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	<summary><p type="2">SUMMARY:</p>
<p type="1">Notice is hereby given that the <applicant>United States Fish</applicant> and Wildlife Service (USFWS), Maryland Fishery Resources Office, 177 Admiral <applicant>Cochrane Drive</applicant>, <applicant_location woeId="2354877" type="Town" name="Annapolis, MD, US">Annapolis</applicant_location>, MD 21401 (<applicant>Michael Mangold</applicant>, Responsible Party), has applied in due form for a permit to take shortnose sturgeon ( <species_scientific name="Acipenser brevirostrum">Acipenser brevirostrum</species_scientific> ) 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">The applicant is seeking a five year permit to assess biological and life history information on shortnose sturgeon in the Potomac River. Primary objectives of the study would be: (1) capturing and tracking acoustically tagged sturgeon to determine seasonal movements, habitat selection, spawning success and spawning periodicity; and (2) characterizing the genetics of Potomac River shortnose sturgeon. To accomplish these goals, up to 30 fish annually would be non-lethally sampled with gill nets, measured, weighed, PIT and Floy tagged, and tissue sampled. Of these, up to 10 adult shortnose sturgeon each year would be acoustically tagged five internally and five externally and released. Additionally, researchers propose to use D-nets to collect up to 20 shortnose sturgeon in early life stages annually to estimate spawning success and periodicity.</p>
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