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R -- FISH CULTURE SERVICES AT LITTLE PORT WALTER, ALASKA SOL 52ABNF-7-00056 DUE 041597 POC To reserve a copy of the solicitation call Klint Demetrio at 206-526-4499 or fax at 206-526-6025. For more info. call Jan Sullivan at 206-526-6032. WEB: U.S. Dept. of Commerce, National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration, Acquisition Management Division, http://www.wasc.noaa.gov/wasc/proc.htm. NOAA's National Marine Fisheries Service has a requirement for a contractor to provide fish culture services on a year-round basis at the Little Port Walter (LPW) field station on Baranof Island in southeast Alaska. Specific research objectives at LPW station include: (1) U.S.-Canada Salmon Treaty concerns regarding complex coast-wide salmon issues and the need for providing more Alaska-origin chinook salmon for Alaska fisheries; (2) studies that focus on the effects of oil on the biology of pink salmon, including the possibility of long-term genetic damage; and (3) long-term data sets on the population of pink salmon. The contractor shall provide approximately 2,000 hours of fish-culturist labor per year to assist in the following: (1) general fish culture and rearing; (2) wet laboratory and incubation activity; (3) maintenance and light construction; (4) fish tagging operations; and (5) verbal, written, radio and e-mail communications with the program office. The period of performance is from May 1, 1997 through April 30, 1998, with options for two (2) additional one-year option periods. All responsible sources may submit a proposal which will be considered by this agency. (0052)

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