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B -- BEHAVIORAL RESPONSES OF CAPTIVE CETACEANS AND PINNIPEDS TO NET FRAGMENTS SOL 52ABNF-5-00161 DUE 091295 POC For a copy of the solicitation, call Klint Demetrio at 206-526-4499. For further information, call Contract Specialist Sharon Kent at 206-526-6035. Fax number is 206-526-6025. Continue the study of the behavior of captive pinnipeds and cetaceans in response to novel objects to better understand and mitigate the problem of entanglement of these animals (or similar species) in the wild. This work is designed to measure the responses of the different captive species to the introduction of net fragments as examples of novel objects by conducting two studies, naive and longitudinal. The naive study will test the differences in responses between species. The longitudinal study will test a species ability to habituate to the introduction of nets, and its ability to generalize their inital experience to different conditions. The period of performance will be two years. All responsible sources may submit a proposal which shall be considered by the agency. (0194)

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