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Deadline for written questions: 12.23.2014
Deadline for submissions: 1.15.2015
Pacific States Marine Fisheries Commission (PSMFC) intends to charter a vessel to
participate in a pilot research project to examine the distribution and abundance of
widow rockfish at selected survey sites off of Oregon and Washington. This project
will be in collaboration with the National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS).
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California Fish Passage Forum Fish Passage Monitoring
Deadline for written questions: 12.12.1014
Deadline for submissions: 12.31.2014
The California Fish Passage Forum (Forum), a recognized Fish Habitat Partnership (FHP) under
the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service’s National Fish Habitat Action Plan (NFHP), is seeking the
services of a contractor to summarize the current extent of fish passage monitoring activities in
California, investigate and gather representative fish passage monitoring protocols that are being
used throughout the world, and propose a tiered fish passage monitoring protocol that will be
used to monitor future fish passage projects in California.
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Wholesale Market Profiles for Alaska Federal Fisheries
Deadline for written questions: 12.15.1014
Deadline for submissions: 1.5.2015
The output of this project will be a dossier entitled Wholesale Market Profiles for Alaska Federal
Fisheries that gives qualitative and quantitative descriptions of the wholesale markets for vital
North Pacific fisheries products. This product will include figures, tables, and text illustrating the
current and historical status of these markets.
For more details or to download the full Request for Proposals (RFP) click the post title.
CLOSED: RecFIN Database MS-SQL Migration/Transition Development Roadmap
Submission deadline past
This RFP is seeking a qualified firm or individual to develop a “roadmap” for the transition of the RecFIN database from SAS to MS-SQL. The goal of the RecFIN database transition is to provide users with a state-of-the art suite of query and data access tools that will allow them to quickly access the information they need and understand what is included in the information they obtain. The design must account for potential future extension.
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CLOSED: Program Review of the National Marine Fisheries Northeast Fisheries Science Center Fisheries Sampling Branch
Submission deadline past
PSMFC is searching for a qualified contractor to perform a program review of the National Marine Fisheries Service Northeast Fisheries Science Center Fisheries Sampling Branch. The aim of the review is to assess the progress, performance, achievements and lessons learned to date, and to recommend any changes in organizational structure and internal and external processes to improve future operational efficiency, quality and impact of the science center.
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CLOSED: Electronic Monitoring Systems for U.S. West Coast and Alaska Fishing Vessels
Submission deadline past
This document provides a Request for Proposal (RFP) for electronic monitoring (EM) camera
system provider(s) to employ EM among vessels operating off the U.S. West Coast and in
Alaskan waters. Although camera systems may be very similar between regions, logistics and
application will be different between the two regions and as such, specific details are separated
among regions.
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CLOSED: At-Sea Data Collection Mobile Application Development and Implementation
Submission deadline past
The purpose of this Request for Proposals (RFP) is to procure the professional services of a mobile
application developer to create an application for collection of sampling data from recreational
fishing trips at sea. PSMFC samplers conduct this sampling and currently record data on paper which
are later entered into a database. The application will be a prototype to replace the current method,
resulting in a more efficient, more accurate and more timely data collection system.
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CLOSED: Alaska Halibut CHP Survey
Submission deadline past
The description is, “The Pacific States Marine Fisheries Commission (PSMFC) and Alaska Fisheries Science Center of the National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) are requesting proposals for a survey research project that collects information on Alaska charter halibut permit (CHP) holders’ attitudes and preferences toward aspects of the recently-implemented Alaska Halibut Catch Sharing Plan (CSP)
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CLOSED: Electronic Monitoring in the North Pacific Fixed Gear Vessel Charter
Submission deadline past
The Pacific States Marine Fisheries Commission (PSMFC) intends to charter approximately14 fixed gear vessels (e.g. longline or trap/pot fishing vessels) engaged in the sablefish, halibut and Pacific groundfish fisheries in Alaska to participate in a fisheries research project for testing camera based electronic monitoring (EM) systems.
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CLOSED: Economic Analysis of Revising the Designation of Steller Sea Lion Critical Habitat
Submission deadline past
PSMFC is seeking a contractor to assist its staff and the National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) with identifying, compiling, characterizing, and synthesizing economic data and associated information related to the economic use (both market and non-market), development, and commercial activities in and around the areas of proposed Stellar Sea Lion critical habitat boundaries that have or may reasonably be assumed to have a federal nexus (i.e., activities that may require some federal authorization, funding, or action that would trigger the ESA section 7 requirement for a federal agency to consult with NMFS regarding the effects of the action on critical habitat).
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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.
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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.
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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.).
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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.
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