Published date: 19 July 2018

Closed opportunity - This means that the contract is currently closed. The buying department may be considering suppliers that have already applied, or no suitable offers were made.


Closing: 17 August 2018

Contract summary

Industry

  • Goods vessels - 34512500

  • Fishing, emergency and other special vessels - 34513000

  • Fishing vessels - 34513100

    • Survey vessels - 34513550

    • Light vessels - 34513750

    • Hire of vessels with crew - 60651000

    • Hire of sea-going vessels with crew - 60651100

    • Hire of inland waterway vessels with crew - 60651200

    • Standby vessel services - 63725200

    • Fishing-vessel services - 63726700

    • Research vessel services - 63726800

Location of contract

Any region

Value of contract

£10,000 to £25,000

Procurement reference

BIP334064236

Published date

19 July 2018

Closing date

17 August 2018

Contract start date

18 August 2018

Contract end date

31 December 2018

Contract type

Service contract

Procedure type

Open procedure

Any interested supplier may submit a tender in response to an opportunity notice.

Contract is suitable for SMEs?

No

Contract is suitable for VCSEs?

No

Description

The primary objective of this project is to estimate survival rate of discarded sea bass (Dicentrarchus labrax) caught in UK fisheries. The information on sea bass discard survival may be used to supplement management advice, in particular in constructing Discard Plans and evidencing applications for exemptions to the Landing Obligation (LO) for sea bass under the high survival provision.

The trials will take place between August 2018 and December 2018. The work will involve a maximum of 14 days of fishing under charter per vessel/gear type. The study will involve the capture of sea bass under normal commercial trawl and gill net practices to record the condition and health state of individual bass. Any live bass will be assessed and (if deemed likely to survive) tagged with electronic tags and released back to sea to help provide evidence of post discard survival. The survey will require two scientists to be onboard the vessel with approximately two metre square clear deck space to carry out scientific procedures during fishing operations.

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About the buyer

Contact name

Emma Roberts

Address

Pakefield Road
Lowestoft
NR33 0HT
UK

Telephone

01502527766

Email

procure@cefas.co.uk