[Federal Register Volume 69, Number 172 (Tuesday, September 7, 2004)]
[Notices]
[Pages 54130-54131]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 04-20236]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

[I.D. 083104C]


Endangered and Threatened Species; Permit for Take of Anadromous 
Fish

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and 
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Commerce.

ACTION: Issuance of permit.

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SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that Michael Clarke, City of San Luis 
Obispo, California, has been issued a permit to take the South Central 
California Coast Evolutionarily Significant Unit (ESU) of steelhead 
trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss) within the San Luis Obispo Creek watershed 
for the purpose of scientific research.

ADDRESSES: The permit and related documents are available for review 
upon written request or by appointment in the following office: NOAA 
Fisheries, Southwest Region, Protected Resources Division, 501 W. Ocean 
Blvd., Suite 4200, Long Beach, CA 90802; phone (562) 980-4045; fax 
(562) 980-4027.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Anthony Spina at phone number (562)

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980-4045 or e-mail: [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On June 14, 2004, notice was published in 
the Federal Register (69 FR 32992) that Michael Clarke had submitted to 
NOAA Fisheries an application for a permit to conduct research for 
scientific purposes on the aforementioned ESU of steelhead trout. The 
requested permit has been issued under the authority of the Endangered 
Species Act of 1973 (16 U.S.C. 1531-1543) and NOAA Fisheries' 
regulations governing listed fish and wildlife permits (50 CFR parts 
222-226). The permit authorizes Michael Clarke to take the South 
Central California Coast ESU of steelhead trout and tissue collection 
from this species during a 2-year study (2004 and 2005) of the 
abundance and distribution of juvenile steelhead in the San Luis Obispo 
Creek watershed. The permit authorizes an annual non-lethal take of 
1620 juvenile steelhead, and annual collection and possession of up to 
100 juvenile steelhead tissue samples, with the total possession for 
both years not exceeding 200 tissue samples. The permit will expire on 
November 1, 2005.

    Dated: August 31, 2004.
Phil Williams,
Chief, Endangered Species Division, Office of Protected Resources, 
National Marine Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 04-20236 Filed 9-3-04; 8:45 am]
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