SOURCES SOUGHT
B -- Ecological Surveys S.E. Bering Sea
- Notice Date
- 1/8/2010
- Notice Type
- Sources Sought
- NAICS
- 541690
— Other Scientific and Technical Consulting Services
- Contracting Office
- Department of Commerce, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Western Acquisition Division-Boulder, 325 Broadway - MC3, Boulder, Colorado, 80305-3328, United States
- ZIP Code
- 80305-3328
- Solicitation Number
- NRMJ3000-1-03927
- Archive Date
- 2/4/2010
- Point of Contact
- Mark Caban, Phone: 303-497-6875, Mark Caban, Phone: 303-497-6875
- E-Mail Address
-
mark.caban@noaa.gov, mark.caban@noaa.gov
(mark.caban@noaa.gov, mark.caban@noaa.gov)
- Small Business Set-Aside
- N/A
- Description
- The contractor shall for Task One shall identify and review the existing knowledge database for the S.E. Bering Sea. The specific area to be covered is from Port Heiden to Cold Bay along the northern shore from the shore to the 20 m isobath, which is about 3 miles offshore along most of the coast, about 170 nm of coastline. The database will include, but is not limited to, published studies in the literature, MMS reports, Alaska Department of Fish and Game (ADFG) reports, and interviews with people who have been working in the area. The last category will include interviews with fisheries biologists from ADFG and NOAA as appropriate and also commercial fishers. The report will also include a description of ongoing scientific studies in the area, and identify those with which collaboration might be desirable. Using the contacts made under Task One, the contractor shall monitor biological activity in the region from May to August, 2010. This monitoring will take advantage of any formal and informal reports that are available. In addition, dedicated visual surveys will be conducted by aircraft over the area during a four week period. The specific period will be chosen to capture the highest levels of biological activity, as identified during the review of the database. Ground sampling efforts will be conducted 1-3 times a week depending on weather in areas identified by the visual surveys. These areas will include "hot spots" where fish schools or foraging events have been observed, as well as "cold spots" where no schools or foraging have been visually observed from the air. This will enable us to detect "background" biological levels of activity and identify characteristics that define "hot spots". Ground sampling will include a series of tow nets from small vessels capable of sampling phytoplankton, small zooplankton species, large zooplankton (including crab larvae and larval fish) and juvenile fish species. Using hook and line, predator fish will be sampled and the stomach contents preserved to aid in detecting mobile forage fish and juvenile fish species that may be difficult to capture with tow nets or that are patchy and therefore difficult to effectively sample. This monitoring effort shall be repeated during the same time period in 2011 and 2012.
- Web Link
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(https://www.fbo.gov/spg/DOC/NOAA/MASC/NRMJ3000-1-03927/listing.html)
- Place of Performance
- Address: SE Bering Sea, United States
- Record
- SN02038090-W 20100110/100108234946-11f6971cc6e6e6430ec2c090d30f70ac (fbodaily.com)
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