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Fish stock assessment and management

Sustainable fisheries management is vital in maintaining healthy fish stocks. We’ve produced guidance on how stock assessment and management works.

Thornback ray: from north-west English waters to your plate

The north-west boasts a rich fishing heritage, delivering sustainable seafood like thornback ray, vital to the UK’s seafood supply chain.

Seafood for Innovation

Find out about the role innovation plays in a productive, profitable and sustainable UK seafood industry.

Brixham Trawl Makers: Working locally to make fishing gear more sustainable

Brixham Trawl Makers manufacture 90% of all beam trawls used by the port’s fishing vessels. Owner, founder and director Darren Edwards (known as Edd) is working with the local fishing industry to make fishing gear more sustainable.

Fisheries management plans in Wales

Information on FMPs in Wales, offering stakeholders the chance to engage in the process to support a profitable and sustainable fishing industry.

English Aquaculture Strategy from Seafood 2040

Seafood 2040 has published a strategy for the sustainable development of the aquaculture sector in England over the next 20 years.

Nephrops Fishery Improvement Project

The Nephrops Fishery Improvement Project (FIP) is an industry-led partnership to improve the sustainable management of UK Nephrops fisheries.

Delivering Safe Bivalves to the Market

There are specific requirements to ensure bivalve molluscs are safe for us to eat by reducing the risks from microbial contamination and biotoxins.

Sustainable fishing powered by AI

Smartrawl is using AI-driven technology to address the issues of by-catch and discards.

Plastix: Providing a unique solution to a complicated problem

Plastix is a Danish recycling company which aims to provide more sustainable solutions for cleaner environments and oceans. It specialises in converting fibres - primarily from used fishnets and ropes - that could previously have ended up in the ocean or on landfill into high-grade raw materials which can be used to create new products.

Fishy Filaments: Turning end-of-life nets into a raw material for 3D-printing

Fishy Filaments recycles end-of-life fishing nets into engineering grade filaments for 3D-printing. From its base in Cornwall, the company aims to help make the local fishery more sustainable through minimising waste and more efficient net recycling, as well as creating an innovative solution to reducing the use of virgin materials in 3D-printed products.

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