Centre for Environment, Fisheries and Aquaculture Science
CEFAS26-86 ITT for Thames Survey Vessel Charter
This sits in the upper-middle of the Transport Equipment band — a substantial contract for the sector. Based on 15,368 valued Transport Equipment tenders in our corpus.
This project aims to address important data gaps in the current North Sea sole assessment, particularly the lack of recent recruitment data from the UK sector of the southern North Sea, which is an important nursery area for the stock.
To provide suitable spatial coverage, two surveys will be undertaken: one in the northern Outer Thames and one in the southern Outer Thames.
Together, these surveys will collect abundance-at-age data for juvenile sole and information on the wider fish assemblage, including small demersal fish such as plaice, thornback ray and whiting, as well as shellfish and selected invertebrates.
The project will conduct two seasonal surveys, each lasting up to seven days, using a standard 2 m or 3 m beam trawl supplied by Cefas at fixed sites in the Outer Thames.
Data collected will include catch rates and size distributions for commercial and non-commercial species, s…
What the supplier must deliver
To provide suitable spatial coverage, two surveys
To provide suitable spatial coverage, two surveys will be undertaken: one in the northern Outer Thames and one in the southern Outer Thames.
This tender seeks to secure one or
This tender seeks to secure one or more inshore fishing vessels (10 m LOA, or with sufficient space to support survey operations) with local knowledge of the areas described below, to undertake one or both surveys.
Each vessel must be capable of rigging
Each vessel must be capable of rigging and deploying Cefas survey gear (see Section 4.1.4).
Bidders should state their preferred port or
Bidders should state their preferred port or ports in their submission.
The vessel will operate on a full-charter
The vessel will operate on a full-charter basis, including management, crew, victuals, fuel, meetings, harbour and port fees, any additional insurance required for Cefas survey equipment, and all other services needed to complete the sampling described below.
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