Pacific Whiting Vessel Needed for Testing Chinook Salmon Bycatch Reduction Device

Deadline for written questions: 4.25.2016
Deadline for submissions: 5.6.2016

The Pacific States Marine Fisheries Commission (PSMFC) intends to charter one vessel to
participate in a project looking to test a sorting grid bycatch reduction device
designed to reduce Chinook salmon bycatch and evaluate its efficacy in the Pacific whiting
fishery. This project seeks to conduct 12 sample days (depending on vessel charter rate) between
01 June and 30 September 2016.

Posted: 4.4.2016

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Southern California Shelf Rockfish Hook and Line Survey

Deadline for written questions: 4.15.2016
Deadline for submissions: 4.29.2016

Pacific States Marine Fisheries Commission (PSMFC) intends to charter three vessels
to participate in a fisheries research project in 2016. The project will be in
collaboration with the National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS).
The Contractor agrees to furnish a vessel, crew, fuel, and bait necessary for sampling
between 20 and 125 fathoms in the Pacific Ocean for shelf rockfish. The Captain and
crew for all selected vessels will support the scientific party in the use of hook and
line fishing gear deployed via rods and reels. In an effort to standardize gear, NMFS
will supply the fishing gear that will be used during the survey.

Posted: 4.1.2016

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