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	<summary><p type="2">SUMMARY:</p>
<p type="1">Notice is hereby given that <applicant>Carlos Diez</applicant>, Bureau of Fisheries and Wildlife, <applicant_location woeId="22503783" type="Zip" name="00906, San Juan, San Juan, PR">San Juan, PR 00906</applicant_location>-6600, has applied in due form for a permit to take hawksbill ( <species_scientific name="Eretmochelys imbricata">Eretmochelys imbricata</species_scientific> ) and green ( <species_scientific name="Chelonia mydas">Chelonia mydas</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">The purpose of the research is to provide information on the ecology and population dynamics of hawksbill and green turtles inhabiting the waters surrounding Puerto Rico and the adjacent islands including Mona, Monito, Desecheo, Caja-de-Muertos, Vieques, the Culebra Archipelago, and the Tres Palmas reserve. In addition, researchers would monitor the prevalence of fibropapillomatosis, a debilitating disease know to occur in green turtle foraging aggregations in Puerto Rico. Researchers would annually capture up to 320 hawksbill and 252 green sea turtles by hand or entanglement net. Turtles would be measured, weighed, tagged, and blood or skin biopsy sampled. A subset of up to 10 hawksbill and 10 green sea turtles per year would be satellite tagged. A subset of up to 10 green turtles per year from the Culebra study sites may undergo fibropapillomatosis tumor removal surgery and subsequent rehabilitation.</p>
<p type="1">In the case of a green turtle evidencing severe internal tumors, the turtle may be euthanized; this is not expected to apply to more than 2 turtles per year. The permit is requested for 5 years.</p>
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