Specifications include, but are not limited to: The Department of FISH AND GAME, Division of COMMERCIAL FISHERIES, is soliciting bids for a fully functional trawl fishing vessel to provide living quarters and operations base for activities relating to juvenile salmon research in waters of the western Gulf of Alaska and Southern Bering Sea. In order for a bid to be considered responsive the bidder must meet these minimum prior experience requirements: • Crew to consist of a USCG licensed captain with at least three (3) years of trawl fishing experience, and a minimum of three (3) experienced fishermen. • One of the fishermen must be an engineer with five (5) years of experience aboard fishing vessels and fully knowledgeable of the charter vessel and equipment. To procure a fully functional trawl fishing vessel to be used by the State of Alaska, Department of Fish and Game (ADF&G), as living quarters and operations base for activities relating to juvenile salmon research in waters of the western Gulf of Alaska (55 - 59° N; 150° - 159° W) and the southern Bering Sea (between latitudes 57° - 60° N; 158° - 167° W). The vessel must be manned by a USCG licensed captain and a minimum of three (3) additional vessel crew. ADF&G will place up to five (5) department personnel aboard the vessel to study captured juvenile salmon and other marine life and to collect oceanographic information. This charter period for the western Gulf of Alaska survey (3 survey periods) is estimated to last for 12 days each (approximately June, July, August 1-11; 36 days total) and for the southern Bering Sea survey up to thirty (30) days, with a ADF&G crew change taking place at approximately the midpoint.
