CLOSED: Collecting Regional Economic Data for Southwest Alaska Fisheries – Survey Instrument Development and Key Informant Interview

Submission deadline past

The primary objective of the proposed project is to develop a survey instrument and supporting document(s) to be subsequently administered through a contractually unrelated project in which the instrument will be used to elicit regional economic information from fish harvesting vessels; and conduct key informant interviews with seafood processors and local businesses supplying inputs to the seafood industries in the Southwest Alaska region. For context, the data collected through key informant interviews from this project and through the survey instrument developed here will ultimately be combined with IMPLAN data to develop regional economic models for estimating borough and census area (BCA)-level economic impacts of various fishery management actions.

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Q&A Responses  – posted 4.16.2014 – Question 4.4 revised 4.16.2014

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Original posting date: 4.4.2014

CLOSED: Joint Survey of Pelagic and Demersal Habitats

Submission deadline past

Pacific States Marine Fisheries Commission (PSMFC) intends to charter one vessel to participate in a fisheries research project investigating both the nearshore and the offshore habitats of fish and their food resources off the Oregon coast. The project will be in collaboration with the National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) employees from the Northwest Fisheries Science Center (NWFSC) and Oregon State University.

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Original posting date: 4.4.2014

CLOSED: Vessel Needed for Testing an Excluder in the Groundfish Bottom Trawl Flatfish Fishery

Submission deadline past

The Pacific States Marine Fisheries Commission (PSMFC) intends to charter one vessel to participate in a research project looking to evaluate the efficacy of a flexible sorting grid excluder designed to reduce sablefish, rockfish, and Pacific halibut bycatch in the west coast groundfish bottom trawl directed flatfish fishery (i.e. vessels targeting Dover sole, petrale sole, rex sole, English sole, etc.). This project seeks to conduct 10 sample days (depending on charter rate) between 15 May and 30 September 2014. PSMFC will be responsible for designing the project and providing all scientific equipment needed for the project. The Contractor agrees to furnish a vessel, crew, bottom trawl, and all additional gear necessary for bottom trawling for groundfish species. PSMFC will supply the excluder to be tested. The Captain and crew of the vessel selected will assist in the deployment and retrieval of an underwater video camera and oceanographic sensors. The Captain and crew must be available during all scientific operations. In order to ensure full use of each sample day, the captain and crew should make any necessary transit arrangements in order to begin fishing operations at the start of each sample day. All fishing will occur during daylight hours.

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Original posting date: 4.1.2014

CLOSED: Ocean Shrimp Trawl Vessel Needed for Eulachon Bycatch Project

Submission deadline past

The Pacific States Marine Fisheries Commission (PSMFC) intends to charter one ocean shrimp trawl vessel to participate in a research project looking to evaluate if simple enhancements to the visibility of the trawl components can be used to improve bycatch reduction for eulachon. This project seeks to conduct 8 sample days (section 3.1. defines a sample day) between 01 June and 30 September 2014. PSMFC and the Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife (ODFW) will be responsible for designing the project and providing all scientific equipment needed for the project. The Contractor agrees to furnish a vessel, crew, two well-matched ocean shrimp trawls, ice, and all additional gear necessary for ocean shrimp trawling. The Captain and crew of the vessel selected will assist in the deployment and retrieval of LED lights, recording inclinometers, and oceanographic sensors. The Captain and crew must be available during all scientific operations. In order to ensure full use of each sample day, the captain and crew should make any necessary transit arrangements in order to begin fishing operations at the start of each sample day. All fishing will occur during daylight hours. This project will be a collaborative study between the PSMFC, ODFW, and ocean shrimp trawl fishermen.

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Original posting date: 4.1.2014