MMO: Assessing Options for Non-lethal Seal Deterrents
What the buyer wrote
To improve specificity of advice given by the Marine Management Organisation (MMO) in its work to conserve protected species, enable sustainable marine fishing activity and reduce conflict, the MMO seeks better understanding of non-lethal deterrents suitable for control of seals from fishing vessels. This project will improve understanding of seal depredation (seals eating the catch from the fishing gear) including what assists and influences the behaviour and how substantial the impacts on English fisheries. The project will: - Review what non-lethal measures, gear modifications or fishing tactics are currently available to reduce seal depredation and bycatch for static net fisheries a…
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- What the buyer calls it
- MMO: Assessing Options for Non-lethal Seal Deterrents
- How they are buying
- Advertised, open to anyoneAny supplier could bid without being invited first.
- Suitable for small firms
- The buyer says yes. What that is worth
- Work starts
- 19 Feb 2018
- Work ends
- 8 Jul 2019
- Kind of work
- Research, evaluation and insight
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