This opportunity has been withdrawn due to the COVID - 19 pandemic.

**Tender withdrawn 02/04/2020**

The objectives of the spanner crab survey are to obtain fishery-independent catch-per-unit-effort data, record length frequency and sex ratio data, identify interactions with species of conservation interest, and monitor bycatch composition.

The survey aims to collect a fishery independent index of abundance for the East coast Spanner crab stock.

The survey is completed once every calendar year, across each of the five regions within Queensland’s managed area. A similar survey is completed in NSW waters. The survey data are used every two years, in combination with commercial fishery catch rate data to set the bi-annual quota for the fishery.

The customer is seeking to engage up to 5 suitably experienced contractors to deliver the survey services for each region, conducted at the same time and will take five consecutive working days between May 5th and May 11th, 2020.

The contractor is to provide the required vessel(s) for five (5) consecutive days between 29th April and 3rd May 2019. In their Offered region, vessels must be skippered by experienced persons, be suitable for the area of operation and the intended survey plan for that area (day trips, overnight trips etc).

Complete requirements are outlined in Schedule 1 of the Contract Details.