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Northeast Consortium

The Northeast Consortium (University of New Hampshire, University of Maine, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution) invites Planning Letters for cooperative research and selective fishing gear development. Proposed projects should involve commercial fishermen and/or commercial fishing vessels; should address issues in fisheries and fisheries management, fishing gear technologies, and/or coastal ocean processes; and should be focused on the Gulf of Maine and Georges Bank. Northeast Consortium Planning Letters will be used to select projects for further development via a Full Proposal. The deadline for receipt of Planning Letters is January 9, 2002. Full proposals may be submitted without prior submission of a Planning Letter, but must be submitted by the deadline of March 20, 2002. Funding decisions will be sent by mail to proposers on or before May 1, 2001. June 1, 2002 is the target date to begin the funded projects. Funding is contingent on timely release of funds to the Northeast Consortium from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Association (NOAA). This request for Planning Letters contains information on the background, goals, and objectives of the Northeast Consortium, guidelines for preparing Planning Letters, contact information for questions regarding proposal ideas, and submission of Full Proposals. This RFP and additional information, including descriptions of previously funded projects, is available from the web site, http://www.NortheastConsortium.org. Interested fishermen are encouraged to contact Rollie Barnaby, below.

Who to call for help with cooperative research

Northeast Consortium outreach coordinator: Rollie Barnaby, extension educator New Hampshire Sea Grant Extension Phone: (603) 679-5616 E-mail: rollie.barnaby@unh.edu Northeast Consortium representatives: Ann Bucklin, professor and director New Hampshire Sea Grant Program Phone: (603) 862-0122 E-mail: acb@christa.unh.edu Peter Wiebe, senior scientist Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution Phone: (508) 289-2313 E-mail: pwiebe@whoi.edu Chrys Chryssostomidis, professor and director MIT Sea Grant Program Phone: (617) 253-7131 E-mail: chrys@deslab.mit.edu Paul S. Anderson, Director (Acting) and Marine Extension Team Leader Maine Sea Grant College Program Phone: (207) 581-1422 E-mail: panderson@maine.edu Local cooperative research info sources: Laura Taylor Singer Gulf of Maine Aquarium Phone: (207) 772-2321 E-mail: laura@gma.org Craig Pendleton or Carla Morin Northwest Atlantic Marine Alliance Phone: (207) 284-5374 E-mail: nama@namanet.org David Lincoln Massachusetts Fishermen's Partnership Phone: (978) 282-4847 E-mail: mfp@shore.net