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THIS YEAR’S SEAFISH SURVEY PAINTS A FAIRLY GLOOMY PICTURE, BUT THE INDUSTRY IS NOT WITHOUT HOPE
Introduction
This latest survey of the UK seafood processing industry was carried out by Seafish Economics in 2012.
Seafish is often asked by government and the industry for updated information on the UK seafood processing sector. This report provides an update on the information collected for the last survey in 2010.
Similar reports were published in 1986, 1995, 2000, 2004 and 2008, and the series can be used to identify and analyse trends. Findings for salmon processors are included separately (Section 4) to remove doubt about double counting of jobs in firms which process both salmon and sea fish.
Scope
The scope of the survey included UK (not Chan- nel Islands or Isle of Man) sea fish and salmon processing businesses, of all sizes, engaged in any type of processing, where 50% or more of 2012 turnover is generated by sale of the products of fish processing.