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V -- CHARTER TRAWL VESSEL IN SEQUAM PASS, ALEUTIAN ISLANDS IN SEPTEMBER FOR NOAA SOL 52ABNF00063 DUE 071900 POC Kristina Rodabaugh, Contract Specialist, (206) 526-6379 WEB: AMD Solicitation Web Page, http://www.wasc.noaa.gov/wasc/AMD/indxsol.htm. Trawl vessel with a minimum registered length of 125 ft, and a minimum continuous horsepower from the main engine of 1,000 is needed to perform a cruise to recover tagged Atka mackerel within the trawl exclusion zone in Sequam Pass, Aleutian Islands, Alaska. The charter operations will be conducted 24 hours per day. The charter is expected to last 7-14 days in order to catch 500,000 Atka mackerel, and will begin after the open-access B-season fishery in area 541 in the Aleutian Islands is completed (approximately September 10, 2000). Vessel must be completely rigged for trawling, and have sufficient fuel and fuel-holding capacity to conduct 14 days of charter operations without refueling. Contractor shall provide a crew commensurate with the vessel size and expected catch, including a Captain, first mate, engineers, cooks, lead fisherman, fishing/deck crew, factor foreman, and processors. The vessel must also accommodate a crew of six scientists, with separate quarters for male and female scientists. The contractor may take ownership of all catch not retained by scientists. The government intends to make no payment to the contractor. Expected start and ending location is Dutch Harbor, Alaska, but the start date and start location will be at a time and place mutually agreeable to the contractor and the government. All responsible, responsive offers will be considered. Posted 06/05/00 (W-SN461507). (0157)

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