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RFx ID : | 17711976 |
Tender Name : | 4650 Identification and storage of Cold-Water Corals |
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Open Date : | Thursday, 21 July 2016 12:00 PM (Pacific/Auckland UTC+12:00) |
Close Date : | Friday, 26 August 2016 1:00 PM (Pacific/Auckland UTC+12:00) |
Tender Type : | Request for Proposals (RFP) |
Tender Coverage : | Sole Agency [?] |
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Exemption Reason : | None |
Required Pre-qualifications : | None |
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DOC Procurement Team procurement@doc.govt.nz plase direct all communication through GETS |
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The 2010 amendment of Schedule 7A of the Wildlife Act 1953 protects all hard corals, including: black corals (all species in the order Antipatharia); gorgonian corals (all species in the order Alcyonacea (previously known as Order Gorgonacea)); stony corals (all species in the order Scleractinia); and hydrocorals (all species in the family Stylasteridae).
Observers on commercial fishing vessels are not always able to identify cold-water corals at sea with high precision (especially down to the species level) with the identification of bycaught individuals often requiring identification from a coral taxonomist in the majority of cases. Identifying coral bycatch that is unable to be identified by Government fisheries observers to the finest taxonomic level provides vital baseline information that can help to better inform research and marine protection such as predictive modelling, benthic risk assessments and management of benthic marine protected species.
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