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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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5 <summary><p type="2">SUMMARY:</p>
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6 <p type="1">Notice is hereby given that <applicant>Channel Islands National Park</applicant>, 1901 Spinnaker Drive, <applicant_location woeId="12796684" type="Zip" name="93001, Ventura, CA, US">Ventura, CA 93001</applicant_location> [Responsible Party: Daniel Richards] has been issued a permit to take black abalone for purposes of scientific research and enhancement.</p>
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7 </summary></summaries>
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8 <supplementary_information>
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10 <supplInfo><p type="2">SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:</p>
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11 <p type="1">On August 27, 2009, notice was published in the Federal Register (74 FR 43679) that a request for a scientific research and enhancement permit to take black abalone ( <species_scientific name="Haliotis cracherodii">Haliotis cracherodii</species_scientific> ) had been submitted by the above-named organization. The requested permit has been issued under the authority of the Endangered Species Act of 1973, as amended (ESA; 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).</p>
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12 <p type="1">This permit authorizes the continued monitoring of black abalone, a species listed as endangered on February 13, 2009. The objective of this monitoring is to identify population trends through population counts and size distribution measurements. Monitoring would consist of only non-lethal take to measure abalone, and at selected sites, tag some individuals to determine survivorship and growth. This permit is valid for five years.</p>
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13 <p type="1">Issuance of this permit, as required by the ESA, was based on a finding that such permit (1) Was applied for in good faith, (2) will not operate to the disadvantage of such endangered or threatened species, and (3) is consistent with the purposes and policies set forth in section 2 of the ESA.</p>
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14 </supplInfo></supplementary_information>
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15 </results>
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