Research to determine optimal seabass fishing closed seasons and quantify how different nurseries contribute to adult fish populations for evidence-based fisheries management.
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In research innovation, CENTRE FOR ENVIRONMENT, FISHERIES AND AQUACULTURE SCIENCE has awarded 11 contracts to 10 suppliers.
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Supply and operate an unmanned surface vehicle to collect three months of comparative wave data for Cefas' WaveNet monitoring network, commencing by December 2026.
Develop statistical methods and code to improve how data-limited fish stocks are incorporated into mixed fisheries forecasting models for sustainable UK fisheries management.
Three-year service contract for maintenance and repair support of Illumina sequencing equipment.
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Fund collaborative data service networks to connect practitioners and improve research support services across the social science sector.
Get up to £250,000 to develop marine robots and autonomous underwater vehicles designed to operate reliably in extreme Arctic conditions over 18 months.
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Deploy collaborative autonomous platforms in the Arctic Ocean to advance polar research and demonstrate AI-enabled mission capabilities over six to eight weeks from Svalbard.
