Receipt of an Application for an Incidental Take Permit (1398)

Resumen

Notice is hereby given of that NMFS issued on August 30, 2002, an incidental take permit (Permit 1398) to the North Carolina Division of Marine Fisheries (NCDMF) pursuant to the Endangered Species Act of 1973 (ESA), as amended. As required by the ESA, NCDMF's Permit 1398 includes a conservation plan designed to minimize and mitigate any such take of endangered or threatened species. Permit 1398 is for the incidental take of ESA-listed adult and juvenile sea turtles associated with otherwise lawful commercial fall gill net fisheries for flounder operating in Pamlico Sound, NC. The duration of Permit 1398 is for 3 years.