Aquaculture Common Issues Group

The ACIG provides a safe meeting space to discuss the key challenges facing the industry to deliver responsibly farmed finfish and shellfish. People take part to keep-up-to-date with the latest developments, to be part of a cross-industry discussion and listen to the issues raised by other parts of the industry. They can also raise their own issues, network with other people or make new contacts.

The group is led by our industry and we take responsibility for running the ACIG. The Group has met twice a year since 2009. The ACIG brings together people who represent the retail, producers, food service and restaurant industry. Other people who attend are not-for-profit environmental voluntary groups, consumer groups, government, scientists and industry bodies.

There are generally two meetings a year. The presentations and minutes from the most recent meetings are below. Presentations and minutes from previous meetings are available by emailing issuesgroups@seafish.co.uk.

We are running a mix of in person meetings and shorter online bite-size ACIG sessions at the moment.

Next meeting

Diversifying Production: What's Next for the UK Aquaculture Market?

Please register for our upcoming Aquaculture Common Issues Group (ACIG) online bite-size meeting on Tuesday 10 December 2024. The session will run from 2pm to 3.30pm GMT.

In this session we will delve into the marking behind bringing new species to consumers, what investors and R&D consortiums are looking for when taking on new aquaculture projects, and how existing industries need to adapt in order to meet certification standards.

Sign up to be a part of our online ACIG bite-sized session by clicking the link below:

ACIG Meeting: What's Next for the UK Aquaculture Market?

Previous two meetings

ACIG in person meeting. Aquaculture innovation and supply chain resilience (25 June 2024). This meeting looked closely at innovative approaches to support supply chain resilience in the UK aquaculture sector. The morning session looked at building resilience to address water quality, climate change and welfare issues. The afternoon session focussed on the UK aquaculture market and consumer demand, and the development of innovative new production methods. Please contact issuesgroups@seafish.co.uk for access to the presentations from this meeting.

ACIG bite-size online session. Government and policy initiatives to support UK aquaculture (23 November 2023). This meeting looked at how Government policy is aiming to support the growth of the finfish, shellfish and seaweed farming sectors, as well as the wider aquaculture supply chain in the UK. See the presentations:

New Scottish Government Aquaculture strategy. Julien Lake, Head of Aquaculture Vision, Scottish Government.
Aquaculture policy in England. Ruth Allin and Antony Ovens, Defra.
Northern Ireland aquaculture working group. Rod Cappell, Northern Ireland Aquaculture Representative Group.
EMFF impact evaluation and priorities for future aquaculture funding. Rod Cappell, Poseidon.

ACIG meeting notes

Notes and minutes from recent ACIG in-person and bite-size meetings can be viewed by following the links below.

Older notes and minutes are available in request.

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Terms of Reference and archive

We have archived presentations from previous ACIG bite-size meetings. These are available by emailing issuesgroups@seafish.co.uk.
View the Aquaculture Common Issues Group Terms of Reference (March 2019)

Contacts

For further information please contact issuesgroups@seafish.co.uk