Biological Opinion on the issuance of Permit No. 20315 for scientific research on sea turtles in the United States Virgin Islands National Marine Fisheries Service, Endangered Species Act Section 7, Biological Opinion Biological Opinion on Permit No. 20315, FPR-2017-9207

The action agency for this consultation is the NMFS, Office of Protected Resources, Permits and Conservation Division (hereafter referred to as the Permits Division) for its issuance of a scientific research permit (Appendix A) pursuant to section 10(a)(1)(A) of the ESA. The Permits Division proposes to issue scientific research Permit No. 20315 for the capture, measuring, weighing, photographing/videoing, tagging (flipper, passive integrated transponder (PIT), and satellite), sampling (blood, fecal, and tissue), and epibiota removal of green, hawksbill, and loggerhead sea turtles in the waters of the U.S. Virgin Islands--Page 1. [Consultation Tracking number: FPR-2017-9207]. [doi:10.7289/V5QJ7FJB (https://doi.org/10.7289/V5QJ7FJB)]. consultation conducted by: Endangered Species Act Interagency Cooperation Division, Office of Protected Resources, National Marine Fisheries Service, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce. Consultation Tracking number: FPR-2017-9207. NOAA's National Marine Fisheries Service, Office of Protected Resources, Permits and Conservation Division. Approved on: August 10, 2017. System requirements: Adobe Acrobat Reader. Includes bibliographical references (pages 69-83).