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Seafood Consumption (2016 Update)

This Factsheet provides an overview of both long and short term GB seafood consumption; contextualising sector, segment and species trends in retail and foodservice.

Brexit and the UK seafood industry

This short review provides a high-level overview of Brexit and UK seafood. It considers the major characteristics of UK seafood and interfaces with the EU, how Brexit may impact industry, and where stakeholders may be directly affected.

Climate change adaptation in the UK (wild capture) seafood industry - watching brief 2020-21

This Seafish/MCCIP watching brief report considers recent advances in scientific understanding and industry experience of climate change drivers and impacts in 2020 and 2021. It includes feedback from industry stakeholders on adaptation actions.

Seafood social profile Thailand November 2020

This report on Thailand is part of a series of country risk profiles that are designed to provide an understanding of the social risks associated with the key source countries that export seafood to the UK. Each report covers risks related to the production and processing of both wild catch and aquaculture seafood products. This report covers issues such as forced and child labour, working conditions, and impacts of the industry on local communities, as well as the mitigation efforts and regulatory frameworks put in place to address these risks.

Seafish Annual Plan 2015-2016

Our Annual Plan is taken from our 2015-18 Corporate Plan and details the programmes of work we will deliver in 2015/16 . The Plan sets out the costs associated with our work programmes as well as our Key Performance Indicators for the year.

Seafood Consumption 2017

There are three methods available to measure and track GB seafood consumption which provide slightly different yet similar figures; whilst useful for comparison, it is considered that the Defra family food dataset, produced to robust national statistical standards with reasonable time availability is considered to be the best source for an accurate, consistent benchmark. This data shows a 2% increase in seafood consumption from 157.83 grams per person per week in 2014 to 161.07 grams per person per week in 2015.

UK-EU seafood trade under World Trade Organisation conditions

This note provides a description of World Trade Organisation (WTO) trade conditions, which has been highlighted as a potential trading situation for the UK under a no deal EU exit.

Seafood social profile Thailand January2020

This profile is part of a series on the social risks associated with countries that are important to the UK seafood industry. It covers risks related to the production and processing of wild caught and farmed seafood.

An assessment of ethical issues impacting on the UK seafood supply chain: Strategic report

Seafish commissioned a study to assess the ethical issues impacting on seafood species landed into, and imported to the UK. This strategic report is one of the key outputs. This includes a discussion of the issues and challenges in applying ethical concepts, particularly those set out in international standards on human and labour rights, to the seafood industry; an overview of the main issues for risk assessment, by country and region, by forms of employment, and to some extent by species; and the remedies and responses, drawing on the recent experience from Thailand.

Thailand 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 Thailand 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 Thailand.

CLG Presentation 1. Current challenges and future opportunities for seafood. 13 September 2022.

Joe Cooper, Seafish provided an analysis of UK Whitefish trade and the current challenges.

Climate change adaptation in aquaculture sourced seafood - full report

The report concerns UK seafood supply chains reliant on domestic and international aquaculture production. It covers major impacts from key climate change drivers, from production to processing, and sets out major areas of adaptation action.

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