Notice2024-25998
Marine Mammals; File No. 27552
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Published
November 8, 2024
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Commerce DepartmentNational Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Abstract
Notice is hereby given that NMFS' Pacific Islands Fisheries Science Center, 1845 Wasp Boulevard, Building 176, Honolulu, HI 96818 (Responsible Party: Charles Littnan, Ph.D.), has applied in due form for a permit to conduct research and enhancement activities on Hawaiian monk seals (Neomonachus schauinslandi).
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[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 217 (Friday, November 8, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Pages 88736-88737]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2024-25998]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
[RTID 0648-XE454]
Marine Mammals; File No. 27552
AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Commerce.
ACTION: Notice; receipt of application.
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SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that NMFS' Pacific Islands Fisheries
Science Center, 1845 Wasp Boulevard, Building 176, Honolulu, HI 96818
(Responsible Party: Charles Littnan, Ph.D.), has applied in due form
for a permit to conduct research and enhancement activities on Hawaiian
monk seals (Neomonachus schauinslandi).
DATES: Written comments must be received on or before December 9, 2024.
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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
home page, <a href="https://apps.nmfs.noaa.gov">https://apps.nmfs.noaa.gov</a>, and then selecting File No.
27552 from the list of available applications. These documents are also
available upon written request via email to <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#c7898a8194e997b5f684a8aaaaa2a9b3b487a9a8a6a6e9a0a8b1"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="d59b989386fb85a7e496bab8b8b0bba1a695bbbab4b4fbb2baa3">[email protected]</span></a>.
Written comments on this application should be submitted via email
to <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#83cdcec5d0add3f1b2c0eceeeee6edf7f0c3edece2e2ade4ecf5"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="47090a01146917357604282a2a22293334072928262669202831">[email protected]</span></a>. Please include File No. 27552 in the
subject line of the email comment.
Those individuals requesting a public hearing should submit a
written request via email to <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#1957545f4a37496b285a7674747c776d6a5977767878377e766f"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="7937343f2a57290b483a1614141c170d0a3917161818571e160f">[email protected]</span></a>. The request
should set forth the specific reasons why a hearing on this application
would be appropriate.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Sara Young or Shasta McClenahan,
Ph.D., (301) 427-8401.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The subject permit is requested under the
authority of the Marine Mammal Protection Act of 1972, as amended
(MMPA; 16 U.S.C. 1361 et seq.), the regulations governing the taking
and importing of marine mammals (50 CFR part 216), 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 applicant requests a 5-year permit to carry out research and
enhancement activities to recover the endangered Hawaiian monk seal
along beaches and nearshore waters throughout the Hawaiian Archipelago
(Northwestern Hawaiian Islands and main Hawaiian Islands) and Johnston
Atoll.
Research will identify impediments to recovery, inform the design
of conservation interventions, and evaluate those measures. Research
activities include visual and photographic monitoring, capture,
tagging, pelage marking, health screening, foraging studies, deworming,
necropsies, tissue sampling, behavioral modification, vocalization
studies, and vaccination. Enhancement activities are designed to
improve survival, reproductive success, and overall species' status.
Enhancement activities include deworming, capture, translocation,
hazing and removal of aggressive adult male seals, disentangling,
dehooking, medical treatment, behavioral modification, vaccination, and
supplemental feeding of post-release rehabilitated seals. Unintentional
mortalities during research and enhancement activities are requested.
Unintentional disturbance of spinner dolphins (Stenella longirostris)
and bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops truncatus) during research and
enhancement activities is also requested. See the application for
complete numbers of animals requested by species, age-class, and
procedure. Pinniped parts may be collected, received, exported, and
imported for analysis.
In compliance with the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969
(42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq.), an initial determination has been made that
the activity proposed is categorically excluded from the requirement to
prepare an environmental assessment or environmental impact statement.
Concurrent with the publication of this notice in the Federal
Register, NMFS is forwarding copies of the application to the Marine
Mammal Commission and its Committee of Scientific Advisors.
Dated: November 5, 2024.
Julia M. Harrison,
Chief, Permits and Conservation Division, Office of Protected
Resources, National Marine Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 2024-25998 Filed 11-7-24; 8:45 am]
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