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The Sea Fish Industry Authority - Annual Report and Accounts 2020/2021

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.

Final ACIG minutes 14 April 2016

Final minutes of the Aquaculture Common Issues Group meeting held in London on 14 April 2016.

SR695 UK Shellfish Production and Several, Regualting and Hybrid Orders

The Contribution and Value of Orders in Relation to the Sector’s Past Development and Future Growth

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.

Review of Practical and Operational Aquaculture Training across the UK

Report on research commissioned by Seafish to inform its planned development of a training and guidance programme to support aquaculture

Appraisal of Marine Environmental Regulatory Developments

This paper concerns the current position of marine environmental legislation in the UK. There is, of course, a large amount of legislation in the marine area, but much of this is irrelevant to the scope of this paper. The concern here is the marine environment so legislation relating to transport, fishing etc will not be covered. Also when talking about the environment there is a large amount of legislation in the marine area about pollution. This is not covered in any depth either because this is not a concern to the industry. The focus here then is the rapidly increasing amount of legislation which does impact and has the potential to impact on the industry. This includes protection of wildlife, habitats and biodiversity, the proposals for marine spatial planning, coastal zone management and environmental liability and assessments.

Land application of shellfish by-products

Shellfish waste currently has few, if any readily available recycling outlets. Application of the waste to agricultural land as an organic manure has been identified as the lowest cost disposal route available to the majority of the seafood industry. An in-depth review of landspreading shellfish waste was carried out in 2006 to identify the possible benefits of using shellfish on land. This included an in-depth literature review, contacting people with experience of using shellfish waste on land, analysing some shellfish samples to assess their composition etc. The study found that shellfish could have benefit in land application for agricultural purposes and that it remained a viable outlet for shellfish waste providing compliance with legal constraints such as animal by-product legislation and waste management licensing is demonstrated. This report provides an overview of the information collected, including summarising shellfish properties and beneficial properties to land. It also provides an overview of how permission for the land application of shellfish by-products can be obtained.

Understanding and responding to a changing climate in the UK seafood industry: Climate change risk adaptation for wild capture seafood - full report

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

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 Marine Protected Areas (MPAs)

This guide looks at Marine Protected Areas (MPAs), globally and with reference to the Northeast Atlantic and UK waters.

Crustacea Processing Waste Management Data

The information contained in this workbook is designed to help businesses or organisations who are looking at options for the management of crustacea waste. It covers all the main issues including quantities, legalities, composition, range of options and indicative costs etc. and should be looked at in conjunction with Seafish Report 593 on Crustacea processing waste management. The information was collated during 2007 and will be periodically updated. Anyone with any further information should contact Seafish - m_archer@seafish.co.uk

Complementary Benefits of Alternative Energy: Suitability of Offshore Wind Farms as Aquaculture Sites

The large scale growth in salmon production in the UK has resulted in most available near shore finfish sites being used up for finfish farming. The development of offshore sites or technology improvements alone hold the key for the sustained growth of the UK aquaculture industry. The offshore wind industry has been rapidly expanding in the UK and will occupy major amount of coastal offshore space when zoning plans are developed. The prospects for using the offshore wind farm areas for aquaculture production (finfish and other species) has the potential to open up new sites for finfish farming in the UK. This work examined the suitability of aquaculture in offshore wind farms from the point of view of all the stakeholders involved.

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