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B -- STATISTICAL ANALYSIS OF GILLNET DATA AND MARINE MAMMAL BYCATCH SOL WAS7-1312 DUE 060697 POC Randall Brown, (voice) (206) 526-6226, Fax (206) 527-5848 RFQ WASC-7-1312 issued to provide reports/statistical analysis of marine mammal bycatch in gillnet fisheries. Contractor will analyze gillnet observer data, estimate annual marine mammal mortality in gillnets, and prepare technical reports to document same. Gillnet data will be provided to the contractor. Data on gillnet mortality contains confidential information and cannot be removed from the National Marine Fisheries Service office in La Jolla, CA. Consequently, it is expected that much of the work will be done on-site in La Jolla. Statistical analyses and multivariate analyses are to be performed using S-PLUS on an SGI Challenge-L mini-computer running Unix OS. Contractor must be familiar with PC-based and UNIX-based computer systems using the S-PLUS statistical programming language. Contractor should also be an expert at applying ratio estimators and bootstrap variance estimation techniques. It is anticipated that a PhD level or equivalent will be performing the work under this contract. Period ofperformance will be from date of award with final report submitted by 9/15/98 (suitable for publication in a peer-reviewed scientific journal). This is a simplified acquisition with an estimated value of less than $100,000. (0135)

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