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UK Gear Trial Review: What can we learn from past gear trial projects?

The main aims in conducting this UK Gear Trial Review were to: 1) conduct a strategic evaluation of past UK gear trials projects; and 2) use the findings to help inform the relevant, effective and efficient delivery of future work in this area.

Climate change risk adaptation in UK seafood: Understanding and responding to a changing climate in the wild capture seafood industry - summary report

This summary report concerns UK seafood supply chains reliant on domestic and international wild capture seafood. It sets out major impacts from key climate change drivers and major areas of adaptation action, from production to markets.

Separator trawls as a tool for improving selectivity for cod

This paper describes the results of comparative fishing trials, under commercial conditions, using a standard trawl and a separator traw. The target species in the fishing area were cod, haddock, whiting, lemon sole and plaice. The separator trawl was fitted with a 120mm lower codend; the upper codend and that on this standard net were 100mm. The trials involved about 90 paired tows over a period of 10 weeks. 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.

SECLG Presentation 4. Driving improvements in human rights and labour standards. 5 July 2023.

Lia Hayman, Thai Union spoke about the worker voice model, challenges and best practice solutions. This file may not be suitable for users of assistive technology. If needed please request an accessible format.

GSSI, the Global Sustainable Seafood Initiative

GSSI is a global partnership that has established a benchmark for seafood certification schemes. It was set up by the seafood industry, governmental, intergovernmental and non-governmental organizations to build confidence in certified seafood. This note summarises background and acheivements of GSSI to March 2017

Seafish Summary of UN FAO Aquaculture 2010

Seafish summary of the United Nations Food and Aquaculture Organisation report: World Aquaculture 2010, published 9 November 2011.

Reopening Your Fish and Chip Shop

Guidance for businesses closed due to COVID-19 restrictions

Cod Seafood Industry Factsheet

The three species, tuna salmon and cod dominate the UK retail seafood market by volume. This report summarises both the UK imports and exports of cod and cod sales in both retail and foodservice channels

Q3 2023 Q3 Seafish Foodservice Channels

This Market Insight factsheet provides a full picture of each channel that make up the Great Britain (GB) foodservice market.

Changes to the analysis and reporting of Paralytic Shellfish Poisoning toxins and reporting of E coli results

FSA Scotland interested parties letter informing of the forthcoming changes to analysis and reporting of results for the Paralytic Shellfish Poisoning (PSP) toxins testing and the recent changes to the reporting of E. coli results in Scotland.

Tangle Net Fishery for Spider Crabs (Maia Squinado)

A description of the biology of the Spider Crab is given. This is a trials narrative covering 10 days of fishing with tangle nets in the English Channel. Handling practices are described along with a short narrative on marketing. 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.

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