Notice2025-19076
Endangered Species; File No. 20528
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Published
October 1, 2025
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Commerce DepartmentNational Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Abstract
Notice is hereby given that the South Carolina Department of Natural Resources, 217 Fort Johnson Road, Charleston, SC 29412 (Bill Post, Responsible Party), has requested a modification to scientific research Permit No. 20528-05.
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[Federal Register Volume 90, Number 188 (Wednesday, October 1, 2025)]
[Notices]
[Pages 47300-47301]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2025-19076]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
[RTID 0648-XF208]
Endangered Species; File No. 20528
AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Commerce.
ACTION: Notice; receipt of application for a permit modification.
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SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that the South Carolina Department of
Natural Resources, 217 Fort Johnson Road, Charleston, SC 29412 (Bill
Post, Responsible Party), has requested a modification to scientific
research Permit No. 20528-05.
DATES: Written comments must be received on or before October 31, 2025.
ADDRESSES: The modification request 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. 20528 mod
15 from the list of available applications. These documents are also
available upon written request via email to <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#ace2e1eaff82fcde9defc3c1c1c9c2d8dfecc2c3cdcd82cbc3da"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="246a6962770a745615674b4949414a5057644a4b45450a434b52">[email protected]</span></a>.
Written comments on this application should be submitted via email
to <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#e6a8aba0b5c8b694d7a5898b8b83889295a688898787c8818990"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="c38d8e8590ed93b1f280acaeaea6adb7b083adaca2a2eda4acb5">[email protected]</span></a>. Please include File No. 20528 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#b2fcfff4e19ce2c083f1dddfdfd7dcc6c1f2dcddd3d39cd5ddc4"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="054b4843562b557734466a6868606b7176456b6a64642b626a73">[email protected]</span></a>. The request
should set forth
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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 modification to Permit No.
20528-05, issued on November 17, 2023 (88 FR 85880, December 11, 2023)
is requested under the authority of the Endangered Species Act of 1973,
as amended (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. 20528-05 authorizes the permit holder to conduct
research on Atlantic (Acipenser oxyrinchus) and shortnose (A.
brevirostrum) sturgeon to determine their presence, status, health,
habitat use, and movements in South Carolina waters. Researchers may
use gill nets to capture sturgeon to measure, weigh, passive integrated
transponder tag (PIT), dart tag, tissue sample, fin ray sample, and
photograph prior to release. A subset of sturgeon may receive internal
acoustic transmitters, gonad biopsy, and laparoscopy. Early life stages
of each species may be lethally sampled to document occurrence of
spawning. Up to two sturgeon of each species may unintentionally die
annually during sampling activities. The permit holder requests, using
the same methods listed above, authorization to: (1) increase the
number of adult shortnose sturgeon from 5 to 20, annually, in the
Edisto River, (2) capture and conduct research on 20 sub-adult/adult
Atlantic sturgeon and 10 sub-adult/adult shortnose sturgeon, annually,
in the Winyah Bay system, (3) translocate up to 20 adult shortnose
sturgeon annually from the Cooper River to the Santee River for
enhancement purposes to improve recruitment and habitat use, (4)
perform gastric lavage on a subset (up to 20) sub-adult/adult shortnose
sturgeon in Lakes Moultrie/Marion; and (5) capture and conduct research
on up to 25 sub-adult/adult Atlantic sturgeon in Lakes Moultrie/Marion.
The permit is valid through March 31, 2027.
Dated: September 25, 2025.
Shannon Bettridge,
Chief, Marine Mammal and Sea Turtle Conservation Division, Office of
Protected Resources, National Marine Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 2025-19076 Filed 9-30-25; 8:45 am]
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