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Competitive salary

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Title - Office of International Affairs, Trade, and Commerce (IATC) / Data Analyst with fishing, and seafood supply chains Client - NOAA Location - Remote

BACKGROUND In 2016, NMFS published a rule to establish permit, data reporting, and recordkeeping requirements for certain fish and fish products identified as being at particular risk of IUU fishing or seafood fraud; to implement the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act prohibition on the import and trade, in interstate or foreign commerce, of fish taken, possessed, transported or sold in violation of any foreign law or regulation or in contravention of a treaty or a binding conservation measure of a regional fishery organization to which the United States is a party. In 2024, NMFS conducted a comprehensive review of SIMP and published its action plan to strengthen and enhance the program’s ability to combat IUU fishing and seafood fraud. NMFS identified actions that respond to concerns and recommendations raised by stakeholders since the program’s inception, ensure parity for the domestic seafood industry, and improve the agency’s ability to ensure U.S. seafood imports are legally harvested. One of the recommendations was to increase analytical capacity by evaluating the historical and future data collected under SIMP to support the goal of employing proactive and dynamic risk-flagging capabilities based on trends and transitioning away from reliance on post-entry reviews.

The objective of this order is to analyze and map the supply chains of U.S. imports and exports, using the data collected under SIMP and other NMFS resources available, to identify risks and common trends for imports and market dynamics for re-exports.

SCOPE The contractors shall review the program data available for U.S. imports to identify source fisheries, map supply chains, and evaluate risks of IUU fishing, misrepresentation, and forced labor by product category based on the harvesting and processing nations' regulations and practices. The contractors will also analyze the program data for U.S.-caught re-imports to identify processing and market dynamics for U.S.-sourced seafood. This information will augment existing efforts to screen import data for risks and support domestic fisheries production.

The candidate shall perform the following tasks: a. Meet with NMFS/IATC staff to review the SIMP harvest and landing data collected, as well as other resources that may be helpful. b. Meet with NMFS/IATC staff as requested to support completion of the project according to the deliverable schedule. c. Meet with the NMFS/IATC staff and the software technicians to ensure access, understanding, and use of the data. d. After the initial supply chain mapping is completed or underway, meet with the NMFS/IATC staff to determine how supply chains will be evaluated for risk for further research and analysis. e. Using the resources provided by NMFS/IATC to contractors, prepare a template and the final deliverable, such as the supply chain mapping for imports should:

○ Identify source fisheries (harvester/producer, species, and United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization Fishing Area) ○ Identify the fisheries regulations subject to the area of catch ○ Provide …

… processing location for imports, including for U.S.-sourced seafood. ○ Ascertain the level of risk for IUU fishing, forced labor, and/or fraud, based on the agreed-upon standard (see above, sub-bullet d).

■ Identify the risks of IUU fishing, misrepresentation, and forced labor of prioritized import supply chains that are unique to the fishery, flag state, and processing state. NMFS is not seeking to duplicate its existing risk screening or previous assessments, but to build on the analyses and findings from this mapping exercise.

○ Identify trends and patterns in trade flows in general and in response to the implementation of programs and certain import restrictions that may alter supply chains.○ Identify re-imports and their associated supply chains and potential competition with other imports.

REQUIREMENTS The candidate must have experience in the following: ● Education and/or experience in natural resource management, preferably fisheries and the nuances of IUU fishing, and seafood supply chains. ● Education and/or experience in law or natural resource law and policy. ● Experience with using databases, including BigQuery, Excel, and/or R. ● Experience with creating visuals from data analysis, such as Looker, R Studio, or other more communications-related software, such as Photoshop or Canva.

This is a remote position.