Pursuant to section 5 of the Marine Mammals Protection
Act 1978, the Director-General of Conservation notifies
that an application was received from Karen A. Stockin on
17 March 2005 to:
? Export five skin samples of striped dolphins and 40 skin samples of common dolphins to University College Cork, Ireland, for the purpose of genetic research.
Further details of the application can be obtained from Helen McConnell, Marine Conservation Officer, Marine Conservation Unit, Department of Conservation, P.O. Box 10-420, Wellington. Telephone: (04) 471 3062.
Any person wishing to make a submission on this application can do so by writing to the Manager, Marine Conservation Unit, within 28 days after 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.