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Final Minutes DAG meeting 21 April 2016

Final notes of the Discard Action Group meeting held at Friends House, London on 21 April 2016.

yc_january_2013.pdf

Seafish response to Consultation on Scotland's First Marine Bill

Consultation response to the management of the sea around Scotland. to read the consutlation go to: http://www.scotland.gov.uk/Resource/Doc/231463/0063135.pdf

United States of America Seafood Ethics Profile

Seafish commissioned a study to assess the ethical issues impacting on seafood species landed into, and imported to the UK from a wide range of countries. This United States profile looks at the main seafood products; seafood exports to UK; employment in seafood; human trafficking and forced labour indicators and rankings and research reports; ratification of international human rights and labour instruments; fisheries policy and management structure/administration; control of IUU fishing and related labour abuse; measures to protect migrant fishers; partnerships and improvement projects; and an overall assessment or criteria for overall risk assessment for the United States.

seafish_ni_case_studies_-_fm_aw_download.pdf

Cod (2016 update) - Seafood Industry Factsheet

Cod consumption in retail has been growing since 2013, as supply eases and prices soften. In 2015, cod total retail sales (excluding discounters) were worth £364m (+2.4%) at 44,887 tonnes (+3.6%), with an average price of £8.10 (-1.1%).

The Labelling of Place of Origin of Fishery Products

The Seafood Guide

The Seafood Guide aims to help chefs, caterers, processors, retailers and consumers understand the wonderful array of fish and shellfish available in the UK. It contains detailed species information along with information on handling & storage, quality, cuts & portions and cooking.

B19_Henry Colbeck Ltd_Marketing Campaign

A one year campaign to profile the nutritional benefits of fish & chips, in comparison to other take-away food products, on local radio stations throughout the main urban areas of Scotland or North East England. The fundamental basis of this campaign will be to very positively educate the public about the nutritional benefits of consuming fish compared to other take-away food products. In addition to the advertisements, health based competitions and features will be run by the participating radio stations. To further endorse the campaign, all Henry Colbeck vans and lorries will carry the clear health message on them.

Consumer attitudes to the environment and seafood

Consumers’ environmental concerns have been a growing area of interest for various private and public sector bodies, with numerous studies conducted to measure public opinion. In recent years, the fishing industry has received considerable media exposure, especially regarding the sustainability of white fish stocks and the impact of fish farming. It has been diffi cult however to estimate the effect of this publicity on the purchase and consumption of seafood by consumers in Britain.

Discards article In Fishing New (2 of 6). Behavioural trends.

In the second of a series of six articles, Mike Montgomerie, gear technologist at Seafish, gives his perspective on the discards issue and the work that Seafish, along with industry, has been doing to help develop new selective technologies and net-based fishing activities to reduce discards. In this second article he looks at how behavioural trends of fish can be exploited when designing and positioning discard reduction devices, or redesigning nets to reduce the number of fish discarded. Published in Fishing News 26 August 2011.

Fisheries Management Issues Report

The Fisheries Management Issues Report summarises some of the current issues affecting the UK fishing industry. Information is collated from regional, UK and European sources and regular topics include discussions at the EU Fisheries Council meetings, official landings into the UK relative to allocated quotas and the extent of bans on fishing due to shellfish poisoning around the UK.

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