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Project UK Fisheries Improvements (PUKFI) is working towards an environmentally sustainable future for UK fisheries by running Fishery Improvement Projects (FIPs) on six UK fisheries that have been selected by the UK supply chain. They were selected due to their importance for the UK market.
Southwest crab & lobster, pots Click on the fishery to go to its FIP site. PUKFI will use the MSC process as a tool to develop credible FIPs, giving each fishery the tools to implement changes and to ensure their sustainable future. Click here to learn more about credible FIPs. To download a printable leaflet of this information click here Exciting opportunity to assist on this project!! There are two Masters project opportunities open for summer 2017. Click here for the scallop project proposal Click here for the monkfish project proposal Click here for more details Click here for the application form PUKFI will use the MSC Pre-Assessment process as a gap analysis to determine current status, identify improvements and inform development of an Action Plan designed to ultimately improve the sustainability of the fishery. The project will implement the Action Plan for each fishery and track progress through the MSC's Bench-Marking and Tracking tool (BMT). Once the individual improvement projects are completed they will be entered into MSC assessment. Each FIP has a steering group to inform, guide and implement the work identified. These are made up of industry, fishery managers, scientists, NGOs, retailers and supply chain. They will be chaired and facilitated by MSC. A PUKFI Advisory Group made up of project funders will oversee the work of the project. PUKFI is one work-stream of a larger over-arching project, Project UK, currently in development which aims to identify, improve and ultimately certify market-relevant fisheries in the UK. It will use the Project Inshore model of large-scale Pre-Assessments to identify data gaps, best practice and areas for improvement to inform FIP development and set up. For more information please contact: Chloe North UK Fisheries Outreach Officer Marine Stewardship Council Email: chloe.north@msc.org Tel: 020 7246 8914 Claire Pescod Fisheries Outreach Manager UK & Ireland Marine Stewardship Council Email: Claire.pescod@msc.org
The Financial Times talks about a "4th cod war" in a recent article:
"Thanks to sustained efforts by the EU and Scottish fishermen, North Sea cod has moved from the danger zone to relative abundance. The Marine Stewardship Council, an independent conservation group, is soon expected to declare the stock sustainable, allowing restaurants to serve it without guilt and capping an extraordinary comeback.
The cod’s recovery has taken place under a framework of international agreements that have divided the annual catch between Norway and the EU, with the latter share apportioned again among the group’s 28 member states. But British fishermen, among the most ardent of Brexiters, are demanding those agreements be torn up when the UK leaves the bloc. Many still fume that Edward Heath effectively handed over their fish when the-then prime minister negotiated the UK’s accession to the European Economic Community, the forerunner of the EU, in 1973.
Scottish fishermen, in particular, believe they are now entitled to a much larger share of North Sea cod, based on geography and the sacrifices they made to ensure the stock’s survival.
If it was warmer it would be muggy, but it isn't, so this morning it is mainly overcast and misty...
which does not affect the spirits of those inside the fish market participating in Monday morning's market with a mix of boats landing including another invisible netter with a huge trip or turbot...
the beamers landed their usual haul of megrim soles...
some heads, some tails...
and the Algrie had a good shot of Dover soles including these monsters...
while the Spirited Lady III managed a few John Dory...
and the Scottish prawner, Orion hit the haddock...
top cooking tip this morning - Saturday's St Ives Food & Drink Festival saw Mitch Tonks cook up a dish using octopus - and he explained that the species of octopus normally caught in North Atlantic waters - which have a single row of suckers as can be seen in this photo - are not suitable as, despite the efforts of many chefs, all have failed to produce a tender fleshed dish - the kind needed are those with multiple rows of suckers down their tentacles apparently...
at nearly 11kg this turbot is big enough to feed a wedding party...
a ten foot version of this would panic the most hardened swimmer...
red fish in red boxes...
good to see Cod's boat, Butts on fish tallies again...
named and dated, ray wings from team Curtiss...
pristine turbot from the mystery netter...
auctioneer Ian in full flow...
easy pickings, a good selection of paws this morning...
