Deadline for written questions: 11.10.2021
Deadline for Proposal submissions: 12.3.2021

Pacific States Marine Fisheries Commission (PSMFC) seeks a contractor to prepare the analysis and implementation plan necessary for NOAA’s National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), Alaska Region, to implement monitoring programs in the federal fisheries off Alaska. PSMFC was formed by Congress more than 60 years ago and helps resource agencies, including NMFS, to manage fisheries and implement fishery management programs. This project will support NMFS in the implementation of monitoring programs that include fishery management plan amendments and regulatory amendments authorized by the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act (MSA).

Posted: 11.1.2021

Economic Analysis for EM and Observers RFP QA

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Deadline for written questions: 10.22.2021
Deadline for Pre-Proposal submissions: 11.19.2021

The Pacific States Marine Fisheries Commission (PSMFC), in cooperation with the National Oceanic Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) and the California Department of Fish and Wildlife (CDFW), will be issuing $656,734 in grants to fund projects that investigate ways to improve resiliency in California’s urchin fisheries and mitigate the effects of kelp loss.

Four areas of interest include:

1. Kelp forest restoration.
Specific projects of interest include restoration, rehabilitation, and enhancement of kelp forest ecosystems promoting immediate and long-term recovery.
2. Marketing. Specific projects of interest include evaluation of strategies to add value to red sea urchin and further develop markets for purple sea urchin including non-consumptive products.
3. Recruitment Studies.
Specific projects of interest include assessment and evaluation of the factors affecting recruitment of sea urchin and keystone invertebrate predators within kelp ecosystems.
4. Socioeconomic assessments.
Specific projects would contribute to an increased understanding of the red sea urchin fishery collapse, its effect on localized economies within the California fishing communities and inform strategies to better mitigate against future losses in the fishery.

Posted: 10.08.2021

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Deadline for written questions: 09.17.2021
Deadline for submission: 09.29.2021

Pacific States Marine Fisheries Commission (PSMFC) is the third party data collection agent for NOAA Fisheries Economic Data Report (EDR) and other social and economic survey data collection programs for federally managed fisheries off Alaska. Under a grant from NOAA, PSMFC provides administrative and IT infrastructure support for the collection of mandatory annual EDR data from regulated, federally licensed participants in associated Alaska fisheries, in addition to various periodic or one-time survey projects.

PSMFC is seeking to subcontract with an information technology (IT) company to provide support in the following key areas:

* maintain and develop secure online data collection web application using Microsoft .NET and supporting development tools;
* maintain and develop XML and relational database schemas and scripted database management procedures in Oracle, monitor automated ETL processes, and conduct routine data process QA/QC audit procedures;
* provide ongoing technical support to PSMFC during periods of active user access to web application to ensure that application remains operational and data integrity is maintained, and address critical technical issues rapidly and efficiently

Posted: 09.01.2021

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Deadline for written questions: 07.23.2021
Deadline for submission: 08.06.2021

The contractor shall furnish the necessary crew, material, equipment, services and facilities to
perform the Statement of Work/Specifications. For a description of the terms used
within this Statement of Work

The Pacific States Marine Fisheries Commission (PSMFC) intends to charter one
vessel for 2 sample days to assist in collecting seafloor images across the swept area
of a bottom trawl equipped with midwater trawl doors and elevated trawl sweeps
(termed semi-pelagic trawl). Images of the seafloor will be collected by towing a
sled equipped with DIDSON and video camera equipment. The desired
timeline to completed this work is 01 September to 30 September 2021. This project
will occur off Newport, Oregon. 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, and all additional gear necessary for towing the
DIDSON and video camera sled. All data collection will occur during daylight
hours.

Posted: 07.01.2021

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Deadline for written questions: 07.23.2021
Deadline for submission: 08.20.2021

The Pacific States Marine Fisheries Commission (PSMFC), in cooperation and funding from the
NOAA Fisheries Office of Aquaculture, will be issuing approximately $640,000 in grants to fund
marine aquaculture pilot projects focusing on sustainable aquatic farming techniques and
regional business practices to grow U.S. domestic seafood.

Posted: 07.02.2021

Marine Aquaculture Pilot Projects Q&A

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Deadline for written questions: 05.13.2021
Deadline for submission: 05.20.2021

The Pacific States Marine Fisheries Commission (PSMFC) intends to charter one groundfish bottom trawl vessel for 10 sample days (depending on charter rate) to test a Flexigrid system to reduce bycatch of juvenile sablefish in the West Coast groundfish bottom trawl fishery. The Flexigrid system consists of a double grid system to provide smaller-sized sablefish increased escapement opportunities. The desired timeline to completed this work is between 15 August and 30 October 2021. 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, main wire, and doors necessary for bottom trawling for groundfish species. PSMFC will supply the sweeps, trawl, Flexigrid excluder, and codend. The captain and crew must be available during all scientific operations. To ensure full use of each sample day, the captain and crew should make any necessary transit arrangements to begin fishing operations at the start of each sample day. All fishing will occur during daylight hours.

Posted: 05.06.2021

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Deadline for written questions: 04.09.2021
Deadline for submission: 04.23.2021

The Pacific States Marine Fisheries Commission (PSMFC) is interested in chartering a Bering Sea
pollock trawl vessel and crew to conduct a study in 2021 to evaluate the performance of the Rope
Tube & Funnel (RT&F) salmon excluder. This excluder (a bycatch reduction device that allows
fish to escape from the trawl) was developed by the Conservation Engineering group (CE) in the
Midwater Assessment and Conservation Engineering (MACE) Program of the Alaska Fisheries
Science Center (AFSC), in collaboration with industry and science partners. The base charter will
consist of 14 charter days, with an option for the PSMFC to extend the contract for up to 7
additional charter days and for (2) one-year option periods (2022 and 2023). Studies in the option
years would be decided based on future funding.

Posted: 03.26.2021

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Deadline for written questions: 02.19.2021
Deadline for submission: 03.19.2021

The California Ocean Protection Council (OPC) protects California’s coast and ocean by
advancing innovative, science-based policy and management, making strategic
investments, and catalyzing action through partnerships and collaboration. OPC’s vision
is to ensure healthy, resilient and productive ocean and coastal ecosystems for the
benefit of current and future generations. OPC is committed to ensuring that policy and
management decisions affecting California’s ocean and coastal resources are based on
the best available science.

To achieve progress and priorities delineated in OPC’s ​ Strategic Priorities to Protect
California’s Coast and Ocean for 2020-2025​, OPC is partnering with Pacific States
Marine Fisheries Commission (PSMFC) to announce this opportunity to support OPC’s
Strategy for Reducing the Risk of Entanglement in California Fishing Gear
(Entanglement Strategy) over the next 3 years. PSFMC will handle receipt and review of
proposals, and management of awards, in consultation with OPC, that will be based on
the Strategy.

Entanglement Science RFP Q&A

Posted: 02.08.2020

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Deadline for written questions: 11.20.2020
Deadline for submission: 12.14.2020

The Pacific States Marine Fisheries Commission (PSMFC), in cooperation and funding from the
NOAA Fisheries Office of Aquaculture, will be issuing approximately $642,000 in grants to fund
marine aquaculture pilot projects focusing on sustainable aquatic farming techniques and
regional business practices to grow U.S. domestic seafood.

Marine Aquaculture Pilot Projects Q&A

Posted: 10.26.2020

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Deadline for written questions: 3.20.2020
Deadline for submission of proposals: 4.3.2020

Pacific States Marine Fisheries Commission (PSMFC) seeks a contractor to prepare an analysis of the
time burden and costs associated with NMFS Alaska Region, Sustainable Fisheries Division’s (SF
Division’s or NMFS’) information collection requirements and to provide recommendations to NMFS
about how to improve these time burden and cost estimates.

PRA HANDBOOK

AKR PRA Information Collection detailed data for PSMFC

Posted: 3.9.2020

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