OpportunityTitle: Nautilis Taxa Fisheries and Social Surveys
AdditionalInformationOnEligibility: A Notice of Intent to Award is issued by the U.S. Fish &amp; Wildlife Service to the University of Washington, Department of Biology, in accordance with Department of the Interior pre-award policy based on the criterion determined by the program, 505DM2.14(B)(4) - unique qualifications - the applicant is uniquely qualified to perform the activity based upn technical expertise.  The Service is assessing the conservation status of nautilus and the impact of international trade on this taxon.  In compliance with OMB requirements for transparency and competition, this funding opportunity includes an application package; however, no other entity than the University of Washington is expected to apply.
Description: The University of Washington (UW) and its partners of the Pacific Northwest CESU (Cooperative Ecological Stuides Unit) have the particular expertise, field experience, and country contacts needed to conduct field research on extant nautiloid cephalopods in the genus Nautilus (cahmbered nautilus, or nautilus) in two locations in order to assess their population numbers and conduct local fisher and market surveys. Dr. Peter D. Ward, a UW Professor of Biology and of Earth and Space Sciences, has conducted field research on these taxa throughout most of their range since the 1970s. Last year doctoral candidate Andres Dunstan, a UW reserach partner in Brisbane, Australia, became the first researcher ever to estimate local population size and has previously conducted local fisheries and social surveys regarding these taxa. Together these scientists form a uniquely qualified team to compile sufficient biological and trade information to more fully understand the impact of international trade in these animals needed to build on the Service&apos;s initial assessment of the species, in consultation with the National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS)that supports its conclusion that available scientific and commerical information suggesting that all extant species may merit listing in the Appendices of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species (CITES) of Wild Fauna and Flora.
GrantorContactEmailDescription: FWS Award Processing
GrantorContactText: Lois Paul &lt;br/&gt;Grants Management Analyst &lt;br/&gt;Phone 703-358-2459