NATIONAL OCEANIC AND ATMOSPHERIC ADMINISTRATION ISSUES NOTICE: ENDANGERED SPECIES ACT; TAKING OF ENDANGERED AND THREATENED SPECIES; PERMIT MODIFICATION; PERMIT NO. 23861

WASHINGTON, July 7 -- National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration has issued a notice called: Endangered Species Act; Taking of Endangered and Threatened Species; Permit Modification; Permit No. 23861.

The notice was published in the Federal Register on July 7 by Larissa Plants, Acting Director, Office of Protected Resources, National Marine Fisheries Service.

Summary: Notice is hereby given that the Midwest Biodiversity Institute (MBI) has applied in due form for a permit modification pursuant to the Endangered Species Act of 1973, as amended (ESA). The permit application is for the incidental take of ESA-listed shortnose sturgeon ( Acipenser brevirostrum), Atlantic sturgeon ( Acipenser oxyrinchus oxyrinchus) from the Gulf of Maine (...