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B -- SALMON MONITORING AND OUTMIGRATION STUDY -- STANISLAUS RIVER SOL FWS1-00P008(VR) DUE 120299 POC Vickie Ruggles, Contracting Officer 503-231-6188. For Solicitation package e-mail contact below or fax a written request to 503-231-6259. E-MAIL: click here to request a soliciation package. To contact, sandy_stevens@r1.fws.gov. The work consists of the contractor accomplishing salmon monitoring and outmigration study on the Stanislaus River to include; monitoring,release/recapture strategy, coordination, marking, and fish delivery. Tasks include deploying traps, monitoring traps, planning, coordinating and carrying out efficiency tests on traps, marking fish, recovering marked fish to do efficiency release summary updates, preparing and distributing weekly summary reports on catches and test results, planning and carrying out other sampling efforts and survival studies during outmigration, assembling escapement data for spawning population, providing final analysis reports and presentations to FWS. The approximate issue date is November 2, 1999. The issue date is an Estimate. Proposals will be due 30 days after the actual issue date of the soliciation. Posted 10/06/99 (W-SN389601). (0279)

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