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Fish content and QUID

The fish content of fishery products is important to manage and monitor given that food manufactureres have legal obligations relating to the quantities of ingredients use din the manufacture or preparation of food. This factsheet provides an overview of fish content including; fish composition, testing analytical fish content, calculating analytical fish content, nitrogen factor, analytical indicators of low fish content products and QUID. It also provides practical advice to seafood buyers.

Seafish Brussels Update 13 May 2016

Brussels update of seafood legislation developments, including: Traceability of fishery and aquaculture products in catering and retail; Public consultation for the Fitness Check of EU consumer and marketing law; New fisheries partnership agreements.

County Down Seafood

This report was produced by tourism specialists BTS, supported by fish industry experts Poseidon Consulting. It is a market based business plan, commissioned by the Strangford Lough and Lecale Partnership (SLLP), with funding from the EU and the South East Area Fisheries Local Action Group (SEAFLAG), to provide economic benefit to the South East Area which includes the fishing ports at Portavogie, Ardglass and Kilkeel. The analysis is designed to help develop the local market for locally caught seafood and local quality agricultural produce within Area. The project examines the opportunities for food tourism in the Strangford Lough and Mourne Mountains destinations, building on the concentration of the Northern Ireland fishing industry in the area, the quality of other local food produce and the number and the quality of local eating places across the area.

EU Alert Monitoring – 5 February 2016

Brussels update of seafood legislation developments, including: Changes to Fukushima safeguards; A new Regulation on food radionuclides; IUU; Thailand ; Unfair Trading; EU–Vietnam Free Trade Agreement (FTA); EU trade policy and seafood; Ethical Fishing; ILO; Food safety and consumer protection; CFP and Landing Obligation; DG SANTE organisation chart

The next NGO priority: An initial review of developments, implications, and practical responses

This report focuses on emerging priorities for NGOs. It considers major industry impacts arising from NGO areas of focus and sets out areas where a response from industry and Seafish may be required and identifies areas of potential collaboration.

Final Pelagic Industry Issues Group minutes for 9 October 2015

Final minutes of the Pelagic Industry Issues meeting held in Aberdeen on Friday 9 October 2015.

Climate change adaptation - Watching Brief 2018

A Seafish/MCCIP Watching Brief report on how the seafood industry in the UK is adapting to climate change.

China Export Guide

A market research report on the seafood sector in China.

Final Note on Seafood Ethics Common Language Group meeting on 11 July 2018

Final note on the Seafood Ethics Common Language Group meeting held at Friends House, London on Wednesday 11 July 2018.

Vietnam Export Guide

A market research report on the seafood sector in Vietnam.

Aquaculture in England, Wales and Northern Ireland: An Analysis of the Economic Contribution and Value of the Major Sub-Sectors and the Most Important Farmed Species

A report which analyses the economic contribution and value of the major aquaculture sub-sectors, and the most important farmed species in England, Wales and Northern Ireland.

Seafish Brussels Update – 24 July 2015

Brussels update of seafood legislation developments, including: EU public consultation on endocrine disruptors, "Is sustainable aquaculture possible", FVO report fishery products in Macedonia, antimicrobial restrictions in animal feed, proposed ATQs 2016–2018

Seafish Brussels Update – 17 July 2015

Brussels update of seafood legislation developments, including: Public Consultation on the future of EU-Mexico trade and economic relations; Open call for tender: Study on the establishment of a framework for processing and analyzing maritime economic data in Europe; WELMEC guide; Proposal for classification of A production areas for LBM according to Codex criteria; Planned sanitary survey on Norovirus in oysters.

Risk Assessment for Sourcing Seafood (RASS) profile; Peruvian Anchoveta (Engraulis ringens) artisanal purse seine fishery in Northern Central Peru (FAO 87)

This document is a summary of information for the Peruvian artisanal purse seine fishery targeting Peruvian Anchoveta (Anchoveta) within FAO area 87.1.13-14 is risk assessed using Seafish’s RASS scoring Guidance version 2.

English Aquaculture Strategy - full report

Part of the Seafood 2040 aquaculture strategy for England - this full report includes a review of the English aquaculture landscape and current barriers to growth, along with the rationale and methodology behind the strategy.

Full report on Developing an Assurance Scheme for Shellfish and Human Health (DASSHH)

The full report on a bivalve shellfish aquaculture water quality project. DASSHH aimed to create an improved approach to determining shellfish water quality that fully meets consumer safety and regulation requirements.

Seafood Industry Value Chain Analysis - Cod, Haddock and Nephrops

This study provides a close look at the UK seafood value chain for the species cod (Gadus morhua), haddock (Gadus aeglefinus) and nephrops (Nephrops norvegicus). This report treats each value chain separately, and the main findings from each analysis can be found below. In addition, the key points extracted from the interviews held with industry players and the implications of the main findings for the major stakeholders in this study are presented here. When seen as a whole, these observations provide a background for understanding some of the developments that are observed in the seafood industry today for the selected species.

Australia Export Guide

A market research report on the seafood sector in Australia.

The UK shellfish industry’s role in supporting shellfish ecosystem services and public goods and benefits

This report considers the role that fishing and aquaculture play in maintaining and enhancing shellfish ecosystem services and delivering public goods and benefits. The relevance of this to future marine policy development is also considered.

Labour and Skills: Wales 2020

Labour and skills study of the seafood industry in Wales

South Korea Export Guide

A market research report on the seafood sector in South Korea.

Labour and Skills: Northern Ireland 2020

labour and skills study of seafood industry in Northern ireland

Seafish Corporate Plan 2015-2018

The new Seafish Corporate Plan for 2015-18 sets out our mission, vision and values for the next three years. The Plan includes the new High Level Objectives and strategic outcomes for Seafish, along with more detailed information about the Seafish work programmes which support them. The Plan has been developed in partnership with industry and key stakeholders and will be our key tool in communicating our delivery promise during 2015-2018.

Utilisation of 2018 European Union - Faroe Islands Bilateral Fisheries Agreement

The Seafish Pelagic Industry Issues Group (SPIIG) asked Seafish to undertake an independent analysis of the utilisation by the UK and rest of EU of the 2018 EU-Faroe bilateral agreement and the utilisation of the agreement by Faroe Islands. (5th ED)

EU Alert Monitoring – 11 December 2015

Brussels update of seafood legislation developments, including Better Training Safer Food Annual Report 2014; Increasing the maximum permissible mercury content of fish; Official controls - Live bivalve molluscs, echinoderms, tunicates and marine gastropods; Fair and quality fish on your plate: ALDE calls for a European Eco-label; "The EU fish market” 2015; "The EU fish market” 2015; Dutch flatfish fleet; Support for fishermen; Council Regulations suspending the autonomous Common Customs Tariff duties; New proposals to improve transparency and monitoring of EU fleet fishing internationally; Statement on the adoption of tariff quotas for certain imported fish and fish products; List of invasive alien species; “How to make fisheries controls in Europe uniform”

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