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- Country: United Kingdom
- Summary: Ins302-01 Review of the Monitoring and Regulatory Landscape for Bycatch in Uk Marine Waters
- GBT Ref No: 104326485
- Deadline: 12 Aug 2024
- Competition: ICB
- Financier: Self Financed
- Purchaser Ownership: Public
- Tender Value: 60000
- Notice Type: Tender
- Document Ref. No.: INS302-01-7
- Purchaser's Detail :
- Description :
- The overarching objective of this project is to provide a critical appraisal of the current regulatory and policy frameworks for both monitoring and managing bycatch in UK marine waters. This is a crucial project required to inform the OEP's wider work on holding government to account for the achievement of Good Environmental Status (GES) under the UK Marine Strategy.
For the purposes of this project, 'bycatch' will be taken to mean the "unintentional capture or entanglement of non-target species in fishing gear often resulting in serious injury or mortality"1. It should also encompass the unintentional capture of fish that are below minimum conservation reference size, so as to fully align with the 'bycatch objective' set out in the Joint Fisheries Statement.
The overarching objective will be achieved through delivering the following elements:
•Building on existing OEP analysis to clarify the degree to which bycatch affects the achievement of GES - specifically, to determine the contribution that delivering Government's bycatch commitments could make to relevant GES indicators, and the scale of action that may be required to realise those commitments.
•Reviewing current regulatory and policy measures implemented in UK marine waters that impact on the management of bycatch - to determine the strengths and weaknesses of the regulatory system by examining the design and implementation of existing laws, policies and regulations, including compliance mecha... - Documents :
Purchaser : OFFICE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION
Wildwood Wildwood Drive Worcester WR5 2QT England
Email :Procurement@theoep.org.uk
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