Hoveton Wetland Restoration Project - Fish Removal

Tender description

As part of delivering the restoration of Hoveton Great Broad and Hudson's Bay a contractor is required to deliver biomanipulation of the fish community within these shallow lakes. This requires fish removal, using a viariety of methods, to reduce the biomass by >75 % with a focus on zooplanktivirous and benthivorous species. The contractor will also gather data and report on the biomass, fish communities, size and age class before and after the fish removal. In addition, following the initial biomanipulation the contractor will be required to respond at short notice (4 weeks) to any flood events or other fish barrier failure to restore the lower biomanipulated biomass, this included reporting on the number/biomass of fish ingress into the two broads.