]
[Notices]
[Page 50396]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2013-20119]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

RIN 0648-XC519


Endangered Species; File No. 17405

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and 
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Commerce.

ACTION: Notice; Issuance of permit.

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SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that David Lapota, Ph.D., Department of 
the Navy, SPAWAR Systems Center, Pacific, Environmental Sciences 
Division, 53475 Strothe Road, San Diego, CA 92152, has been issued a 
permit to take black abalone (Haliotis cracherodii) for purposes of 
scientific research.

ADDRESSES: The permit and related documents are available for review 
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; and
    Southwest Region, NMFS, 501 West Ocean Blvd., Suite 4200, Long 
Beach, CA 90802-4213; phone (562) 980-4001; fax (562) 980-4018.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Rosa L. Gonz[aacute]lez or Jennifer 
Skidmore, (301) 427-8401.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On March 4, 2013, notice was published in 
the Federal Register (78 FR 14078) that a request for a scientific 
research permit to take black abalone had been submitted by the above-
named individual. 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).
    Permit No. 17405 authorizes scientific research activities to 
overcome key barriers to captive propagation of the endangered black 
abalone, specifically, identifying limitations to their reproduction 
(focusing on successful spawning, increased fertilization, increased 
settlement, and recruitment). No black abalone will be taken from the 
wild, nor will animals be returned to the wild under the permit. All 
animals will come from existing captive populations. The permit is 
valid for five years and expires on August 8, 2018.
    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: August 14, 2013.
P. Michael Payne,
Chief, Permits and Conservation Division, Office of Protected 
Resources, National Marine Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 2013-20119 Filed 8-16-13; 8:45 am]
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