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Guidelines for the Facilities and Equipment Required for Handling Bivalve Molluscs from Harvesting through to Distribution to Retail Outlets, 1st Edition

Whilst these guidelines contain helpful technical information some of the legislative content may now be out of date.

Project Inshore Stage 2 report

Quay Issues: Fleet Economic Performance Dataset 2008-16

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.

Final ACIG minutes 23 September 2014

Final minutes of the Aquaculture Common Issues Group meeting held in London on 23 September 2014.

Seafish Responsible Sourcing Guide - Whiting - May 2013

This Responsible Sourcing Guide to whiting contains information on sustainability issues, stock assessment, conservation measures and management worldwide for the individual stocks of this species updated to 2013. There is a short section on the product characteristics of the species. The information was obtained from scientific, industry and governmental sources and appropriate references are given.

Barents and Norwegian Seas ecoregions; demersal stock trend 1992-2015 and ICES advice 2015

This document summarises the trajectories of the main demersal stocks exploited in the Barents and Norwegian Seas Ecoregions over the past twenty five years based on the ICES advice from 2015 and other sources.

Seafish Insight: Fishing references by country in 2019 U.S. TIP Report. August 2019.

The Trafficking in Persons (TIP) report is the U.S. Government’s principal diplomatic tool to engage foreign governments on human trafficking. This document lists the references to fishing by country in the 2019 report.

Fishmeal and fish oil facts and figures. March 2018.

Seafish continues to support the fishmeal industry through the provision of news and factual information. These fishmeal and fish oil facts and figures draw together the latest available data on World, European and UK markets, as well as the supply of fishmeal for land animals and fish feed.

Economics of the UK Fishing Fleet 2020

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 2020 Annual Fleet Economic Survey.

Sodium Metabisulphite Alternatives

Sodium metabisulphite has been used in the UK fishing industry for many years to control the effects of melanotic blackening in prawns (Nephrops norvegicus). Recent requirements for allergen labelling and court cases resulting from high levels of sulphite residue have prompted interest to secure alternative treatments to control melanosis. Further motivation has come from the highly corrosive nature of sodium metabisulphite. This causes extensive damage to vessels and processing equipment and has serious operational health and safety issues. A number of treatments were trialled in a commercial environment to determine a viable alternative to sodium metabisulphite. Prawns were treated at sea and then assessed for shelf life and sulphite residue by processors in NE Scotland. 5 treatments were competitive with sodium metabisulphite, these include sulphite based and non sulphite based treatments. As such, vessels and factories are provided with a variety of treatment options depending on their own product requirements. Alternative sulphite based treatments exhibit reduced operational hazards and lower sulphite residues in the tail meat while selected non sulphite based treatments are classified as ‘processing aids’ and are exempt from any form of food additive labelling.

Social Risk Assessment Information

This document explains the metrics and scoring methodologies for producing the social risk country profiles.

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

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