Seafish

  • My viewpoint: Responsible seafood procurement is top of the menu, says Seafish’s Tom Pickerell.

    THE CHANGING tastes consumers have always presented a challenge to the foodservice sector. In recent years, the ethical credentials of outlets that sell seafood and other finite resources have come under increased scrutiny. We know from our own research that…

  • Seafish premiere’s ‘The Business of Processing’ film

    SEAFISH PREMIERED its new film exploring the multi-billion pound seafood processing industry to an invited audience from the industry this week.                     The showing of ‘The Business of Processing’ at The…

  • UK kids don’t know their fish from their fish fingers

    New research from Seafish has revealed that the UK’s kids have a worrying lack of awareness when it comes to naming different species of edible fish.  
 
  
 In a poll of Britain’s five to 11 year olds, carried out by…

  • Hanging in the balance

    COD’S COMEBACK means conservationists face another battle to persuade the fishing industry not to take the fish off consumer blacklists just yet.                         The good news is that North…

  • Seafish seek seafood businesses to trial energy ‘hotspots’ profiling tool

    THE DEVELOPERS of an intelligent tool that could be used to profile greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions in the seafood product supply chain are seeking businesses to take part in user trials.   Seafish, with partners SINTEF and Dalhousie University, have…

  • New project sets out positive uses for discards

    A DISCARDS research project “Utilisation of discards in bait”, funded by Seafish and Defra, has identified new uses for species commonly discarded due to weak or absent markets.                   The Defra initiative…

  • Industry challenges skate and ray sustainability reporting

    THE UK fishing industry has challenged a report from the University of Salford which suggests that some skate and ray sold in Britain are from declining species.   Supported by Seafish and The Shark Trust the industry has come together…

  • Fearnley-Whittingstall faces fishing industry critics

    FISH FIGHT CAMPAIGNER and celebrity chef Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall faces critics from the fishing industry at a meeting held by Seafish.                     Fearnley-Whittingstall was a special guest at the Common Language Group (CLG)…

  • Demystifying the deep

    A NEW online tool will help foodservice businesses compare and contrast the 16 seafood certification schemes on the market.                             Sustainable sourcing of seafood is one of…

  • North Sea cod stocks rise

    NORTH SEA COD stocks have continued to rise for the seventh year in a row, according to figures released by the International Council for the Exploration of the Sea (ICES).   There are indications that reduced discarding and improved fisheries…