CEFAS: Request for Quotation for Review of evidence from marine aggregate industry monitoring reports and relevant new scientific information off the coasts of north and south Wales.

Description

Cefas are acting on behalf of the Welsh Government to commission this work as part of an ongoing initiative to review the interim Marine Aggregate Dredging Policy for Wales (iMADP). iMADP was adopted in November 2004 following a series of detailed studies and consultations to establish an evidence base of the sectors: current and future operations in Wales; governance and impacts. It is essential that the current review of iMADP makes the best use of the evidence that has accrued in the intervening fifteen years since the supporting documentation for iMADP were originally published (e.g. the Bristol Channel Marine Aggregates: Resources and Constraints Project, 2000). This desk-study is being commissioned to identify the key items of further evidence that may alter and/or enhance our understanding, interpretation and application of the policies for marine aggregate extraction in Wales. Please review attached RFQ document supplied for full details