Centre for Environment, Fisheries and Aquaculture Science (Cefas)
The information below gives an overview of the work that Cefas does. It shows, separately, the business functions they do, the customer segments they serve and the strategic priorities they contribute to.
- Type Of Body
- Executive Agency
- CEO (or chairman)
- Dr Richard Judge
- Website
- www.cefas.co.uk
- Telephone
- +44 (0) 1502 562 244
- Annual Report
- Cefas Annual Report
- Number of Employees
- 520 FTE employed staff
- Annual turnover
- £43,342
- Objective
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- Assessment of the impact of human activities on the aquatic environment including advice to government on the management of European fish and shellfish stocks;
- Understanding the interactions between physical and ecological processes in marine ecosystems;
- Surveillance, assessment and research.
- Governance Structure
- Cefas Owners Advisory Board
- Corporate owner
- Peter Unwin, Natural Environment Group
- Corporate customer
- David Dawson , Natural Environment Group
- Defra’s strategic priorities (The body contributes to all the priorities listed below)
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- Sustainable consumption and production
- Protecting the countryside and natural resource protection
- A sustainable farming and food sector including animal health and welfare
- Customers
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- Primary producers (including farmers and growers)
- Sea managers
- Extractive industry
- Energy Industry
- Managers of (or farmed) livestock, horse, fish and game
- Importers/Exporters
- Support businesses
- Coastal and floodplain managers
- Influence Groups
- Public Bodies
- Business functions
- Data management
- Processes
- Development
- E-Business
- Regulation
- Inspection/compliance/surveillance
- Standard setting
- Investigation/enforcement
- Licensing/certification/registration/trading
- Operations
- Field operations
- Testing services
- Emergency operations/contingencies
- Research
- Pure scientific research
- Scientific risk assessment
- Applied research
- Socio-economic research
- Advice and publicity
- Policy advice to customers
- Information and facilitation
- Campaigns/publicity/promotions/awareness
- Corporate systems
- HR
- IT
The information contained in these pages is correct to the best of our knowledge as of 1 August 2008 and will be updated at regular intervals. If any information is incorrect or needs updating, please contact drt@defra.gsi.gov.uk.
Page last modified: August 2008