Pursuant to sections 5 and 6 of the Marine Mammals Protection Act 1978, Robert Noel Westrupp has applied
to the Director-General of Conservation for a permit to
hold and transfer to Daniel Tucker, a marine mammal bone collection consisting of:
- a number of whale teeth;
- two elephant seal tusks; and
- two leopard seal teeth
variously procured in New Zealand or imported with Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species (CITES) permit approval.
A copy of application details and detailed inventory
can be obtained from the Department of Conservation, Nelson/Marlborough Conservancy, Private Bag 5, Nelson 7042.
Any person wishing to make a submission can do so by writing to the Technical Support Manager, Department of Conservation, Nelson/Marlborough Conservancy, Private Bag 5, Nelson 7042, within 28 days after the publication
of this notice.
Unless a person making a submission states to the contrary in the submission, that person will be deemed to give his/her consent to the release under the Official Information Act 1982 of all the information in the submission.
Dated this 22nd day of June 2011.
MIKE HAWES, Acting Technical Support Manager (pursuant to an instrument of delegation dated 11 July 2007).