📣 We’re looking for someone with excellent quantitative and analytical skills to support effective decision making on UK seafood sector challenges within our Regulation team.

Learn more and apply to our Senior Economist position here: buff.ly/3qiiJx8 🎣

Kat, our Industry Engagement Manager in North West England has been spending time in Barrow, Maryport and Whitehaven with the @the_MMO listening to the local seafood industry about how we can support it to thrive. Thanks to those who took the time to meet with Kat.

Where are our #FleetSurvey Researchers this week?

Fife
North Aberdeen
Moray
Sussex
East Hampshire
Merseyside
North Wales

Keep up to date with the schedule here: buff.ly/3pRrBJJ. 🎣

📣 Bivalve Purification Operations Course: 19 September 9:30am - 4pm via Zoom

50% funding is available for people working in the UK seafood industry!

To book your place, please email: [email protected]

Visit buff.ly/3OxGPgF to learn more.

📣 SWFPA’s Mike Park calls on owners and skippers to participate in the #FleetSurvey .

Look out for researchers in your area!

Visit buff.ly/43FAfcl to learn more and view the schedule.

📣 Last week our #fleetsurvey researchers were down by the beach in New Quay.

This week they will be in:

North Aberdeen
Moray
Northumberland
Tyne and Wear
West Dorset
South Devon

Keep up to date with the schedule here: buff.ly/3pRrBJJ. 🎣

#jobvacancy - We've got an exciting role advertised in our Communications team

We’re looking for a data-focused marketing professional to lead on customer data management and help maximise engagement with our target audiences.

Visit buff.ly/3NxLUor to find out more.

📣 DEFRA will be discussing draft fisheries management plans in more detail at face to face events in the Southwest from next week.

Click here buff.ly/3rKpM1Z to find all engagement event dates and locations to support the consultations.

⚠️ Updated food safety advice ⚠️

If you are:
❌ pregnant
❌ or have a weakened immune system

We advise that you avoid 'ready-to-eat' cold-smoked and cured fish, such as smoked salmon, smoked trout or gravlax.

More info on what to do and why: food.gov.uk/news-alerts/ne…

With 30,000+ buyers expected at the China Fisheries & Seafood Expo it’s a great opportunity for businesses to take first steps into the Asian market.

Visit buff.ly/44w52JS to register interest in a free pod on the UK Pavilion with us, Defra UK and Department for Business and Trade.

Producer payments under the Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) for packaging will be deferred by a year from Oct 24 - Oct 25.

The other timescales related to EPR have not changed – producers still have to report packaging data for 2023.

Learn more: buff.ly/3Yb5Wcn.

📣 Last week, our #fleetsurvey researchers were at the picturesque Ilfracombe Harbour in North Devon.

This week our researchers are in:

Durham
North Yorkshire
South Yorkshire
North Lincolnshire
North Dyfedd
South Gwynnedd

Find the schedule here: buff.ly/3NMds8z 🎣

🎣 The results of the UK Fishing Fleet Survey help both industry and policy makers to understand the changing challenges and opportunities vessel owners and managers face.

Find the schedule here: buff.ly/3NMds8z

Have a listen to what Jerry Percy from NUTFA has to say.

There is still time to apply for our Policy Advisor role within our Regulation team!

Check out the vacancy here: buff.ly/44qgCG9 🐟

Down on the quayside at Shoreham, our UK Seafood Fund is building a better equipped fishing industry for the future.

Read more: gov.uk/government/new…

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Our Regional Fisheries Group Team visit the North West next week, with the Head of Fisheries Management, Head of Sustainable Fisheries and the Seafish Regional Manager. We will be meeting fishers to discuss local concerns at these times and venues: