Notice2025-11715
Endangered Species; File No. 28467
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Published
June 25, 2025
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Commerce DepartmentNational Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Abstract
Notice is hereby given that the University of North Carolina Wilmington (Responsible Party: Frederick Scharf, Ph.D.) has been issued a permit to take Atlantic sturgeon (Acipenser oxyrinchus) and shortnose sturgeon (A. brevirostrum) for purposes of scientific research.
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[Federal Register Volume 90, Number 120 (Wednesday, June 25, 2025)]
[Notices]
[Pages 26982-26983]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2025-11715]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
[RTID 0648-XF010]
Endangered Species; File No. 28467
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 the University of North Carolina
Wilmington (Responsible Party: Frederick Scharf, Ph.D.) has been issued
a permit to take Atlantic sturgeon (Acipenser oxyrinchus) and shortnose
sturgeon (A. brevirostrum) for purposes of scientific research.
ADDRESSES: The permit and related documents are available for review
upon written request via email to <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#d59b989386fb85a7e496bab8b8b0bba1a695bbbab4b4fbb2baa3"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="a2ecefe4f18cf2d093e1cdcfcfc7ccd6d1e2cccdc3c38cc5cdd4">[email protected]</span></a>.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Erin Markin, Ph.D., or Shasta
McClenahan, Ph.D., (301) 427-8401.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On April 14, 2025, notice was published in
the Federal Register (90 FR 15563) that a request for a scientific
research permit to take Atlantic and shortnose sturgeon had been
submitted by the above-named organization. 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
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taking, importing, and exporting of endangered and threatened species
(50 CFR parts 222-226).
The permit was issued on June 17, 2025, and authorizes the
applicant to continue research on Atlantic and shortnose sturgeon to
determine their abundance, distribution, habitat use, and migration
dynamics in the coastal rivers and estuaries of North Carolina basins
(Cape Fear, Neuse, Tar/Pamlico, Roanoke/Chowan). Atlantic and shortnose
sturgeon may be captured using gill nets, trammel nets, or trawls,
measured, weighed, tagged (PIT, Floy, T-bar), biologically sampled
(tissue), and photographed/videoed. A subset of Atlantic sturgeon may
be anesthetized and receive an internal acoustic tag. In addition,
these same research procedures may be conducted on Atlantic sturgeon
captured under other authority in the Frying Pan Shoals area of North
Carolina to determine habitat use. Early life stages of Atlantic
sturgeon may be lethally collected. The permit is valid through June
30, 2035.
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: June 23, 2025.
Shannon Bettridge,
Chief, Marine Mammal and Sea Turtle Conservation Division, Office of
Protected Resources, National Marine Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 2025-11715 Filed 6-24-25; 8:45 am]
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