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There has been a major overhaul of food law by the European Commission in the last few years; this has lead to some confusion and misunderstandings about the burdens this will place on food businesses. The aim of this guidance is to clarify any new requirements for the seafood industry.

SR684 Case study: consumer messages concerning brown crab products in selected European market

This case is an in-depth review of brown crab products as seen from a consumer perspective. The case is produced as a specific output of the wider Acrunet Activity 5 which seeks to understand the wider system of brown crab practices from production to consumption. Topics covered include ethics of production (animal welfare - clawing, harvesting, storage and slaughter); food safety (biotoxins and cadmium); labelling; and stocks .

Aquaculture Hyperbooks Suspended Mussels Economic Model

These pages are a Microsoft Excel based economic modelling tool that will enable you to explore how a potential rope-grown mussel business may function. Technical pages containing a wealth of information and advice on cultivating mussels in suspended conditions can also be downloaded.

Designation of Auction Centres and Registration of Buyers and Sellers of First Sale Fish

A new scheme is being introduced that will require buyers and sellers of first sale fish and shellfish landed into the UK to register with Fisheries Departments. It will also require the designation of auction centres and fish markets at which such fish is sold. Fisheries Departments have established a joint implementation advisory group with stakeholders to provide advice on implementing the new scheme. This guide has been produced with the aim of providing informal, non-statutory guidance for businesses of what is required of them in order to register (whether a fish auction centre, or as a buyer or seller of fish), submit sales notes and maintain appropriate records of first sale fish. This guide is advisory and does not have any legal status. Ultimately, only the courts can decide whether, in particular circumstances, an offence has been committed.

Trials to Assess the Effectiveness of Ionization, Chlorination and UV Irradiation for the Disinfection of Seawater

Clean supplies of water are essential for the industry to maintain high standards of hygiene and quality. Where seawater is used, regulations demand that the water is free from microbiological contamination and that disinfection is carried out where required. In an operation such as shrimp processing where the product is cooled in seawater, cross contamination as a result of using contaminated seawater may result in food poisoning. It is thought that seawater containing a disinfectant residual may also be used to slow the microbiological spoilage of the product itself. For example using treated water in an RSW system may improve fish quality and extend shelf life. A series of practical trials were carried out to determine the effectiveness of electrolytic ionization, UV irradiation and chlorination for killing bacteria in seawater, with a view to the development of a commercial system for use on shrimp boats. A trial was also carried out to determine the effect on white fish quality of using ionized water in an RSW system. All treatments except chlorination using sodium hypochlorite proved to be unsuitable due to poor bacteriocidal performance and/or prohibitive costs. Sodium hypochlorite gave effective coliform bacterial kills at dose levels as low as 5 mg/1 of chlorine. A marginal improvement in quality was determined over a 7 day period with treated RSW versus untreated RSW.

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Coastal Characterisation & the CSO Text Alert Initiative

Combined Sewer Overfalls (CSO's) are a safety valve in the treatment of human waste that can when operated in the area of bivalve mollusc harvesting. Text alerts of activation of CSO's direct to harvesters are now being trialled in the UK. This document describes the factors that can be considered by a harvester when carrying out a risk assessment. Knowledge of these factors affects when text alerts are received will result in enhanced active management decisions.

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The Sea Fish Industry Authority - Annual Report and Accounts 2013/2014

The Annual Report provides a detailed Management Commentary and financial review of the activities undertaken by Seafish during 2013/2014 and information on future developments.

Labour and Skills: Northern Ireland 2020

labour and skills study of seafood industry in Northern ireland

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Quay Issues: Fleet Economic Performance Dataset 2008-16

The Seafish Fleet Economic Performance Dataset provides a detailed insight into the financial and operational performance of the fleet between 2008 and 2016 alongside analysis produced by the Seafish Economics team.

A Preliminary Study of the Costs of Operating a Lobster Hatchery in Orkney and the Development of an Economic Model for Future Hatchery Programmes

As part of the UK Lobster Stock Enhancement programme, the Sea Fish Industry Authority (Seafish) conducted a series of juvenile lobster (Homarus gammarus) releases in Scapa Flow, Orkney. Hatchery operations and the results of the different trials have been summarised in several reports and articles (Burton 1992, Beard & Wickins 1992, Bannister et al 1994, Burton 1994, Anon 1995, Cook 1995, Burton 1999, Burton in press).

Further Investigations into the Use of Low Diameter Twines for the Construction of Square Mesh Panels

The report is one of a series describing the potential to reduce discarding by the use of technical conservation measures. It covers the second phase of work undertaken to improve the performance of the square mesh panels that are now mandatory in a number of towed gear fisheries.

Seafish Economic Analysis: UK king scallop dredging sector 2008 - 2016, 2nd Edition, final 2016 data

In 2015 the Scallop Industry Consultation Group (SICG) raised concerns over declining profits in ICES area 7 (including the English Channel and Irish Sea). In response to these concerns Seafish was asked to conduct an economic analysis of king scallop dredge vessels. This report illustrates the economic and operational performance of UK vessels dependent on king scallops in 2008-2016.

Scientific Opinion of the Panel on Dietetic Products, nutrition and Allergies on a request from the Commission related to labelling reference intake values for n-3 and n-6 polyunsaturated fatty acids

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Quay Issues: Issue 4

Quay Issues is a magazine for the fishing industry. It tells some of the stories unearthed during our annual Economic Survey of the UK Fishing Fleet. The aim is to share inspiring stories about innovative and best practice solutions to industry challenges and to disseminate our economic data amongst a wider audience. In this edition we look at ways fishermen can test the financial viability of selective fishing gear, the improtance of making sure gear set-up is correct, factors influencing fish price, including vessel reputation, fishermen's health and the lobster sector.

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Part 9 Pumping and Piping Systems U15m 01Jan2013

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Storage Trials of Controlled Atmosphere Packaged Fish Products

During these trials fish fillets were packed in a variety of atmospheres, stored under controlled conditions, and their quality assessed at regular intervals. 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.

Use of shell in aggregates_B54

Shell waste is a major financial and operational burden on the shellfish industry. Although there are, in theory, many uses for shell, there is no singular solution to treat or utilise these materials as by-products and little infrastructure to take shell across the UK. Where infrastructure exists, it is often disjointed or only works on a localised level. Seafood processors are often unaware of potential opportunities. Most processors rely on disposal outlets which can cost up to £150 per tonne of waste making it a very costly problem. This study has undertaken an assessment of the availability of suitable shellfish waste for aggregate applications. In summary, ~43,000t of shell aggregates could be available from the current production of cockle, crab, mussel, oyster, whelk, queen and king scallops. An assessment has been made regarding the availability of these different shell types, market opportunities, technologies to treat the shell and costs.

Ecosystem Services, Goods and Benefits Derived From UK Commercially Important Shellfish

Ecosystem services, goods & benefits encompass the food, raw materials, clean air & water that nature provides. This review summarises our knowledge of the ecosystem services provided by commercially important shellfish such as molluscs & crustaceans.

The Nephrops fisheries of the Northeast Atlantic and Mediterranean - A review and assessment of fishing gear design

A review and assessment of fishing gear design.

Overview of the evolution of the assessment and management of the Northern European skate and ray fishery. December 2014.

The management of skate and ray fisheries has changed radically in the past 6 years with the implementation of Total Allowable Catches (TAC) in the Celtic Sea and West of Scotland as well as the North Sea and stock assessments using the ICES Data Limited Assessment methods. The purpose of this document is to outline and discuss the main trends in the assessment and management of stocks of skates and rays and the fisheries of them in the North Sea, Celtic Sea and West of Scotland over recent years. The assessment and management of these fisheries is discussed in the context of how science, government, fishers and the supply chain could contribute to the management of skate and ray fisheries thereby reducing the necessity for cuts across all stocks of these species. This report summarises some of these advances and it discusses possible further work in these fisheries.

Environmental Data Gathering for Environmental Assessments_Basic Seabed Habitat Mapping using Acoustic Ground Discrimination Sonar and Underwater Video

A lack of information on the precise location of a protected marine habitat or refuge for a protected marine species has caused considerable delays in environmental impact assessments and at worst led to applications to develop shellfish farms being refused or withdrawn as regulators are unable to decide whether the farm site and/or access arrangements will or will not have a potential impact on a protected wildlife site (Seafish 2006 & 2007).

Fishing spatial-temporal pressures and sensitivities analysis for MPA Fish-ing Industry Collaboration Pilot FES 252: Report on Seafish workshop on the physical effects of fishing activities on the Dogger Bank

This workshop, which is part of a larger project; Fishing Spatial-Temporal pressures and sen-sitivities analysis for MPAs (FES 252) carried out by NFFO and funded by EFF, is designed to review knowledge of physical actions on the seabed of fishing gear components and their envi-ronmental effects in order to contribute to this process of risk assessment.

DEEPNET

A preliminary investigation on Shelf Edge and Deepwater Fixed Net Fisheries to the West and North of Great Britain, Ireland, around Rockall, and Hatton Bank. 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.

Discards New Developments 2009

Update on latest developments relating to discards in fishing. Covers 2009.

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Labour and Skills: Wales 2020

Labour and skills study of the seafood industry in Wales

Literature Review of the effects of underwater sound vibration and electromagnetic fields on crustaceans

This report reviews the impacts of underwater noise, vibration, and electro-magnetic fields generated by marine renewable energy devices on the behaviour, development and physiology of UK commercial crustacean species.

ISSFAL Report on Recommendations for intake of Polyunsaturated Fatty Acids in Healthy Adults

B18_Cod egg fatty acids project - Final report

Production of good quality juveniles from cod hatcheries relies heavily on the quality of eggs produced. However, egg quality can be highly variable and identifying, at an early stage, which eggs are likely to generate good hatch rates and larval survival can save time and money that could be wasted incubating poor quality eggs. Evidence suggests that the egg fatty acid composition, especially arachidonic acid (ARA) and docosahexaenoic acid (DHA) concentrations, as well as the ARA/eicosapentaenoic acid (EPA) ratio are vital for good egg quality. Similarly the egg carotenoid, principally astaxanthin, (Ax) content is also correlated with improved egg and larval quality in other fish species.

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