# Assessing the impacts of the pump-scoop dredge fishery on the macrobent

> A sourced UK public sector contract award published by DEPARTMENT FOR ENVIRONMENT FOOD & RURAL AFFAIRS.

## Key facts

- Buyer: [DEPARTMENT FOR ENVIRONMENT FOOD & RURAL AFFAIRS](/buyers/department-for-environment-food-rural-affairs/contract-awards)
- Supplier: [ABPmer](/suppliers/abpmer/public-sector-contract-awards)
- Award value: £49,950
- Tender value: £49,950
- Award date: 25 June 2025
- Published: 11 November 2025
- Contract start: 23 June 2025
- Contract end: 15 March 2026
- Stage: awarded
- Procurement category: services
- Notice ID: e0c33c31-3160-48ea-b9fd-f217591dcfc8-871718
- OCID: ocds-b5fd17-0c38cf41-30e9-4b23-9ad0-2fbca18b85bd

## Description

The Wessex Area Team at Natural England are commissioning this study to update the evidence base which is used to provide advice to Southern Inshore Fisheries and Conservation Authority on the Habitats Regulations Assessment on the long-term sustainability of the pump-scoop dredge fishery that commercially operates within the Harbour\. Contract awarded by Defra\.

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## Source

[View the original notice on Contracts Finder](https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/e0c33c31-3160-48ea-b9fd-f217591dcfc8-871718)