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U -- WEST COAST SALMON FISHERIES: NORTHWEST EMERGENCY ASSISTANCE PLAN(NEAP), DATA COLLECTION JOBS PROGRAM PROJECTS Solicitation NJP-951 (Funded through NOAA/NMFS). POC Russell Porter (503-650-5400), Field Programs Adminstrator. The RFP will be released and mailed in early February, 1995 for a 30 day bidding period. Requests for a copy of the RFP can be Faxed to (503-650-5426) or requested in writing to the above address. Proposals are requested to manage, train and supevise personnel for a number of data collectio programs in supsport of Pacific coast state and federal fisheries management plans. The purpose of the NEAP Data Collection Jobs Program is to employ salmon fishermen who hae suffered a financial hardship as a result of the recent years of very restrictive salmon fishery regulations. Successful bidders are required to employ salmon fishermen who met the NEAP specified qualifying criteria (attached to the RFP) as part of their project work force. The work performed by the tasks enumerated in the RFP will provide needed data to state and federal fisheries management agencies in their efforts to improve fisheries stocks and maintain some level of fishery harvest, both recreational and commercial. Nine separate work projects are described in the RFP for which bids are solicited to oversee and conduct these projects using Pacific coast salmon fishermen as the field data collection workers. Bidders may submit proposals on any or all tasks a desired. The Data Collection Job Tasks include: Encounter rates of legal and sublegal chinook and coho salmon in the marine troll and recreational salmon fisheries off Washington, Oregon, and Norther & Central California; A survey of stray rates of coho and possible chinook salmon from different types of propagation release sites in Washigton state; Mass marking of Hatchery coho salmon in Willapa Bay and Grays Harbor drainage in Washingtron state; Spawning ground surveys in the Chetco River, Oregon; Terminal area salmon fishery development projects in Oregon state; Tagging of sturgeon in the Lower Columbia River in Oregon state; and Augmentation of a number of existing California Department of Fish and Game port sampling programs for salmon, rockfish, herring, whiting and sea urchins in the state of California. All RFP's requested by FAx or in writing will be mailed. All responsible sources may submit a proposal which will be considered. (012)

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