Issuance of Permit for Marine Mammals

AGENCY:

Fish and Wildlife Service, Interior.

ACTION:

Notice of issuance of permit for marine mammals.

SUMMARY:

The following permits were issued.

ADDRESSES:

Documents and other information submitted for these applications are available for review by any party who submits a written request to the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Division of Management Authority, 4401 North Fairfax Drive, Room 700, Arlington, Virginia 22203; fax (703) 358-2281.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Division of Management Authority, telephone (703) 358-2104.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

On September 10, 2002, a notice was published in the Federal Register (67 FR 57445), that an application had been filed with the Fish and Wildlife Service by Ken Vorisek for a permit (PRT-061106) to import one polar bear (Ursus maritimus) sport hunted from the Northern Beaufort Sea polar bear population, Canada, for personal use.

Notice is hereby given that on December 13, 2002, as authorized by the provisions of the Marine Mammal Protection Act of 1972, as amended (16 U.S.C. 1361 et seq.) the Fish and Wildlife Service issued the requested permit subject to certain conditions set forth therein.

On October 7, 2002, a notice was published in the Federal Register (67 FR 62490), that an application had been filed with the Fish and Wildlife Service by James Leroy Scull, Jr. for a permit (PRT-061116) to import one polar bear (Ursus maritimus) sport hunted from the Lancaster Sound polar bear population, Canada, for personal use.

Notice is hereby given that on December 12, 2002, as authorized by the provisions of the Marine Mammal Protection Act of 1972, as amended (16 U.S.C. 1361 et seq.) the Fish and Wildlife Service issued the requested permit subject to certain conditions set forth therein.