GB-Lowestoft: Ghost Gear

Defra will fund the Commonwealth Marine Litter Programme (CLIP), which will be led by the UK through the Centre for Environment Fisheries and Aquaculture Science (Cefas). The programme will support up to six developing countries across the Commonwealth to develop national litter action plans focusing on plastics entering the oceans. Cefas requires the Supplier to develop a high quality and targeted removal and/or prevention programme for ghost gear in the Pacific region (specifically Vanuatu and Solomon Islands). The Supplier will evaluate options to identify lost fishing gear and its impacts to allocate clean up costs and assist with a regional workshop to consider options to prevent…

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