NIGP 94532: Commercial Fishing Services for Shellfish

NIGP 94532 Commercial Fishing Services For Shellfish, an Item code, captures state and local procurement of shellfish harvesting, processing, and related commercial fishing operations. State and local governments acquire these services primarily through natural resource and environmental departments managing coastal fisheries, marine conservation programs, and shellfish bed restoration initiatives. The scope includes commercial harvesting contracts, shellfish bed maintenance and cultivation, disease monitoring and control in farmed shellfish operations, and ecosystem management tied to commercially viable shellfish populations. Issuing bodies are concentrated among state departments of natural resources, marine resources, or environmental quality in coastal jurisdictions, along with regional shellfish commissions and special-purpose marine districts.

No recent state and local contract opportunities for this code appear in available procurement records. The absence of posted solicitations suggests either limited current demand under this specific NIGP classification, procurement consolidation through multi-year contracts awarded in prior periods, or routing of shellfish-related work through broader natural resource or environmental services codes rather than this specialized Item classification.