Charter for Anglerfish Survey North Sea

Tender description

Marine Scotland invites a tender from demersal trawlers of overall length greater than 25.9 metres to undertake a single trawl anglerfish survey of the North Sea. The charter will be of 12 days duration, starting 24th April 2023 from a North East Scottish Port (at the discretion of overseeing scientist and master). The vessel will end the charter and land all catch in the port of departure on 5th May 2023. Fishing will be carried out in the North Sea as instructed by participating scientific staff. A purpose built monkfish trawl will be supplied but the vessel must supply all other towing gear such as warps, sweeps, trawl doors etc. (as specified below). All fishing gear belonging to the vessel is operated at the owner’s risk. All details of the tenders received will be treated in strict confidence. The survey is scheduled to take 10 days at sea, sampling up to 6 hauls per day and travelling in the region of 1200 nm in total.