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	<summary><p type="2">SUMMARY:</p>
<p type="1">Notice is hereby given that <applicant>NMFS Northeast Fisheries Science Center</applicant>, <applicant_location woeId="2523626" type="Town" name="Woods Hole, MA, US">Woods Hole, MA</applicant_location>, has applied in due form for a permit to take loggerhead ( <species_scientific name="Caretta caretta">Caretta caretta</species_scientific> ), leatherback ( <species_scientific name="Dermochelys coriacea">Dermochelys coriacea</species_scientific> ), Kemp's ridley ( <species_scientific name="Lepidochelys kempii">Lepidochelys kempii</species_scientific> ), green ( <species_scientific name="Chelonia mydas">Chelonia mydas</species_scientific> ), and hawksbill ( <species_scientific name="Eretmochelys imbricata">Eretmochelys imbricata</species_scientific> ) sea turtles for purposes of scientific research. <applicant>Kristen Hart</applicant>, Ph.D., USGS, <research_location woeId="2389611" type="Town" name="Davie, FL, US">Davie, FL</research_location> has applied for a modification to scientific research Permit No. 13307-01 to take green sea turtles.</p>
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	<supplInfo><p type="2">SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:</p>
<p type="1">The subject permit and modification are 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">File No. 15112: The purpose of the research is to determine the size and composition of populations of sea turtles found in the commercial fishing areas of the Northwest <research_location woeId="55959709" type="Ocean" name="Atlantic Ocean">Atlantic Ocean</research_location>. The research would contribute to the understanding of the pelagic ecology of these species and allow more reliable assessments of commercial fishery impacts. Annually up to 130 loggerhead, 70 Kemp's ridley, 50 green, 10 hawksbill, and 50 leatherback sea turtles caught in commercial fisheries would be measured, flipper tagged, tissue sampled, and released. The permit would be issued for five years.</p>
<p type="1">File No. 13307-02: Dr. Hart is authorized to capture up to 30 green, 20 hawksbill, and 20 loggerhead sea turtles annually. Turtles may be weighed, measured, flipper tagged, PIT tagged, blood sampled, tissue sampled, fecal sampled, and lavaged. A subset of turtles may be tagged with a satellite tag or acoustic transmitter or a combination of both. This research addresses fine-scale temporal and spatial patterns of sea turtle habitat use, ecology, and genetic origin within the Dry Tortugas National Park. Dr. Hart proposes to increase the number of green sea turtles that she captures to 80 per year due to the high rate of recent capture success. The modification would be valid until the permit expires on June 30, 2013.</p>
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