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Seafood imported to the UK in 2019

This report contains key facts relating to the UK’s seafood imports in 2019, including key countries and species.

Selectivity measures and how they could reduce discards

Notes from BSCI event on "Labour conditions in Thai Fisheries and Food" 28 February 2014

The Business Social Compliance Initiative (BSCI) and the ILO have joined forces to seek for pragmatic solutions and synergies to improve working conditions in the Food Processing industry in Thailand. This meeting gives continuity to the previous discussions conducted with the relevant stakeholders last year in Thailand. International brands and retailers working with this industry are invited to join forces in an open debate to identify the major bottlenecks and find solutions together. The meeting will provide a good understanding of the current labour situation and the work of different initiatives. Furthermore, it will provide an open platform for discussion towards an action plan for Thailand.

North West Regional Study

This report provides an overview of the fishing industry from the Scottish border in the Solway firth to the Dee Estuary and the border with Wales. The fleet comprises trawlers of up to 18m. and inshore vessels down to 6m. but other harvesting methods include tractor drawn shrimp trawls and the collection of molluscs by hand. The trawl fishery is suffering from the international overfishing of the North Irish Sea. Inshore fishermen and others attempt to meet EC inspired fish hygiene directives. Fleetwood is in serious decline as a fishing port but local fish merchants still handle considerable quantities of fish, most of which is trucked in. 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.

ACIG Presentation 2. UK reliance on aquaculture. 18 October 2022.

Joe Cooper, Seafish spoke about aquaculture trends, the trade profile of aquaculture in the UK, and looked at the UK reliance on aquaculture.

The Continued Development of a Larval Rearing Technique for Turbot

Eggs of turbot, Scophthalmus maximus, were transported from the White Fish Authority’s Marine Farming Unit, Hunterston and the Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries & Food Unit, Lowestoft at the eyed ova stage and hatched in tanks at the Authority’s Marine Farming Unit, Ardtoe. The tanks, with constant illumination and temperature control, were stocked with rotifers, Brachionus plicatilis and algae (mainly Phaeodactylum sp) before the eggs were installed. The larvae were fed successively on rotifers, various stages of the brine shrimp, Artomia salina, and mysid shrimps, Leptomysis gracilis. A total of 1,764 metamorphosed fish were produced, the survival of the best batch of eggs being 1.1%. 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.

Aquaculture Common Issues Group. News alert. January 2022.

January news alert sent to ACIG subscribers on 13 January 2022.

Electrofishing in Marine Fisheries

This Information sheet describes and discusses the environmental effects and fishery management implications of marine electro fishing with particular reference to pulse trawling for flatfish, hovercran fishing for brown shrimp and fishing for razorclams.

Seafood social profile Spain January2020

This profile is part of a series on the social risks associated with countries that are important to the UK seafood industry. It covers risks related to the production and processing of wild caught and farmed seafood.

SECLG/ACIG Presentation 1. Aquaculture and human rights. 1 February 2023.

Birgitte Poulsen, Seafood Watch, spoke about equitable seafood supply chains and integrating social sustainability into aquaculture production. This file may not be suitable for users of assistive technology. If needed please request an accessible format.

Seafood social profile South Africa January2020

This profile is part of a series on the social risks associated with countries that are important to the UK seafood industry. It covers risks related to the production and processing of wild caught and farmed seafood.

Aquaculture Common Issues Group. News alert. April 2022.

April news alert sent to ACIG subscribers on 13 April 2022.

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