Notice2025-21942
Endangered Species; File No. 28294
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Published
December 4, 2025
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Commerce DepartmentNational Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Abstract
Notice is hereby given that Matthew Fisher, Normandeau Associates, Inc., 2233 Spring Street, West Lawn, PA 19609, has requested a modification to scientific research Permit No. 28294.
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[Federal Register Volume 90, Number 231 (Thursday, December 4, 2025)]
[Notices]
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From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2025-21942]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
[RTID 0648-XF207]
Endangered Species; File No. 28294
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 Matthew Fisher, Normandeau
Associates, Inc., 2233 Spring Street, West Lawn, PA 19609, has
requested a modification to scientific research Permit No. 28294.
DATES: Written comments must be received on or before January 5, 2026.
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. 28294 Mod
#2 from the list of available applications. These documents are also
available upon written request via email to <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#327c7f74611c624003715d5f5f575c4641725c5d53531c555d44"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="4806050e1b66183a790b2725252d263c3b0826272929662f273e">[email protected]</span></a>.
Written comments on this application should be submitted via email
to <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#89c7c4cfdaa7d9fbb8cae6e4e4ece7fdfac9e7e6e8e8a7eee6ff"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="3d73707b6e136d4f0c7e5250505853494e7d53525c5c135a524b">[email protected]</span></a>. Please include File No. 28294 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#efa1a2a9bcc1bf9ddeac8082828a819b9caf81808e8ec1888099"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="bbf5f6fde895ebc98af8d4d6d6ded5cfc8fbd5d4dada95dcd4cd">[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 modification to Permit No.
28294, issued on December 11, 2024 (90 FR 3803, January 15, 2025), 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. 28294 authorizes the permit holder to capture Atlantic
(Acipenser oxyrinchus) and shortnose (A. brevirostrum) sturgeon by gill
net or trawl in the Delaware River, measure, weigh, biologically sample
(tissue), mark (passive integrated transponder [PIT]), and photograph/
video, prior to release. Sub-sets of Atlantic and shortnose sturgeon
may be anesthetized and implanted with acoustic transmitters, gastric
lavaged, and fin ray sampled. The permit authorizes one unintentional
mortality of shortnose sturgeon and one Atlantic sturgeon annually, but
no more than two of each species over the life of the permit. The
permit expires on January 31, 2035.
The permit holder requests authorization to conduct research off
the coasts of New York and New Jersey to better understand temporal and
spatial movement, occurrence and behavior of Atlantic sturgeon. Up to
150 adult/sub-adult Atlantic sturgeon may be captured annually by gill
net, anesthetized, implanted with acoustic transmitters, marked (PIT),
measured, photographed/videoed, biologically sampled, and weighed,
prior to release. A subset of captured sturgeon may receive a satellite
tag. The permit holder requests one unintentional mortality of an
Atlantic sturgeon in this new research area over the life of the
permit.
Dated: December 1, 2025.
Shannon Bettridge,
Chief, Marine Mammal and Sea Turtle Conservation Division, Office of
Protected Resources, National Marine Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 2025-21942 Filed 12-3-25; 8:45 am]
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