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With financial support from Seafish, Billingsgate Seafood Training School completed a project called ‘Celebration of Sustainable Seafood.’ It created a new educational seminar format, which included producing a number of species-specific case studies - to celebrate and explain the seafood industry’s efforts to fish responsibly and care for the environment. This factsheet summarises the project and what was achieved.

Exploring the Italian market for Nephrops from Scotland

In 2003 the Sea Fish Industry Authority (Seafish), in association with Seafood Scotland and Scottish Development International commissioned a study to explore the market for Scottish Nephrops in Italy. This key features document provides an overview of the study's findings.

The value of Irish Sea Marine Conservation Zones to the Northern Irish fishing industry

This report is by Poseidon Aquatic Resource Management Ltd at the request of the Seafish Northern Ireland Advisory Committee (SNIAC) and was funded by Seafish.

A case study review of the potential impact of proposed CFP discard reform. Poseidon report to Seafish UK, 2013

The reform of the Common Fisheries Policy (CFP) introduces a landing obligation to eliminate discarding. The objective of this research, was to determine the potential economic implications of this discards ban on selected case study UK fleets through establishing a) how would the landing obligation affect fleet economic performance, b) at fleet level, and given current discards, what would the quota requirements amount to, and c) identify any ‘choke’ species that could limit operations of the fleet. The report highlights two key aspects of the landings obligation: the restricting effect of so-called “choke” species, and a lack of clarity surrounding the permitted flexibilities contained within the legislation. The results confirm what we already thought: much work remains to be done in order to ensure that we have a fishing fleet which operates sustainably, profitably and in line with the recently agreed landings obligation.

FS18-12.08 Dec 2008 Fuel Flow Meters

This work investigated the accuracy and precision of fuel flow meters that may be used on commercial fishing vessels to give real-time indication of engine fuel economy during operations. The study looked into the most accurate way to meter fuel consumption on a commercial fishing vessel, the cost of this to fishermen, how straightforward the device would be to fit on a fishing vessel and whether the sensors are suited to the demanding environmental conditions onboard fishing vessels. Looking at six different meters the study concluded the best all round performer was the oval gear positive displacement meter, the Flowtech Oval MIII. When the temperature increase in the return fuel line is significant and the cost can be justified by the rating of the engine, Coriollis mass flow rate meters should provide accurate and repeatable fuel consumption figures.

Response to Consultation on Scotland’s National Marine Plan: Pre-Consultation Draft

Seafish welcomes several of the proposals in the draft plan, such as making sustainability a main aim and proposing to plan inshore and offshore areas together. However the draft contains several issues of concern. These include a disjoint between Marine Strategy Framework Directive and the Common Fisheries Policy; shellfish farming in the context of water quality; the intention to use the terrestrial model as a basis for marine planning; the absence of policy priorities; and the absence of temporal planning as a possible planning tool.

Seafish Strategic Review 2021_Invitation to Tender

Invitation to Tender (ITT) to contract an external, independent supplier(s) to lead the industry consultation process of the Seafish Strategic Review in 2021

ICES 2006

ICES 2006, Fishing Technology in the 21st Century, was a five-day symposium that held in Boston, Massachusetts, U.S.A., focusing on the theme of integrating commercial fishing and ecosystem conservation.

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Seafish Responsible Sourcing Guide - Herring - September 2013

This Responsible Sourcing Guide to hake contains information on sustainability issues, stock assessment, conservation measures and management worldwide for the individual stocks of this species updated to 2013. There is a short section on the product characteristics of the species. The information was obtained from scientific, industry and governmental sources and appropriate references are given.

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Reputation and integrity in the transparency era: Implications for seafood

press release - contribution to local comm 2013.pdf

Celebration of Sustainable Seafood - Billingsgate Seafood Training School