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A Business Study of the N. Ireland Fish Industry

This study, carried out in 1982/83, describes the fisheries of the County Down coast centred on the three ports of Kilkeel, Portagovie and Ardglass. The costs and earnings of fishing vessels are given and the report points out that the catching capacity of the Northern Ireland fleet is in excess of the resources available to it and alternative opportunities must be sought. Included are assessments of the Northern Ireland consumer market. This report has been produced from a scanned original and may therefore contain some formatting and other inaccuracies. In cases where this affects the technical content, a paper copy of the original report can still be obtained from Seafish.

Codes of Practice for Crustaceans – 2. Wholesale and Transport Sector - July 2024

A series of codes have been developed to advise industry of best practice when handling, storing and dispatching crustaceans. This Code of Practice covers the wholesale and transport sector.

Seafish briefing on labour issues in Thailand's warm water prawn supply chain. December 2014.

The Thai government has long faced criticism for its failure to curb labour and human rights abuses occurring in the country, however attention came to a head in June 2014 with the publication of a series of articles and videos in the Guardian newspaper containing allegations of human trafficking and slave labour in the Thai seafood industry. At the same time the US State Department downgraded Thailand to a Tier 3 ranking on its 2014 Trafficking in Persons report. Tier 3 status indicates insufficient improvement of ongoing human trafficking problems in a number of Thailand’s industries, including its seafood industry. The TIP Report highlights the existence of forced labour, human trafficking, and other abuses on Thai vessels that harvest wild fish for Thai shrimp feed, and the Guardian articles have connected those supply chains to leading producers and retailers. The UK seafood industry is taking this issue very seriously and there are moves to ensure that each link in the supply chain is not implicated in any form of labour abuse. Whilst there is a fundamental need to improve the situation this document highlights the positive movement for change that is underway.

Farmed seafood in retail (2023 Update)

This factsheet covers the key global trends in aquaculture, focusing on the changing shopper trends and consumption patterns of farmed species in UK multiple retail to May 2023.

Lobster Cultivation Leaflet

Leaflet on Lobster Cultivation

Seafood Processing Methodology Report (5th edition)

A short report describing the methods used to collect and produce seafood processing industry performance data (5th Edition).

Seafish response to Review of FSA advice on fish consumption consultation

The Food Standards Agency is reviewing its dietary advice to consumers on fish consumption to take into account nutrition, food safety and wider sustainability issues. We were asked to comment about the FSA's proposed approach to include these wider aspects in future advice on fish consumption. Consultations were run in England, Northern Ireland, Wales and Scotland. To read the consultation go to: http://www.food.gov.uk/consultations/consulteng/2009/advicefishconsumption and click on the area you are interested in.

Frozen Seafood in Multiple Retail 2016

British shoppers have fallen out of love with frozen seafood. Over the past 8 years none of the frozen segments have experienced volume growth. But, over the past 12 months frozen natural and frozen dusted seafood are leading the recovery.

Denmark seafood market guide

A market research report on the seafood sector in Denmark.

Seafood Processing Methodology Report

A short report describing the methods used to produce the seafood processing estimates used across Cutting Edge, our industry performance data and the enquiry tool.

FS42-12.09_Multi rig trawling - How it has developed

In the last 25 years multi rig trawling has been taken up by much of the UK fishing fleet. The development of multi-rig trawling has probably had as big an influence on the present day trawling industry as the change from sail power to steam and diesel power did many years ago. This fact sheet is the first in a series on multi rig trawling and looks at its history, and the methods being used today.

UK Seafood Supply Chain Overview: April-June 2023

This report takes a high-level view of the whole of the seafood supply chain to explore factors impacting UK seafood markets, seafood business operations and consumer behaviour during April to June 2023.

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