CEFAS26-10 Offshore and Onshore Observer Programme
Buyer: CENTRE FOR ENVIRONMENT, FISHERIES AND AQUACULTURE SCIENCE
- Published
- 15 May 2026
- Estimated value
- £350,000
- Place of performance
- UK
- Procedure
- Open procedure
- Lots
- 1
- Notice number
- 044991-2026
- Reference
- ocds-h6vhtk-060e51
- Official source
- Official source
CPV codes
- 90711500Environmental monitoring other than for construction
Description
The Offshore Observer Programme is a cornerstone of the UK’s approach to sustainable fisheries management. It provides independent, high-quality data that underpins stock assessments, advice, and compliance with national and international obligations, including the Fisheries Act 2020. By placing trained observers on commercial fishing vessels, the programme ensures accurate information on catch composition, discards, and biological characteristics is collected during normal fishing operations. To meet the requirements of the Fisheries Act 2020, Cefas contributes to the data collection and collation requirements laid out in the UK Data Collection Framework (DCF). The UK DCF ensures consistent and continuous fisheries data collection across each UK administration, enabling them to establish multiannual programmes for the collection and management of these data. In England, Cefas is responsible, for the most part, for the collection of fisheries-dependent data, which includes deploying Offshore Observers on commercial fishing vessels to sample catches of shellfish, demersal and pelagic fish stocks, and associated bycatch. Access to vessels is negotiated on a voluntary basis, as there …
Awards
| Awarded to | Amount | Date |
|---|---|---|
| SEASCOPE FISHERIES RESEARCH LIMITED | — | — |
Official publications
- FTS · 044991-2026 · 15 May 2026
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