Sea Fish Industry Authority (Seafish)
Seafish is a UK-wide levy funded Non Departmental Public Body (NDPB) established under the Fisheries Act 1981:
“for the purpose of promoting the efficiency of the sea fish industry and so as to serve the interests of that industry as a whole”
As a UK wide body, Seafish is jointly sponsored by the four UK Fisheries Administrations.
Seafish provides support to the seafood industry across the whole supply chain and is funded by a statutory levy.
- More information on Seafish can be found on their website www.seafish.org
Latest news
- 10 February 2012: Response published to the industry discussion on the future of Seafish
- 3 October 2011: Launch of industry discussion on the future of Seafish
- 2 September 2011: Publication of the Cleasby Review of Seafish
The Cleasby Review and 2011 Discussion with industry
The UK’s Fisheries Administrations (Defra, Scottish Government, Welsh Government and Department of Agriculture and Rural Development (Northern Ireland)), supported by the Sea Fish Industry Authority (Seafish), held an open discussion with the seafood industry in Autumn 2011 on the future of Seafish.
The discussion sought the industry’s views on:
- Seafish’s core role and strategic objectives;
- proposed models for Seafish’s future structure;
- funding; and
- governance arrangements between Seafish, its Government sponsors and the seafood industry.
The discussion is now closed and in February 2012 the four Fisheries Ministers published a joint response to the discussion that sets out their decisions and the next steps for Seafish.
To inform this process, in September 2011, the four Fisheries Administrations published the review of Seafish carried out during late 2009/early 2010 by Peter Cleasby.
The ‘Cleasby Review’ was Seafish’s last regular review. It was finalised in March 2010, but was not published at the time given the legal challenge to Seafish’s levy raising powers. Although some of Seafish’s operating practices have changed since the review was conducted we believe it provides useful background information to the discussions held in Autumn 2011.
- A short introduction (PDF)
- The Cleasby Review (PDF)