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Final Note of DPIG meeting 24 June 2015

Final note on the Domestic Processors Issues Group meeting held at the Menzies Dyce Hotel, Aberdeen on 24 June 2015.

Seafish Delivery Report 2015-16

Delivery Report for 2015-16

Frozen Seafood in Multiple Retail (2018)

In the 52wks to June 2018, frozen seafood was the only seafood sector in volume growth as shoppers looked to save money in the current economic climate. UK frozen retail seafood sales were worth £910m (+5.6%) with a volume of 135,980 tonnes (+0.4%); with an average price of £6.69/kg (+5.2%). This factsheet examines the detail behind the performance of the frozen seafood sector including historic and current frozen retail seafood sector trends, frozen seafood key performance indicators (KPIs) and frozen segment and species performance

Seafish Responsible Sourcing Guide - Hake - May 2013

This Responsible Sourcing Guide to hake contains information on sustainability issues, stock assessment, conservation measures and management worldwide for the individual stocks of this species updated to 2013. There is a short section on the product characteristics of the species. The information was obtained from scientific, industry and governmental sources and appropriate references are given.

Labour and Employment in UK seafood processing July to September 2018

This report presents the findings of the fourth quarterly survey on recruitment in the seafood processing sector.

Trial of acoustic deterrents for prevention of porpoise by-catch (porpoise pingers) Phase 2 and 3 Endurance and Tangle

This study details the practicalities of attachment, deployment and testing of acoustic deterrents (porpoise pingers) within the Celtic sea gill net fishery.

Seafish Industry Guidance Note on Mackerel 25 March 2015

There was a resolution to the long dispute regarding the fishing of mackerel in the North East Atlantic (NEA) amongst the Coastal States in March 2014. The crisis had erupted in 2009 after the Faeroe Islands withdrew from the mackerel management agreement in response to Iceland’s increasing mackerel catch. The level of autonomous quotas set by both Iceland and the Faeroe Islands during the period 2009 to 2013 was strongly challenged by both the EU and Norway. This briefing note gives some background and explains the current position as at March 2015.

Risk Assessment for Sourcing Seafood (RASS) profile; North Sea lemon sole (Microstomas kitt) captured using trawls and seines.

This document is a summary of information on lemon sole (Microstomas kitt) targeted using demersal otter trawls, seines and sum wing trawls in the North Sea. and is risk assessed using Seafish’s RASS scoring Guidance version 2.

EU Alert Monitoring – 22 January 2016

Brussels update of seafood legislation developments, including: Denmark acrylamide; FSS survey of fish authenticity; Radioactive Contamination of Food and Feed; mislabelling in restaurants; EFSA guidance on health claims; EU-Canada negotiations for a Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA); EU IUU fishing team visits Thailand; vessel numbering scheme; bluefin tuna in the eastern Atlantic and the Mediterranean; landing obligation; aquaculture at Green Week

Aquaculture Common Issues Group. News alert. October 2021.

Oct/Nov news alert sent to ACIG subscribers on 23 November 2021.

Processor & Import Panel Minutes - May 2021

The Minutes of the Processor & Import Panel meeting, held on Thursday 27 May 2021.

Working on UK fishing vessels: the legal framework and support for fishers. November 2017.

There is a fundamental requisite to monitor the welfare of the fishing crews working on UK vessels in UK waters, as well as globally. This document highlights the key UK and global legislation that is helping now, or will help in the future, to ensure fishers have minimum standards and decent conditions of work on board fishing vessels. It also details: the health and safety requirements for all those working on UK fishing vessels; the voluntary initiatives in place to help improve the conditions on board fishing vessels for all commercial fishers; the international guidelines that support basic human and labour rights principles across the whole fisheries sector; and the appropriate authorities, organisations and charities who are working to support the industry, and improve governance, safety and welfare within UK fishing. This document updates the December 2014 document entitled 'The legal framework for working on UK fishing vessels' and the October 2016 document 'Working on UK fishing vessels: the legal framework and support for fishers.

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