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A -- SOCIAL AND CULTURAL RESEARCH EVALUATION SOL 52-DGNF-5-00008 DUE 061695 POC Teresa L.G. Artis, Contact Point, Gregory N. Smith, Contracting Officer, (301) 713-0823 National Marine Fisheries Service, Office of Fisheries Conservation and Management, seeks to conduct Phase 1 of a two-phased study related to the assessment and evaluation of social impacts of Amendment 5 to the Fishery Management Plan (FMP) for the multi-species groundfish fishery of the Northeastern United States. The study is to provide information on three issues: (a) community-dependence on the fishery and the nature and scope of social impacts of the FMP's management measures on fishermen, others working in fishery-related employment, and their communities; (b) demographics and numbers of fishermen, fishing craft, and persons involved in fishery-related industries by community, county and state; and (c) relevant social science data-bases and social issues which should be used or considered in Phase 2 to identify the social impacts of fishery management in the Northeastern and Mid-Atlantic areas of the United States. This is a re-synopsis of a previously published announcement that appeared in the August 17, 1994 edition of the Commerce Business Daily. If an offeror has already submitted a request, they need not re-submit another. (0131)

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