A KEY meeting will be held in Grimsby today (Weds) to help the seafood industry prepare for new laws designed to outlaw illegal and unregulated fishing.
A KEY meeting will be held in Grimsby tomorrow (Weds) to help the seafood industry prepare for new laws designed to outlaw illegal and unregulated fishing.
The seminar, led by Seafish , the seafood authority, and being held at the Humber Seafood Institute, will highlight key issues which could face food processing firms.
A Seafish spokesman said: "As the world's largest importer of seafood products, Europe is a major target for illegal operators. The European Commission has introduced regulations to prevent illegally caught fish from entering the EU market." The new rules will be applicable from the start of next year.The spokesman added: "Illegal, unreported and unregulated fishing remains one of the biggest global threats to the sustainable management of fish stocks."
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The new regulations will affect companies which import fish and fishery products from outside the EU or export it to non-EU countries. Seafish, in partnership with the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra), are hosting three seminars nationwide to provide more information on the new rules and what UK businesses will need to do to comply.
Another Seafish spokesperson said: "The town is renowned as the food processing centre of England, so we thought we needed to be there.". Quite recently Seafish used the Humber Seafood Institute for a major seminar to assist fish processors increase exports to France and French food retailers. And it was also the venue last week for UK Food Minister Jim Fitzpatrick to confer European Protected Status on Grimsby's traditional smoked fish industry.
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