The objective of this contract between National Marine Fisheries Service, Alaska Region (NMFS AKR) and the contractor is to conduct systematic, thorough on-site necropsies on stranded and harvested cetaceans and pinnipeds to document cause of death (identify human interactions, such as fishing gear entanglements, boat strikes, trauma, and gunshot wounds); monitor for epidemic and endemic diseases and toxic materials in the environment; gather baseline life history information; and gain insights into the health of our marine mammals as individuals and at the population level in Alaska. This is a small business set aside. The North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) Code for this procurement is 541940.

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