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If you are a journalist or media professional with a query or request for information, please contact:

Gaynyr Dickson, Marketing Communications Executive
Deals with national media enquiries.                                        Tel: 0131 524 8658
Email: g_dickson@seafish.co.uk

James Wood, Marketing Communications Manager
Tel: 0131 524 8649
Mob: 07876 035726
Email: j_wood@seafish.co.uk
If you have a media enquiry outside office hours, please call James Wood on: 07876 035726.

Stephanie Antezana, Marketing Communications Executive
Deals with industry and trade PR and general media enquiries.
Tel: 0131 524 8667
Email: s_antezana@seafish.co.uk

See below for more information on our activities and the resources we can offer.

Seafish – who we are and what we do

Who we are:
Seafish, the authority on seafood, works across all sectors of the seafood industry to promote good quality, sustainable seafood. Our research and projects are aimed at raising standards, improving efficiency and ensuring that our industry develops in a viable way.

We are the UK's only cross-industry seafood body working with fishermen, processors, wholesalers, seafood farmers, fish friers, caterers, retailers and the import/export trade.

A Non Departmental Public Body (NDPB), we are sponsored by the four UK government fisheries departments and funded by a levy on seafood. We were established in 1981.

What we do:
We have a large number of in-house specialists who can provide expert information across a range of topics on the UK seafood industry including:

• Market trends and retail data for the seafood industry;
• Seafood industry statistics;
• Research into consumer attitudes e.g. ethical purchasing, eating out;
• Environmental issues;
• Economic analysis of the UK seafood industry and UK fleet;
• Legislation affecting the seafood industry;
• Fishing gear technology and responsible fishing practices;
• Seafood technology and best practice for seafood processors;
• Research and development for the whole seafood industry; and
• Safety at sea.

Further sources of information

Through our industry connections, we can point you to further sources of information, for example, scientific institutes; Government bodies; relevant industry bodies; regional bodies; and individual specialists. Seafish can also put you in contact with people working in our industry all over the UK including fishermen, fish farmers, chefs, fishmongers and processors.

Accreditation, quality and promotional activities

We also run a series of accreditation and quality schemes and promotional activities to recognise excellence and best practice across the UK seafood industry. These include:

• Responsible Fishing Scheme;
• Quality Awards for processors and fish and chip shops;
• The Seafood Awards (biennial, next in 2009); and
• Fish & Chip Shop of the Year competition.

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