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	<summary><p type="2">SUMMARY:</p>
<p type="1">Notice is hereby given that <applicant>Andre Landry</applicant>, Ph.D., Texas A&amp;M University at <applicant_location woeId="2408583" type="Town" name="Galveston, TX, US">Galveston</applicant_location>, Department of Marine Biology, 5007 Avenue U, <applicant_location woeId="12791690" type="Zip" name="77553, Galveston, TX, US">Galveston, TX 77553</applicant_location>, has applied in due form for a permit to take green ( <species_scientific name="Chelonia mydas">Chelonia mydas</species_scientific> ), Kemp's ridley ( <species_scientific name="Lepidochelys kempii">Lepidochelys kempii</species_scientific> ), loggerhead ( <species_scientific name="Caretta caretta">Caretta caretta</species_scientific> ), and hawksbill ( <species_scientific name="Eretmochelys imbricata">Eretmochelys imbricata</species_scientific> ) sea turtles for purposes of scientific research.</p>
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	<supplInfo><p type="2">SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:</p>
<p type="1">The subject permit is requested 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 222-226).</p>
<p type="1">Dr. Landry requests a five-year permit to take sea turtles for scientific research in Gulf of Mexico waters. The purposes of these projects are to: (1) Examine green sea turtle assemblages in sea grass habitats in <research_location woeId="2347602" type="State" name="Texas, US">Texas</research_location>; (2) determine trends in seasonal abundance and movement of green, Kemp's ridley and loggerhead sea turtles in <research_location woeId="2347602" type="State" name="Texas, US">Texas</research_location> and <research_location woeId="2347577" type="State" name="Louisiana, US">Louisiana</research_location> estuaries; (3) characterize environmental estrogen uptake in green and Kemp's ridley sea turtles at a <research_location woeId="2347602" type="State" name="Texas, US">Texas</research_location> Superfund site; and (4) document impacts of the Deepwater Horizon oil spill on sea turtle assemblages in the western Gulf of Mexico. The applicant proposes to capture by entanglement or cast net, transport, photograph, measure, weigh, flipper tag, passive integrated transponder (PIT) tag, blood, fecal, epiphyte and tissue sample, attach satellite transmitters to and release sea turtles.</p>
<p type="1">In project 1, the applicant proposes to take up to 150 green, 30 Kemp's ridley, and 20 loggerhead sea turtles annually. Sea turtles would be captured via entanglement or cast net, measured, weighed, photographed, epibiota removed, flipper and PIT tagged, epiphyte and tissue sampled prior to release. Up to 120 green sea turtles would be additionally epiphyte sampled. An additional 25 green turtles would also be satellite tagged, tracked, and fecal sampled prior to release.</p>
<p type="1">In project 2, the applicant proposes to take up to 15 green, 135 Kemp's ridley, and 10 loggerhead sea turtles via entanglement net annually. Turtles would be measured, weighed, photographed, epibiota removed, flipper and PIT tagged, epiphyte and tissue sampled. Another 10 green, 14 Kemp's ridley, and 40 loggerhead sea turtles that have been legally captured by relocation trawlers working in conjunction with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers would be authorized for these activities each year. A subset of up to 14 Kemp's ridley sea turtles would be satellite tagged, tracked, and fecal sampled annually.</p>
<p type="1">In project 3, the applicant proposes to take up to 12 green and 12 <applicant>Kemp</applicant>'s ridley sea turtles annually. Turtles would be collected via entanglement net, measured, photographed, weighed, epibiota removed, flipper and PIT tagged, and blood sampled.</p>
<p type="1">In project 4, the applicant proposes to take up to 20 green and 20 loggerhead sea turtles annually. Sea turtles would be captured via entanglement or cast net, measured, weighed, photographed, epibiota removed, flipper and PIT tagged, blood and tissue sampled. Up to 200 Kemp's ridley, 20 loggerhead, 20 green, and 10 hawksbill sea turtles would additionally be satellite tagged, tracked, blood and fecal sampled each year.</p>
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