Notice2025-16580
Marine Mammals; File No. 29122
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Published
August 29, 2025
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Commerce DepartmentNational Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Abstract
Notice is hereby given that Pacific Whale Foundation, 300 Ma'alaea Road, Suite 211, Wailuku, HI, 96793 (Responsible Party: Selket Kaufman), has applied in due form for a permit to conduct commercial and educational photography on marine mammals.
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[Federal Register Volume 90, Number 166 (Friday, August 29, 2025)]
[Notices]
[Page 42232]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2025-16580]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
[RTID 0648-XF119]
Marine Mammals; File No. 29122
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 Pacific Whale Foundation, 300
Ma'alaea Road, Suite 211, Wailuku, HI, 96793 (Responsible Party: Selket
Kaufman), has applied in due form for a permit to conduct commercial
and educational photography on marine mammals.
DATES: Written comments must be received on or before September 29,
2025.
ADDRESSES: These documents are available upon written request via email
to <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#a3edeee5f08df3d192e0cccecec6cdd7d0e3cdccc2c28dc4ccd5"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="501e1d16037e002261133f3d3d353e2423103e3f31317e373f26">[email protected]</span></a>.
Written comments on this application should be submitted via email
to <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#c886858e9be698baf98ba7a5a5ada6bcbb88a6a7a9a9e6afa7be"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="7836353e2b56280a493b1715151d160c0b3816171919561f170e">[email protected]</span></a>. Please include File No. 29122 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#f3bdbeb5a0dda381c2b09c9e9e969d8780b39d9c9292dd949c85"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="84cac9c2d7aad4f6b5c7ebe9e9e1eaf0f7c4eaebe5e5aae3ebf2">[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: Erin Markin, Ph.D., 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.), and the regulations governing the
taking and importing of marine mammals (50 CFR part 216).
The applicant proposes to film up to 232 humpback whales (Megaptera
novaeangliae) in Hawaii for a wildlife documentary. Filming may occur
from a vessel, underwater pole camera, and unmanned aircraft system.
Fifty bottlenose (Tursiops truncatus), 50 spinner (Stenella
longirostris), and 50 pantropical spotted (S. attenuata) dolphins may
be filmed while interacting with humpback whales. The permit would be
valid through April 2028.
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: August 26, 2025.
Shannon Bettridge,
Chief, Marine Mammal and Sea Turtle Conservation Division, Office of
Protected Resources, National Marine Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 2025-16580 Filed 8-28-25; 8:45 am]
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