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Seafood Consumption (2024 Update)
Total UK seafood consumption stood at 144.55g /person/wk. down -7.7%. This equates to just over one, 140g portion per person per week. This means most people are still only eating around half of the recommended amount of seafood. -
UK Seafood Trade Report: January to March 2023
This report covers the key trends in UK seafood trade for a calendar year on a quarterly basis. The analysis focuses on emerging changes to seafood trade flows in and out of the UK covering January to March 2023 compared to the previous year. -
Total Seafood in Multiple Retail (2023 Update)
In 2023, UK retail seafood consumption shifted to accelerated decline, falling well below pre COVID-19 levels and the rate of decline appears to be faster than that seen prior to COVID-19. -
UK Seafood Trade Report: April to June 2023
This report takes a high-level view of the whole of the UK seafood supply chain to explore factors impacting UK seafood markets, seafood business operations and consumer behaviour during April to April 2023. -
Fish and Chips in Foodservice
This Market Insight factsheet provides a full picture of fish and chips in the Great Britain (GB) foodservice market. -
Access to Labour in fishing sector 2023, online survey findings
In March 2023 Seafish ran an online survey of UK fishing fleet on access to labour and labour needs in the catching sector. The detailed survey analysis and findings are presented in this slide deck. -
Selling direct from fishing vessels - Guidance for England
This guide provides legislation for fishing vessel businesses in England that want to sell catch directly to customers. -
Chilled Seafood in Multiple Retail (2023)
Salmon continues to dominate the chilled seafood sector, increasing its value share of the top ten chilled species to 48.7% (+0.9pp), selling around four times its nearest competitor, warm water prawns. -
Farmed seafood in retail (2023 Update)
This factsheet covers the key global trends in aquaculture, focusing on the changing shopper trends and consumption patterns of farmed species in UK multiple retail to May 2023. -
Guidance for delegation of Official Control sampling to third parties
This guidance explains the processes and considerations required to enable Local Authorities to establish third party sampling programmes, and to ensure that the sampling meets the standards required for Official Controls. -
Selling direct from fishing vessels - Guidance for Scotland
This guide provides legislation for fishing vessel businesses in Scotlandthat want to sell catch directly to customers. -
Terms of use; bespoke Risk Assessment for Sourcing Seafood (RASS) profiles
These terms of use cover profiles of stocks and fisheries prepared by Seafish for stakeholders using the RASS scoring guidance. -
Guidance for delegation of Official Control sampling to third parties
This guidance explains the processes and considerations required to enable Local Authorities to establish third party sampling programmes, and to ensure that the sampling meets the standards required for Official Controls. -
Seafood Consumption (2023 update)
Defra Seafood consumption benchmark falls -3.9%. -
Why it pays to treat your whelks well
Whelk handling guidance for fishers. Prepared by Professor Michel J. Kaiser, Heriot Watt University, on behalf of the Whelk Management Group. -
RASS profiles; Cod (Gadus morhua) in Northern European and Scandinavian waters
This document is a summary of information for a selection of Northeast Atlantic cod stocks derived from scientific assessments and risk assessed using Seafish’s RASS scoring guidance. -
The Plastic Packaging Tax - Frequently asked Q&As
Frequently asked Q&As on the Plastic Packaging Tax. -
RASS profile; Mackerel (Scomber scombrus) in subareas 1–8 and 14, and in Division 9.a (Northeast Atlantic and adjacent waters), captured by pelagic trawls
This document is a summary of information on the mackerel stock in the Northeast Atlantic waters caught by pelagic trawl derived from scientific assessments and risk assessed using Seafish’s RASS scoring guidance. -
Overview of sustainable fisheries assessment and management
This document gives an overview of sustainable fisheries assessment, introducing fisheries management, stock assessment and sustainable harvesting and how stocks with limited data can be assessed. -
Overview of data-limited stock assessment
This document gives an overview of how fish stocks are assessed when there are not sufficient data available to use conventional models. ICES’s methods for assessing data-limited stocks are outlined, also worldwide trends in data-limited stock assessments -
Covid-19 impact on seafood imports and exports
This briefing provides a summary of the impact of COVID-19 on seafood trade from an import and export perspective. -
Direct selling guidance for mobile fishmongers
This guide provides legislation for mobile fishmonger businesses in that want to sell catch directly to customers. -
Guide to Marine Protected Areas (MPAs)
This guide looks at Marine Protected Areas (MPAs), globally and with reference to the Northeast Atlantic and UK waters. -
RASS profiles; Haddock (Melanogrammus aeglefinus) in Northern European and Scandinavian waters
This document is a summary of information for a selection of Northeast Atlantic haddock stocks derived from scientific assessments and risk assessed using Seafish’s RASS scoring guidance. -
Guide to Illegal, Unreported and Unregulated (IUU) Fishing
This guide discusses the issues around Illegal, Unreported and Unregulated (IUU) fishing, the global scale of the problem, its impact on the UK fishing sector and initiatives to prevent it. -
Trials to assess the potential for nephrops trawls with low headline heights (less than 1m) in reducing whitefish by-catch
A report on the trials held to assess whether whitefish by-catch could be reduced in the Nephrops trawl fishery by using low headline Nephrops trawls. -
Overview of Maximum Sustainable Yield
This document gives an overview of how fishing at maximum sustainable yield (MSY) aims to catch the maximum quantity of fish that can safely be removed from the stock while maintaining its capacity to produce sustainable yields in the long term. -
Resource and waste management guidance for seafood processing (Scotland)
This publication provides information for seafood processing businesses in Scotland on legislation for managing waste. It also includes helpful guidance for all processing businesses on improving waste management. -
RASS profiles; Arrow squid (Nototodarus gouldi, N. sloanii)
This document is a summary of information on Arrow squid (Nototodarus gouldi, N. sloanii) stocks in New Zealand waters, derived from scientific assessments and risk assessed using Seafish’s RASS scoring guidance. -
Prepacked for Direct Sale allergen labelling guidance_September2021
This guidance is for UK seafood businesses to help them comply with new legislation on allergen labelling from 01 October 2021. -
Overview of fisheries management
This document gives an overview of the political and science framework in which fisheries management operates.. -
Reopening Your Fish and Chip Shop
Guidance for businesses closed due to COVID-19 restrictions -
Seafood in Multiple Retail (2020 update)
This report covers sales of frozen, chilled and ambient seafood in Multiple Retail outlets in the UK including the impact of Covid-19 pandemic. The data covers June 2019 to June 2020. -
UK Seafood Supply Chain Overview: January-March 2023
This report takes a high-level view of the whole of the UK seafood supply chain to explore factors impacting UK seafood markets, seafood business operations and consumer behaviour during January to March 2023. -
Review of Covid-19 impacts on the UK seafood industry: January-June 2020
An overview of the impacts of the Covid-19 pandemic on the UK seafood sector in the first half of 2020. -
Summary Document: Underwater noise, vibration, EMFs and impact on commercially important crustaceans
A summary on the impacts of underwater noise, vibration, and electro-magnetic fields (EMFs) from offshore renewable energy sites on on UK commercial crustacean species. The information provided is drawn from a literature review by St Abbs Marine Station. -
Guide to Sustainability and Responsible Sourcing
In this guide we look at what the terms ‘sustainability’ and ‘responsible sourcing’ mean, and how seafood business can apply them in their sourcing decisions, both for wild harvest fisheries and aquaculture. -
Labour and Employment in UK seafood processing January to March 2018
Quarterly survey of employment and labour issues in UK seafood processing businesses from January to March 2018 -
UK Seafood Processing Sector Labour Report 2022 - Quarterly Report 8 (January - June 2022)
In May to July 2022, Seafish collected data from UK seafood processing businesses to understand the impact of EU exit on labour in the sector. This report is published as part and continuation of the series of reports published in 2017-2019. -
Seafood Processing Methodology Report
A short report describing the methods used to collect and produce seafood processing industry performance data (3rd Edition). -
Quay Issues: Issue 9
Quay Issues is a magazine for the fishing industry. This edition of Quay Issues shines a light on the way in which some businesses are rising to the challenges that the sector faces. -
Guide to Data-limited stock assessment
This guide describes how fish stocks are assessed when there are not sufficient data available to use conventional models. ICES’s methods for assessing data-limited stocks are outlined, also worldwide trends in data-limited stock assessments. -
2021 Employment in the UK Fishing Fleet
This report presents a snapshot of employment in the UK fishing fleet from a sample of 788 workers taken in summer 2021. -
Guide to Fisheries Management
This guide describes the political and science framework in which fisheries management operates at a local, national and international level. -
Economics of the Fishing Fleet 2022
This report presents economic estimates at UK, home nation and fleet segment level for the UK fishing fleet. The estimates are calculated based on samples of fishing costs and earnings gathered by Seafish as part of the 2022 Annual Fleet Economic Survey. -
USA Export Guide
A market research report on the seafood sector in USA. -
Covid-19 analysis Impacts on the UK seafood processing sector
This report analyses the impacts of Covid-19 on the UK seafood processing sector from March to July 2020. -
Quay Issues: Issue 8
Quay Issues is a magazine for the fishing industry. This edition of Quay Issues shines a light on the way in which some businesses are rising to the challenges that the sector faces. -
Guide to Protected Species
This guide looks at the interactions between protected species and fisheries, providing information on potential mitigation options. -
UAE Export Guide
A market research report on the seafood sector in UAE. -
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. -
Japan Export Guide
A market research report on the seafood sector in Japan. -
Guide to Fishing at Maximum Sustainable Yield (MSY)
This Guide provides a detailed description of how Maximum Sustainable Yield (MSY) reference points are derived and discusses some of the uncertainties and implications of managing fish stocks at MSY. -
Labour and Employment in UK seafood processing April to June 2018
Quarterly survey on employment and labour issues with UK seafood processing businesses from April to June 2018 -
Utilisation of 2018 European Union - Faroe Islands Bilateral Fisheries Agreement
The Seafish Pelagic Industry Issues Group (SPIIG) asked Seafish to undertake an independent analysis of the utilisation by the UK and rest of EU of the 2018 EU-Faroe bilateral agreement and the utilisation of the agreement by Faroe Islands. (5th ED) -
Guide to Fish Stock assessment and ICES reference points
This guide outlines the process of fish stock assessment and advice given by the International Council for Exploration of the Sea’s (ICES), the scientific body responsible for carrying out fish stock assessments in the Northeast Atlantic and Baltic Seas. -
Review of Covid-19 impacts on the UK seafood industry: October-December 2020
The third report in a series of reviews on the impacts of Covid-19 on the UK seafood sector. It takes a high-level view of the seafood supply chain exploring the impact on seafood markets, business operations and consumer behaviour. -
Responsible Fishing Ports Scheme (RFPS) Standard
The Responsible Fishing Ports Scheme (RFPS) is a voluntary programme that demonstrates responsible food safety and good operational practices within fishing ports and fishing harbours. This document sets out the requirements for RFPS certification. -
Utilisation of 2019 European Union - Faroe Islands Bilateral Fisheries Agreement.pdf
The Seafish Pelagic Industry Issues Group (SPIIG) asked Seafish to undertake an independent analysis of the utilisation by the UK and rest of EU of the 2019 EU-Faroe bilateral agreement and the utilisation of the agreement by Faroe Islands. (6th ED) -
Singapore Export Guide
A market research report on the seafood sector in Singapore. -
Economics of the UK Fishing Fleet 2019
The report presents economic estimates at UK, home nation and fleet segment level for the UK fishing fleet. The estimates are calculated based on samples of fishing costs and earnings gathered by Seafish as part of the 2019 Annual Fleet Economic Survey -
UK Seafood Industry Guide - Preparing your business for the end of the UK's Transition Period
Guidance on preparing your business for the end of the UK's Transition Period. -
Labour and Employment in UK seafood processing 2019 Annual Report
2019 data on the UK seafood processing sector’s workforce to tracks trends in the number, proportion and ease of recruiting both UK and non-UK employees in the period before the UK leaves the EU. -
Vietnam Export Guide
A market research report on the seafood sector in Vietnam. -
The Good Practice Guide for Nephrops Fishermen
This booklet has been produced for fishermen who are engaged in the capture of nephrops from fisheries around the UK and the EU. -
A Guide for Ecological Risk Assessment of the Effects of Commercial Fishing (ERAEF)
This report reviews ecosystem risk assessment methods and describes in detail the method evolved in Australia by CSIRO. -
Responsible Fishing Ports Scheme User Guide
This User Guide for the Responsible Fishing Ports Scheme (RFPS) is designed to explain the most important parts of the RFPS in an easy-to-understand way. It also includes an appendix which looks at individual clauses in detail. -
Australia Export Guide
A market research report on the seafood sector in Australia. -
Literature Review of the effects of underwater sound vibration and electromagnetic fields on crustaceans
This report reviews the impacts of underwater noise, vibration, and electro-magnetic fields generated by marine renewable energy devices on the behaviour, development and physiology of UK commercial crustacean species. -
Canada Export Guide
A market research report on the seafood sector in Canada. -
Seafish Multi-annual fleet estimates 2012-22
This dataset presents data on annual economic performance for the UK fishing fleet from 2012 to 2022. The estimates are calculated based on samples of fishing costs and earnings gathered by Seafish. -
Hong Kong Export Guide
A market research report on the seafood sector in Hong Kong. -
South Korea Export Guide
A market research report on the seafood sector in South Korea. -
China Export Guide
A market research report on the seafood sector in China.