Published date: 20 June 2022
This notice was replaced on 31 October 2022
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Awarded contract (published 31 October 2022)
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Contract summary
Industry
Agricultural, farming, fishing, forestry and related products - 03000000
Location of contract
SW1P 3JR
Value of contract
£0
Procurement reference
tender_309054/1080806
Published date
20 June 2022
Closing date
2 August 2022
Closing time
12pm
Contract start date
5 September 2022
Contract end date
31 March 2025
Contract type
Service contract
Procedure type
Open procedure (below threshold)
Any interested supplier may submit a tender in response to an opportunity notice.
This procedure can be used for procurements below the relevant contract value threshold.
Contract is suitable for SMEs?
Yes
Contract is suitable for VCSEs?
Yes
Description
Background to Fisheries Management Plans
The Fisheries Act (2020) places an obligation on Defra and the devolved administrations to prepare and publish Fisheries Management Plans (FMPs) to help achieve Defra's ambition for sustainable fisheries. The Act describes an FMP as a document that sets out policies designed to restore one or more stocks of sea fish to, or maintain them at, sustainable levels.
Once a FMP is published, the Act places a duty on national fisheries authorities to exercise their functions in accordance with the policies set out in FMPs. The plans therefore place binding obligations onto the national fisheries authorities to seek to deliver the goals of each FMP.
Each FMP will be reviewed at least every six years to ensure that they remain effective, although fisheries policy authorities can carry out more frequent and regular reviews on policies within the plans when considered appropriate.
The draft Joint Fisheries Statement (JFS) included a list of proposed FMPs with a timetable for their publication. Defra are reviewing the responses to the JFS consultation, and a final list will be published by November 2022.
There are currently 43 planned FMPs:
- 21 are joint UK FMPs which will be jointly developed by all 4 UK administrations, with Scottish Government coordinating their preparation.
- 2 FMPs coordinated by Northern Ireland published jointly with Welsh Government and Defra.
- Defra will be publishing 16 FMPs.
FMPs will be a tool to implement wider policies and work on fisheries management, for example informing Defra's approach when negotiating the management of stocks shared with other coastal states.
Defra led FMPs
Defra are leading on 16 FMPs, 12 of which focus on English waters with 4 being English and Welsh waters. The first 6 of these FMPs, known as 'frontrunners', will explore ways of preparing plans to build a shared understanding of everyone's roles in learning to work in collaboration in fisheries management.
About the buyer
Contact name
Defra (DgC)
Address
Nobel House, 17 Smith Square
London
SW1P 3JR
England
Telephone
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