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Aquaculture Hyperbooks Suspended Mussels Economic Model

These pages are a Microsoft Excel based economic modelling tool that will enable you to explore how a potential rope-grown mussel business may function. Technical pages containing a wealth of information and advice on cultivating mussels in suspended conditions can also be downloaded.

Sustainable Seafood Serving the Seafood Industry 2010 to 2013 - A consultation document for industry - 3 year plan

The Seafish consultation document sets out how we intend to serve industry over the next three years and is part of a year-long consultation process.

Best Practice Guidance for Fishing Industry Financial and Economic Impact Assessments

Guidelines based on outputs from a technical workshop organised by the UK Fisheries Economics Network.

Appraisal of the opportunity for offshore aquaculture in UK waters

This report provides an assessment of the potential for open ocean, offshore finfish aquaculture in UK waters using candidate species which would have similar growth and performance characteristics to Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar) and Atlantic cod (Gadus morhua) and with due reference to other potential species candidates.

UK Economic Fleet Estimates and Fleet Enquiry Tool - Methodology Report

This report is intended as a support document to the UK Economic Fleet Estimates and Seafish Fleet Enquiry Tool in Tableau which contains data on the size, structure and economic performance of the UK catching sector.

2000 Survey of the UK Sea Fish Processing Industry

In this detailed report the structure of the whole industry is revealed, highlighting trends and changes since 1995 and earlier. Tables, charts, and graphs illustrate the key points concerning how the industry is organised, how it is evolving, and how this affects the distribution of employment in the industry. Results are broken down by region, by company size, by fish type, and by type of processing carried out (primary, secondary, or mixed). There is detailed financial analysis of the primary and mixed processing sectors, showing the strengths and weaknesses of the industry as a whole, and highlighting regional and sectoral differences.

Seafish Delivery Report 2016 - 2017

The Seafish Delivery Report 2016 - 2017 looks back at performance against KPIs in the 2016- 2017 Annual Plan and includes case studies and key achievements.

Seafood exported from the UK in 2019

This report contains key facts relating to the UK’s seafood exports in 2019, including key countries and species.

Factsheet - Prawn and Shrimp Industry 2015

This fact sheet summarises the UK imports and exports of prawns & shrimps and their sales in both retail and foodservice channels.

Working on UK fishing vessels: the legal framework and support for fishers. November 2017.

There is a fundamental requisite to monitor the welfare of the fishing crews working on UK vessels in UK waters, as well as globally. This document highlights the key UK and global legislation that is helping now, or will help in the future, to ensure fishers have minimum standards and decent conditions of work on board fishing vessels. It also details: the health and safety requirements for all those working on UK fishing vessels; the voluntary initiatives in place to help improve the conditions on board fishing vessels for all commercial fishers; the international guidelines that support basic human and labour rights principles across the whole fisheries sector; and the appropriate authorities, organisations and charities who are working to support the industry, and improve governance, safety and welfare within UK fishing. This document updates the December 2014 document entitled 'The legal framework for working on UK fishing vessels' and the October 2016 document 'Working on UK fishing vessels: the legal framework and support for fishers.

Comparing Industry Sector Values, With a Case Study of Commercial Fishing and Recreational Sea Angling

This report evaluates and recommends different economic analysis methods for comparing the value of industry sectors and informing policy questions about allocation of resources to achieve efficiency or fairness of distribution.

Fish content and QUID

The fish content of fishery products is important to manage and monitor given that food manufactureres have legal obligations relating to the quantities of ingredients use din the manufacture or preparation of food. This factsheet provides an overview of fish content including; fish composition, testing analytical fish content, calculating analytical fish content, nitrogen factor, analytical indicators of low fish content products and QUID. It also provides practical advice to seafood buyers.

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