Performance Of Biopsys On Beluga Whales Tender, India - 34818704

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Summary : Performance Of Biopsys On Beluga Whales

Deadline : 29 Jul 2019

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Notice Type : Tender

TOT Ref.No.: 34818704

Document Ref. No. : NFFS7300-19-02798NGB

Competition : ICB

Financier : Self Financed

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Purchaser : DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
Contracting Office Address: 325 Broadway - Mc3
Boulder
Colorado 80305-3328
United States

Primary Point of Contact: Nicholas G. Brown,

Contract Specialist
Country: USA
Email: nicholas.g.brown@noaa.gov

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statement of work (sow) -cook inlet beluga biopsy

background
the cook inlet beluga whale population has declined significantly from 1979 when the population was estimated at approximately 1, 300 whales, to a current 2016 estimate of 328 whales. This decline led the national marine fisheries service (nmfs) to designate the cook inlet beluga whales as depleted under the marine mammal protection act (mmpa; 65 fr 34590, may 31, 2000) and to list the whales as endangered under the endangered species act (esa; 73 fr 62919, october 22, 2008). On 10 february 2016, nmfs released a 5-year "species in the spotlight" action plan for cook inlet beluga whales. This plan outlines effort vital for stabilizing the population and preventing its extinction, and serve as road maps for recovery.

Remote biopsy sampling of whales has been shown to safely provide a small piece of skin and blubber that can be used for numerous scientific studies, including providing information on the sex, genetics, diet, and hormonal status (for stress, pregnancy, and sexual maturity) of individual whales. The benefits of a carefully designed and implemented biopsy study for cook inlet beluga whales should outweigh the potential risks, provided the questions being addressed are clearly linked to recovery and the methods employed do not have negative effects upon any individual`s fitness or on population recovery. Nmfs alaska regional office sponsored a workshop in april 2014 to gather expert opinion about the risks, benefits, and structure of a potential biopsy program prior to conducting any biopsy studies on the cook inlet beluga whales. The report from that biopsy workshop is available at: http://alaskafisheries.noaa.gov/protectedresources/whales/beluga/workshop/cibbiopsyworkshop0614.pdf

one of the key themes and recommendations from the biopsy workshop participants was that prior t...

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