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The Annual Report provides a detailed Management Commentary and financial review of the activities undertaken by Seafish during 2020/2021 and information on future developments.

The FisherMap protocol has been revised in order to map out commercial fishing grounds, main target species and gear contribution to fishermen’s livelihood. The initial version developed by Finding Sanctuary, the Marine Conservation Zone (MCZ) project for the South-west of England, used a questionnaire and mapping survey followed by validation meetings to describe the extent of fishing grounds. The revised protocol, used by the three new MCZ regional projects, links individual grounds to percentage gross earnings. Using data from the Seafish annual fisheries economic survey data by fleet segment, it will now be possible to convert individual percentage values into a common currency across fisheries, in a way similar to the 100 pennies approach pioneered by Ecotrust in California. The revised protocol also uses a simplified and standardised gear description directly compatible with the codes used by the Marine and Fisheries and other Agencies. This will make it easier to cross-validate data from various sources. However, the coarse time scale (overall average over last 5 years) and precise local spatial definition used in FisherMap provide unique and rich information that are not collected elsewhere. With the revised FisherMap, the validation group meetings will also have to discuss and finalise the overall economic value of composite maps of local fishing grounds. The same, or subsequent, group meetings presenting the regional conservation priorities will ask fishermen to share their expert local knowledge of essential fish habitats, features and species targeted by the conservation objectives. Local knowledge will be essential to obtain meaningful estimates of both economic and environmental impacts (positive and negative) that the MCZ regional projects need to estimate for their Impact Assessment (IA) of each proposed network and associated management regime. MCZ regional projects would greatly benefit from using Seafish species guides and information on basic fishing methods, and from collaborative work with Seafish, especially Seafish economists to devise a sampling strategy for fishing vessels along the coast and use the best economics data available to conduct their Impact Assessments.

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 United States 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 the United States.

This paper reviews relevant evidence and presents broad estimates of the contribution made to fishing in key fleet segments in Scotland and in Northern Ireland by crew members from non-EEA countries. It also addresses the question, if non-EEA crew were removed, what might the impacts on industry be in the short, medium and longer term?

Notes on the Fisheries Management and Innovation Group meeting held on 15 March 2023. The topic was Fisheries Data and Remote Electronic Monitoring (REM).

Independent fish and chip shops remain the largest (and growing) outlet for fish & chip meals, with 103 million servings in the year to September 2017; taking a 54% share of all fish and chip servings in GB foodservice

A market research report on the seafood sector in Australia.

The Annual Report provides a detailed Management Commentary and financial review of the activities undertaken by Seafish during 2023/2024 and information on future developments.

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.

The Seafish Fleet Economic Performance Dataset provides a detailed insight into the financial and operational performance of the fleet between 2008 and 2016 alongside analysis produced by the Seafish Economics team.

EP questions on Brexit; settlement of disputes arising from the UK's Withdrawal from the European Union; Barnier’s Brexit timeline: No transition deal until October 2018; Remarks by President Donald Tusk in Gothenburg after his meeting with Theresa May; Environment Secretary Michael Gove announces plans to consult on a new independent body for environmental standards; Home Office delivery of Brexit: customs operations; The economic impact of Brexit across UK fishing fleets; Fisheries inquiry launched; Trade Bill 2017-19; Brexit – the Voices of European Business; AmCham EU response to the House of Lords EU Select Committee Inquiry on, "Brexit: deal or no deal?

Statement by Guy Verhofstadt and EP Brexit Steering Group; Both sides want to speed up Brexit talks by meeting more frequently; Brexit: devolved legislature business; Reality bites: Brexit negotiations seen from other side of the Channel; Brits can stay in Commission if no conflict of interest; Milestones in Brexit Negotiations; Brexit and the Sunset of European Influence in Asia-Pacific; Public consultation on draft scientific opinion on Listeria monocytogenes contamination of ready-to-eat foods and risk for human health in EU; Dyes used in aquaculture; New Standard to Combat Food Fraud; TRACES REPORT 2016; Commission publishes initiative to improve agri-food supply chain