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Endangered and Threatened Species; Take of Anadromous Fish
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[Federal Register: August 20, 2003 (Volume 68, Number 161)]
[Notices]
[Page 50125-50126]
From the Federal Register Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov]
[DOCID:fr20au03-34]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
[I.D. 080703D]
Endangered and Threatened Species; Take of Anadromous Fish
AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Commerce.
ACTION: Issuance of 16 scientific research permits (1114, 1119, 1124,
1134, 1152, 1194, 1379, 1403, 1406, 1410, 1421, 1422, 1423, 1426, 1427,
) and six scientific research permit modifications (1290, 1291, 1322,
1335, 1366, 1382).
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SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that on June 30, 2003, NMFS' Northwest
Region issued the permits and permit modifications allowing researchers
to take endangered and threatened species for purposes of scientific
research and enhancement under the Endangered Species Act (ESA).
ADDRESSES: The applications and related documents are available for
review in the following office, by appointment:
Protected Resources Division, NOAA Fisheries, 525 NE Oregon Street,
Suite 500, Portland, OR 97232-2737 (phone: 503-230-5400, fax: 503-230-
5435).
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Garth Griffin, Portland, Oregon
(phone: (503) 231-2005, fax: (503) 230-5435, e-mail:
garth.griffin@noaa.gov).
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Authority: Authority
Issuance of permits and permit modifications, as required by the
Endangered Species Act of 1973 (16 U.S.C. 1531-1543) (ESA), is based on
a finding that such permits/modifications: (1) Are applied for in good
faith; (2) would not operate to the disadvantage of the listed species
which are the subject of the permits; and (3) are consistent with the
purposes and policies set forth in section 2 of the ESA. Scientific
research and enhancement permits are issued in accordance with and
subject to Section 10(a)(1)(A) of the ESA and NMFS' regulations
governing listed fish and wildlife permits (50 CFR parts 222-226).
Authority to take listed species is subject to conditions set forth in
the permits.
Species Covered in this Notice
The listed species (evolutionarily significant units) covered by
this notice are identified below and listed in the subsequent table by
the numbers that precede each of them in the following list:
(1) Endangered upper Columbia River steelhead (Oncorhynchus mykiss)
(2) Endangered upper Columbia River Chinook Salmon (O. tshawytscha)
(3) Endangered Snake River sockeye salmon (O. nerka)
(4) Threatened Snake River fall chinook salmon (O. mykiss)
(5) Threatened Snake River spring/summer chinook salmon (O. mykiss)
(6) Threatened Snake River steelhead (O. mykiss)
(7) Threatened middle Columbia River steelhead (O. mykiss)
(8) Threatened lower Columbia River chinook salmon (Oncorhynchus
mykiss)
(9) Threatened lower Columbia River steelhead (O. mykiss)
(10) Threatened lower Columbia River chum salmon (O. keta)
(11) Threatened upper Willamette River chinook salmon (O. mykiss)
(12) Threatened upper Willamette River steelhead (O. mykiss)
(13) Threatened Puget Sound chinook salmon (Oncorhynchus mykiss)
(14) Threatened Hood Canal summer chum (O. keta)
(15) Threatened Ozette lake sockeye salmon (O. nerka)
(16) Threatened Oregon coast coho salmon (O. kisutch)
(17) Threatened southern Oregon-northern California coast coho salmon
(O. kisutch)
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Table 1. Twenty-two Scientific Research Permit Actions Affecting Threatened and Endangered Pacific Salmon and Steelhead
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Affected Federal Register notice of
Permit No. species/ESU Permittee application receipt
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1114............................................................... 1, 2 Washington Department of Fish and April 2, 2003 (68 FR 15997)
Wildlife
1119............................................................... 1, 2 U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service April 30, 2003 (68 FR
23107)
1124............................................................... 3, 4, 5 Idaho Department of Fish and Game April 2, 2003 (68 FR 15997)
1134............................................................... 4, 5, 6 Columbia River Inter-Tribal Fish April 2, 2003 (68 FR 15997)
Commission
1152............................................................... 5, 6 Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife April 2, 2003 (68 FR 15997)
1194............................................................... 1, 2, 5 Northwest Fisheries Science Center April 30, 2003 (68 FR
23107)
1205............................................................... 4, 5, 17 Oregon Department of Environmental April 30, 2003 (68 FR
Quality 23107)
1290............................................................... 1, 2, 4, 5, Northwest Fisheries Science Center April 2, 2003 (68 FR 15997)
7, 8
1291............................................................... 1-5, 7-9 U.S. Geological Survey April 2, 2003 (68 FR 15997)
1322............................................................... 2, 4, 5, 8, Northwest Fisheries Science Center April 2, 2003 (68 FR 15997)
10, 11
1335............................................................... 1, 2, 8, U.S. Forest Service April 30, 2003 (68 FR
11, 12, 16, 23107)
17
1366............................................................... 1-6, 8, 9, Oregon Cooperative Fish and Wildlife April 30, 2003 (68 FR
11 Research Unit 23107)
1379............................................................... 1-6, 8 Columbia River Inter-Tribal fish April 30, 2003 (68 FR
Commission 23107)
1382............................................................... 7 U.S. Geological Survey April 30, 2003 (68 FR
23107)
1403............................................................... 5, 6, 7 Northwest Fisheries Science Center April 30, 2003 (68 FR
23107)
1406............................................................... 5, 6 Northwest Fisheries Science Center April 30, 2003 (68 FR
23107)
1410............................................................... 1-12, 14-17 Northwest Fisheries Science Center March 14, 2003 (68 FR
12342)
1421............................................................... 1-10 U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service April 30, 2003 (68 FR
23107)
1422............................................................... 1, 2, 7 U.S. Forest Service April 30, 2003 (68 FR
23107)
1423............................................................... 1, 2 U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service April 30, 2003 (68 FR
23107)
1426............................................................... 7 Bonneville Power Administration April 30, 2003 (68 FR
23107)
1427............................................................... 8, 9, 11, Oregon Department of Environmental April 30, 2003 (68 FR
12 Quality 23107)
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Dated: August 14, 2003.
Barbara Schroeder,
Acting Chief, Endangered Species Division, Office of Protected
Resources, National Marine Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 03-21368 Filed 8-19-03; 8:45 am]
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