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1 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
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2 <results>
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3 <summaries>
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4
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5 <summary>
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6 <p type="2">SUMMARY:</p>
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7 <p type="1">
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8 Notice is hereby given that
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9 <applicant>NMFS Southwest Fisheries Science Center</applicant>
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10 (SWFSC) [Responsible Party:
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11 <applicant>Lisa Ballance</applicant>
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12 ], 3333 N. Torrey Pines Ct.,
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13 <applicant_location woeId="2434241" type="Suburb"
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14 name="La Jolla, San Diego, CA, US">La Jolla, CA</applicant_location>
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15 92037, has requested a modification to scientific research Permit
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16 No. 1596-02.
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17 </p>
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18 </summary>
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19 </summaries>
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20 <supplementary_information>
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21
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22 <supplInfo>
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23 <p type="2">SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:</p>
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24 <p type="1">The subject modification to Permit No. 1596-02, issued on
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25 July 29, 2009 (74 FR 38585), is requested under the authority of the
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26 Endangered Species Act of 1973, as amended (16 U.S.C. 1531 et seq. )
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27 and the regulations governing the taking, importing, and exporting
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28 of endangered and threatened species (50 CFR 222-226).</p>
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29 <p type="1">
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30 Permit No. 1596-02 authorizes the SWFSC to capture, measure, weigh,
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31 blood and tissue sample, photograph, flipper and PIT tag, fat
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32 biopsy, ultrasound, satellite tag, and attach a VHF/TDR/sonic
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33 tag/video system, VHR/TDR/sonic tag/GPS unit, or VHR/TDR/sonic
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34 tag/GPS/video camera system to leatherback (
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35 <species_scientific name="Dermochelys coriacea">Dermochelys coriacea
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36 </species_scientific>
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37 ) sea turtles during research activities conducted off the western
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38 coast of the continental United States. Animals with the video
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39 camera system may be re-approached to collect the unit and then
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40 sampled, tagged, and have another video camera unit attached. The
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41 SWFSC requests authorization to use a direct tag attachment method
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42 in place of previously authorized harness attachments. These tags
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43 would provide valuable information on leatherback movements and
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44 behavior in the
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45 <research_location woeId="55959717" type="Ocean"
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46 name="Pacific Ocean">Pacific Ocean</research_location>
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47 between their foraging areas and nesting beaches. No increase in the
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48 number of animals taken is requested. The research would continue to
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49 occur in waters off the coast of the
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50 <research_location woeId="23689947" type="Colloquial"
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51 name="US Western States, US">western United States</research_location>
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52 through February 1, 2012.
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53 </p>
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54 </supplInfo>
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55 </supplementary_information>
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56 </results>
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