Market Links

There's a wealth of current and historical fishing industry information available online covering UK landings, trade and consumption, and world production for aquaculture and wild caught stocks.

If you're looking for statistics, try the following sites:

• Marine Management Organisation: The Marine Management Organisation (MMO) has been established to make a significant contribution to sustainable development in the marine area and to promote the UK government's vision for clean, healthy, safe, productive and biologically diverse oceans and seas. The work of the Marine and Fisheries Agency has been incorporated into the MMO.
• Sea Fisheries Statistics 2008 : A broad picture of the UK fishing industry and its operations, including catching and landings data.
• UK Sea Fisheries Statistics Archive: Information on industry structure, catching and landings figures and import/export data 1866-2007.
• EUROSTAT Fisheries: EU data on catches by fishing region, aquaculture production, fleet numbers and more.
• UK Trade Info: An online database from HM Revenue & Customs which allows you to access overseas trade data with the UK.
• FAO Fisheries and Aquaculture Department: Food and Agriculture Organisation of the United Nations has lots of data on aquaculture and wild catch production, by species and by country.
• Office of National Statistics (UK): Lots of industry information, including social trends and fish stocks.
• Defra Family Food: Defra Family Food is an annual survey looking at the consumption of food in and out of home for UK families. The research covers all food groups including seafood.
• Fishbase: Scientific fish database for searching scientific names, habitats etc.