Published date: 27 July 2015

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: 21 August 2015

Contract summary

Industry

  • Agricultural, forestry, horticultural, aquacultural and apicultural services - 77000000

Location of contract

North East

Value of contract

£0

Procurement reference

Cefas: Fisheries Science Partnership (2015-16) (46)

Published date

27 July 2015

Closing date

21 August 2015

Contract start date

1 September 2015

Contract end date

31 December 2015

Contract type

Not applicable

Procedure type

Not applicable

Contract is suitable for SMEs?

Yes

Contract is suitable for VCSEs?

No

Description

A Fishery Science Partnership (FSP) involving the fishing industry, Defra and Cefas scientists was established in 2003. Defra has confirmed the continued funding of the Fisheries Science Partnership programme for a further year in 2015/16.

The objectives of the programme are: -

To build relationships between UK fishermen and scientists and to involve fishermen in the co-commissioning of science.

To achieve these objectives, the programme will: -

(a) provide data obtained from commercial fishing catches on key stocks to supplement data sources traditionally used in ICES assessments;
(b) investigate concerns raised by fishermen on scientific assessments or on stocks not currently assessed;
(c) investigate innovative scientific methods and or more selective / environmentally friendly fishing methods; and,
(d) support the work of regional Advisory Councils.

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About the buyer

Address

Pakefield Road
Lowestoft
NR33 0HT
England

Email

procure@cefas.co.uk