Twaite shad (Alosa fallax) spawning survey in the River Teme
What the buyer wrote
Defra procuring on behalf of Natural England. In order to determine if a population of Twaite shad is still spawning in the River Teme, this project will undertake a programme of kick sampling at six suitable locations identified in a habitat survey conducted for Natural England in 2014. This will provide a baseline for surveys in future years. The kick sampling needs to occur when water temperatures on the Teme reach 12 oC. This is likely to be in May, but could occur in late April or early June and we ask the contractor to be able to accommodate this. A sub sample of the eggs will be genetically analysed to QA the results and also determine if any Allas shad (Alosa alosa), or hybrids be…
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- What the buyer calls it
- Twaite shad (Alosa fallax) spawning survey in the River Teme
- How they are buying
- Advertised, open to anyoneAny supplier could bid without being invited first.
- Type
- services
- Suitable for small firms
- The buyer says yes. What that is worth
- Work starts
- 19 Apr 2015
- Work ends
- 30 Sep 2015
- Kind of work
- Research, evaluation and insight
Who the buyer named
Emma Roberts was the named contact on this notice.