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Mollusc Purification Plant: River Exe Shellfish Farms

River Exe Shellfish Arms (RESF) grow mussels and oysters and presently operate three mussel and two oyster purification tanks. Following a recent visit by MAFF officials, it was found that RESF were stacking boxes too high in the mussel purification tanks. This caused concern oxygen levels and potential dead spots in the purification tanks.

Quality Audit of the Port of Brixham

This report presents the findings of a Quality Audit of the fishing port of Brixham that examined the quality of raw material supplies to the port, standards of physical infrastructure, operating practices and management controls. The quality of fish supplied to the market is generally vry good although improvements could be made with regard to gutting and temperature control by day boats. The port suffers from major problems of lack of space, poor road access and inadequate infrastructure, partly as a consequence of its physical geography. The design and layout of the market and associated facilities were found to pose serious problems of operational efficiency, quality control and food safety that are compounded by the lack of agreed standards, procedures and controls.

Sutton Harbour Development for the Fishing Industry

Sutton Harbour is likely to be the only fish landing facility in Plymouth by 1990. The Harbour at present is partly used by the fishing industry and partly be leisure craft. The owners would like to relocate the Barbican market on the east side and offer a more comprehensive service to the fisheries of the South West. This report examines the feasibility of this. 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.

Quality Audit of the Port of Fraserburgh

This report presents the findings of a Quality Audit of the fishing port of Fraserburgh that examined the quality of raw material supplies to the port, standards of physical infrastructures, operating practices and management controls.

Ecosystem Services of Commercially Important Bivalves in the UK: Nutrient removal services

A 2022 study by Seafish and AFBI exploring water quality improvement by bivalve aquaculture (blue mussels, Pacific and Native oysters, Manila clams) in the UK. Focused on nutrient removal and economic benefits for sustainable aquaculture management.

Aquaculture Common Issues Group. News alert. February 2021.

February news alert sent to ACIG subscribers on 9 March 2021.

Kingfisher - Subsea Cable Fishing Plotter Files (Jan 2011)

Fishing plotter files for subsea cables, produced on behalf of the UKCPC

Frozen Seafood in Multiple Retail 2016

British shoppers have fallen out of love with frozen seafood. Over the past 8 years none of the frozen segments have experienced volume growth. But, over the past 12 months frozen natural and frozen dusted seafood are leading the recovery.

Top line summary of Seafish regional ethics profiles. September 2015.

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 work has been presented in three parts: an analytical report, leading to strategic recommendations for follow-up; a set of 15 risk assessment profiles; and a comprehensive literature review. This is a topline summary of the ethics profiles of the 15 countries or regions which Seafish, after consulting with industry representatives, has analysed. These are: Chile, China, Ecuador, India, Indonesia, New Zealand, Philippines, Russian Federation, South Africa, South Korea, Taiwan, Thailand, United Kingdom, United States and Vietnam.

Seafish analysis 2016; TACs compared with ICES scientific advice

Total Allowable Catches (TACs) are set in order to limit catches of fish to levels consistent with long term goals for fisheries management. They are set by management stock, that is fish from a given sea area and species or group of species. This analysis compares advised and agreed TACs for the North East Atlantic Stocks assessed by ICES and discussess reasons for differences

Seafood Ethics Common Language Group. News alert. May 2022.

May news alert sent to SECLG subscribers on 7 June 2022.

Alternatives to sodium metabisulphite

Alternatives to sodium metabisulphite fact sheet.

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