November 10, 2014 — The following was released by the Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission (ASMFC):
The deadline for the submission of proposals to support scientific studies that further river herring conservation efforts throughout their full range is fast approaching – 5 PM, EST November 13, 2014.
Priority areas for funding include: gathering information/data to help develop performance measures for evaluating the effectiveness of fish passage improvement efforts; habitat restoration; evaluating dam-related river herring mortality due to upriver migration delays, predation, and downstream turbines; impacts of fisheries on river herring and developing ways to reduce those impacts; and documenting life history information on the marine phase of river herring. The agencies also will consider proposals looking at contaminant effects in freshwater systems and trophic interactions such as those between river herring and other fish species (e.g., Atlantic herring, Atlantic mackerel) and predator/prey impacts.
Full proposals should be sent to Marin Hawk at ASMFC, 1050 N. Highland Street, Suite 200 A-N, Arlington, VA, 22201 or mhawk@asmfc.org by 5 p.m. EST, November 13, 2014. The Request for Proposals can be obtained at (http://www.asmfc.org/files/JobAnnouncements/RiverHerringRFP_Oct2014.pdf). For more information, please contact Marin Hawk (mhawk@asmfc.org) or Diane Borggaard (diane.borggaard@noaa.gov).