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B -- OBTAIN DATA ON THE DISTRIBUTION, ABUNDANCE, AND SPECIES COMPOSITION OF FORAGE FISH AND SEABIRD FORAGING FLOCKS IN PRINCE WILLIAM SOUND, ALASKA, JULY 1 TO AUGUST 8, 1999. SOL 70181-9-Q025 DUE 061199 POC Contract Specialist, Karie L. Crow, (907) 786-3415 The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service intends to procure a contract for data and a report on the distribution, abundance, and species composition of forage fish schools and seabird foraging flocks and describe the habitat types where fish schools occur in Prince William Sound during July 1 to August 8, 1999. Data will be obtained from aerial surveys collected from a Cessna 185 equipped with floats flying at an altitude of 1,000 feet, for up to 200 hours. Data collection will be done from an airplane in conjunction with U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service boats that will follow individual birds during their foraging trips. Data collection must be done at the same time and location that the boats are following birds. The boat operators will decide which bird to follow and the airplane will fly over the area where the bird is travelling. The same pilot and observer must fly all surveys and must be highly trained in identifying forage fish schools for consistency of existing data. Digital videographic data, which are capable of showing all fish schools within 20 feet of the surface, will be collected on at least one half of the transects. These transects must be randomly selected. The data will be used to improve the resolution of the spatial analyses of the visual data. Aircraft must have capability to hard-wire digital videographic equipment, including notebook computer, into electronic system. Aircraft must be modified to mount camera in window cutout. Data will be analyzed and a report written by August 30, 1999. Please fax requests of Request for Quotation to (907) 786-3923. See Numbered Note 1. Posted 05/18/99 (W-SN333040). (0138)

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