SOLICITATION NOTICE
B -- Field Trials to Evaluate Loggerhead Sea Turtle
- Notice Date
- 6/14/2005
- Notice Type
- Solicitation Notice
- NAICS
- 541990
— All Other Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services
- Contracting Office
- Department of Commerce, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Western Administrative Support Center, 7600 Sand Point Way, Northeast, Seattle, WA, 98115-6349
- ZIP Code
- 98115-6349
- Solicitation Number
- WASC-5-0757
- Response Due
- 6/28/2005
- Archive Date
- 7/13/2005
- Description
- Notice of intent to negotiate a sloe source contract with Universita Degli Studi Di Torino, located in Torino, Italy for NOAA, National Marine Fisheries Service to assess the effectiveness of circle hooks on both target and by-catch species in a swordfish longline fishery in the Channel of Sicily in the Mediterranean Sea. In order to directly involve fishermen, the AGCI Pesca (Italian general association of fishing cooperatives, one of the most important Italian professional fishermen corporation) will be a partner in this project. Working with commercial fishermen, researchers from the University of Torino will test circle hooks involving at least 2 relatively small (<10 m) commercial longline fishing boats. The experiments will be conducted in areas where loggerhead bycatch in longline gear is known to be high (hotspot). Circle hooks will be tested by alternating 1 circle and 2 jig hooks along an entire set for the duration of the trip. A trained observer will be on board to collect catch data during experimental fishing trials. For all landed target and bycatch species, the observer will record basic measurement information. Additionally, the observer will record the type of hook responsible for hooking, relationship of hook to float, as well as hook location on a turtle?s body (e.g. flipper, lower jaw). This notice may represent the only office notice. This is a simplified acquisition. ****The Western Regional Acquisition Division, requires that all contractors doing business with this Acquisition Office be registered with the Central Contractor Registry (CCR) as of October 1, 2003. After this date, NO award can be made unless the vender is registered in CCR. For additional information and to register in CCR please access the following web site: http://www.ccr.gov. In order to register with the CCR and to be eligible to receive an award from this acquisition office, all offerors must have a Dun & Bradstreet Number. A Dun & Bradstreet number may be acquired free of charge by contacting Dun & Bradstreet on-line at www.dnb.com/eupdate or by phone at (800) 333-0505.
- Place of Performance
- Address: Mediteranean Sea
- Record
- SN00829305-W 20050616/050614211900 (fbodaily.com)
- Source
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