OpportunityTitle: Lake Roosevelt Burbot Maturation
AdditionalInformationOnEligibility: This is a Notice of Intent to award a Single Source Cooperative Agreement to Dr. Christopher Guy (Assistant Leader of the Montana Cooperative Fishery Research Unit and Affiliate Associate Professor in the Department of Ecology at Montana State University) for the purpose of developing reliable information regarding gametogenesis in burbot, Lota lota, from Lake Roosevelt, Washington.
Description: The mission of the USFWS Bozeman Fish Technology Center is to work with partners to conduct applied research and provide technical assistance on local, regional, and national aquatic resource issues. Sexual dimorphism in burbot can be difficult to discern as the species is seemingly monomorphic. Reliable information regarding gametogenesis is required for population status assessment and harvest modeling of the Lake Roosevelt, WA, recreational fishery. The purpose of this award is to secure the scientific expertise of Montana Cooperative Fishery Research Unit to describe gametogenesis and the endocrine profile in adult Lake Roosevelt burbot and develop non-invasive (ultrasound) and less-invasive (plasma sex steroids) tools to determine sex and stage of maturity. This project will have broad applications for burbot populations across the North America.
GrantorContactEmailDescription: FWS PO
GrantorContactText: Project Officer Robert Muth 406-994-9902 &lt;br/&gt;robert_muth@fws.gov &lt;br/&gt;
CloseDateExplanation: This is a Notice of Intent to award a Single Source Cooperative Agreement to Dr. Christopher Guy an Affiliate Associate Professor at MSU. Dr. Guy and his graduate students conduct research within the broad context of aquatic ecology.