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R -- KODIAK ISLAND SALMON SET GILLNET FISHERY OBSERVER PROGRAM SOL 52ABNF000078 DUE 081500 POC Donald Wadhams, Contract Specialist, (206) 526-6262 WEB: click here to go to the AMD Solicitation Web Page, http://www.wasc.noaa.gov/wasc/AMD/indxsol.htm. The National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) seeks a contractor to provide the necessary personnel, equipment, services and facilities to conduct a fishery observer program among the salmon set gillnet fisheries around Kodiak Islands, Alaska during the 2001 fishing season. The purpose of the program is to provide NMFS the data necessary to assess a threshold level of incidental injury and mortality to marine mammals occurring during the course of commercial fishing operations, and to otherwise manage marine mammal stocks impacted by Category II salmon net fisheries in Alaska. The contractor shall manage the hiring, deployment, and debriefing of an appropriate number of qualified, experienced observers to observe approximately 300 net-days (in which a net is fished at least six hours in a 24 hour period) of a potential 6,900 net-days of effort in the fishery. The contractor shall also provide primary debriefers, program managers, and lead observers to act as field coordinators. The contractor will arrange scheduling with industry and provide for the deployment and logistical support required to place observers aboard fishing vessels, set gillnet sites, and on remote platforms where necessary. The contractor will debrief observers and provide a variety of data and reports to NMFS. NMFS will manage all other aspects of the program, including sample design, determination of observer distribution and level of coverage, training, certification, and data analyses. This is 100% set-aside for small businesses. See Note #1. Posted 06/29/00 (W-SN470213). (0181)

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