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The Supreme Court today handed down its judgment in favour of the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) regarding Seafish. The Court ruled that Seafish levy collection from imported sea fish and sea fish products is legal and always has been legal.
Responding to the news, Leendert den Hollander, Chief Executive of Young’s Seafood Limited, said:
“Now there is clarity on the future of Seafish, we can move on and focus on taking fish industry representation to the next level. The industry needs a collective voice on issues where we have a common interest and a united view. Industry representation must have a clear vision and action plan, with clear deliverables, focussed on moving the industry forward. A consumer facing voice, that can represent the industry and help to communicate the benefits of eating fish twice a week, is important for the future of the processing sector.
Inspiring consumers, making people more confident in cooking fish and encouraging everyone to try a wide variety of sustainable seafood are important activities. We play an active role in Seafish, we see the need for these activities to continue at an industry level and we will play our part in achieving this. To tackle the big issues – from fish sustainability to food security – there has to be an open dialogue between catchers, processors, importers, distributors, Government, scientists and other stakeholders and we hope that this will continue.”
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