UK Seafood Fund - Science & Innovation Pillar - FISP (Procurement)

Tender description

The Authority is looking for Tenderers to undertake research, data collection and analysis aimed at improving the knowledge of fisheries and aquaculture and their interaction with the marine environment and other marine species to support sustainable fisheries management (including development of the new Fisheries Management Plans as required under the Fisheries Act). The data to be collected and subsequent analysis will be determined by the Fishing industry in collaboration with an appropriate scientific Research Organisation. Defra will require data to be collected in established ways, as set out in the appropriate MEDIN data collection standards (MEDIN – Marine Environmental Data and Information Network), and to be openly published by uploading to the appropriate MEDIN data archive centre in addition to a published scientific report that sets out the data collected, the methodology used and analysis of that data. A key objective of FISP is to foster collaboration in science within the UK seafood industry, so it is essential that all proposals Involve EITHER a UK Fisher OR an Organisation or Business Engaged Within Commercial or Recreational Sea Fishing, Aquaculture or Processing in the UK. For further information on participation requirements, see section 5 of the Specification of Requirements below. The tender is divided into three lots as described below. Tenderers may submit multiple applications for contracts under more than one of the Lots, as applicable: Lot 1 Fisheries Data Collection Lot 2 Mixed Fisheries and Selectivity Lot 3 Environmental Impacts of Aquaculture