Current opportunities

• Ride-Along Registry: Scientists, managers, and students are encouraged to sign up to ride-along with participating members of the fishing industry on their fishing trips.

  The fishermen involved in this project have volunteered to take people out on their boats for no charge. Arrangements have been made to provide the necessary insurance.

  The goal is to provide managers, scientists, students the opportunity to ride-along to experience a fishing day, which will hopefully start to provide a better understanding of the human aspect of fishing and begin to close the communication gap between fishermen, managers, and scientists.

  Contact the fisherman you are interested in going on a ride-along with directly. Contact information and locations are in the table below.

  Name	Boat	City	Phone
  Blair Miner	Columbian Star	Astoria
  Dennis Burke	Timmy Boy	South Beach	541-867-6155
  Jeff Sober	Searcher I	Bandon	541-347-3607
  Dennis Cutting	Bernadette	Charleston	541-888-5138
  	Cape Foulweather
  	Stormie C
  Dave Jordon	Granada	Garibaldi	503-842-2177
  Michael Smith	Haida	Rogue River	305-849-2304
  Robert Eder	Michele Ann	Newport	541-265-6650
  Ted Gibson	Cap Elza	Newport	541-265-9504
  	Lady Kaye
  T.H. James	Endeavor	Lake Oswego	503-638-3207
  	Patience
  Judy Dixon	Corsair	Newport	541-265-2320
  Gerald Gunnari	Coast Pride	Charleston	541-269-5352
  Nick Edwards	Genesis A	Coos Bay	541-888-0770
  Ralph Brown	Little Joe	Brookings	541-469-2717
  Rex Leach	Ms Julie	Coos Bay	541-290-2611
  Anthony Vandecoevering	George Allen	Garibaldi	503-322-3508
  	Ken & Al
  Dale Kent	Lady Cecelia	Garibaldi	503-377-9603
  Jeff Boardman	Miss Yvonne	Newport	541-265-8246
  Jeff Chestnut	Prospector	Newport	541-336-9130
  Roger Marshall	June Rose	Astoria	503-325-7614
  Alan Hightower	Sea Otter	Port Townsend	360-385-7299

• NOAA--There is currently an opportunity available which calls for the acquisition of Commercial Vessels to perform bottom trawl groundfish surveys off the coast of the continental United States. If interested in this procurement you can download the solicitation at http://www1.eps.gov/spg/DOC/NOAA/WASC/AB133F%2D04%2DCN%2D0037/Attachments.html.
• New Tagging Study--$1000.00 Rewards for Tag Return ! A new tagging study was begun recently as part of a collaborative research effort between commercial sablefish fishermen and scientists at the University of California at Santa Cruz. Read more.
• Annual Call for Proposals in the area of Pacific Marine Wildlife and Ecosystem Health supported by the SeaDoc Society, Wildlife Health Center, School of Veterinary Medicine, University of California, Davis.  Proposals are due no later than 5:00 pm October 15, 2004. Click here for more information.

Current RFP's What is a Request for Proposal (RFP)?

• Annual Call for Proposals in the area of Pacific Marine Wildlife and Ecosystem Health supported by the Marine Ecosystem Health Program (MEHP), Wildlife Health Center, School of Veterinary Medicine, University of California, Davis. Proposals are due no later than 5:00 pm October 1, 2003 (this is not a postmark deadline). Click here for more info.

• Saltonstall-Kennedy Grant Program now offering financial assistance for research and development that address various aspects of U.S. fisheries. Applications must be received by August 29, 2003. Click here for S-K application and more info.
• Pacific States Marine Fisheries Commission is accepting Requests for Proposals for West Coast Cooperative. The purpose of this Request for Proposals is to assist the fishing industry in the collection of needed West Coast groundfish data, which serves to improve the information base for fisheries management while providing assistance to the industry. Click here for more info.

• None have been submitted to FishResearchWest at this time. Please check back regularly.

• Scientists and Fishermen Exchange (SAFE)
  An Oregon Sea Grant-led initiative, bringing together area fishermen and scientists to exchange information and ideas about fisheries research.
• The Heads Up!calendar lists upcoming events that are important to the West Coast fishing community. Post your meetings here too!