Seafish 2024 fishing fleet survey heading to Wales

Our Fishing Fleet Survey is now dwell. Throughout the subsequent 10 weeks, Seafish discipline researchers will likely be travelling to ports across the UK and asking socioeconomic inquiries to industrial vessel house owners.

In Wales, the survey is scheduled to be hosted by Seafish fleet researcher Badis Khiari in North Dyfedd and South Gwynnedd between July 29-2 August, in Glamorgan and South Dyfed with Zachary Wong, and in North Wales from July 29 – August 2 with Emma Kearns.

Fishing vessel house owners and skippers inspired to hitch the annual survey of the UK fishing fleet from Monday 15 July

Seafish researchers will once more be heading to harbours and ports across the UK this summer season.

From July 15, Seafish, the general public physique that helps the UK seafood business, will likely be conducting its fishing fleet survey to study in regards to the monetary efficiency of fishing companies and the demographics of their crew.

In Wales, the survey is scheduled to be hosted by Seafish fleet researcher Badis Khiari in North Dyfedd and South Gwynnedd between July 29-2 August, in Glamorgan and South Dyfed with Zachary Wong, and in North Wales from July 29 – August 2 with Emma Kearns.

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The method additionally provides vessel house owners and skippers the chance to share particulars on how their enterprise has fared within the final 12 months.

Seafish is encouraging all vessel house owners and skippers to take part within the survey, as their enter is instrumental in guaranteeing the fishing business within the UK is shifting in the proper path. The interviews take not than quarter-hour to finish and all responses are handled as strictly confidential, with no figures from any particular person vessel revealed elsewhere.

This 12 months researchers will likely be handing out a free First Assist at Sea Information for each skipper or vessel proprietor that participates.

Juan Carlos Paredes Esclapez, Economics Undertaking Supervisor at Seafish stated:

“Our fleet survey is a vital software for monitoring the efficiency of our fishing business. By participating on this survey, vessel house owners and skippers will help create an understanding of the challenges they face in addition to new alternatives.

We encourage as many fishing companies and vessel house owners as doable to become involved on this 12 months’s survey. The info collected is essential for guiding policymakers, Business stakeholders, and companies, guaranteeing the sector is ready to deal with future challenges successfully”.

Fishing companies who participate within the fleet survey can request a free benchmark report which compares their vessel’s financial efficiency to related vessels and will help establish areas for enhancements. It will also be used as proof in grant or mortgage functions.

Throughout final 12 months’s fleet survey, many fishing vessel house owners responded to the survey. Seafish’s Economics of the UK Fishing Fleet report for 2023 will likely be revealed later within the 12 months, however preliminary findings present:

• On enterprise efficiency over the earlier 12 months, 24% rated it poor or under common. 41% rated it common and 35% rated it above common or glorious.
• On the outlook for enterprise over the subsequent 3-5 years, 17% rated it unhealthy or very unhealthy, whereas 37% rated it good or superb. Most individuals (46%) had been impartial or not sure about their future efficiency.

Probably the most talked about components to latest efficiency had been abundance of catch (36% of respondents), working prices (30%), the worth of catch (25%) and entry to labour (20%). Abundance and value of catch had been seen as optimistic influences by most respondents, whereas working prices and entry to labour had been seen as destructive.

Labour continues to be a urgent challenge for the UK fleet and the 2023 survey included a selected query on entry to expert labour, together with UK and international crew.

Practically half of respondents reported that this challenge didn’t apply to them as they had been single-handed vessels however among the many remaining 201 folks interviewed, 71% rated their entry to expert labour as unhealthy or very unhealthy. A tenth of respondents reported being negatively affected by modifications to the transit visa laws.

Basically, 2023 findings recommend a slight enchancment in vessel house owners’ and skippers’ moods about their enterprise efficiency.

How you can become involved:

The schedule of when researchers are visiting areas throughout the UK is on the market on the Seafish web site at www.seafish.org/fleetsurvey. Vessel house owners can look out for researchers in ports and harbours throughout the summer season.

Those that need to pre-arrange an appointment to participate within the surveys can e-mail [email protected] together with the next data:

• Identify
• E-mail and/or telephone quantity
• Port of operation

Seafish researchers will get in contact to rearrange an in-person interview in port or a name.

When you’ve got questions in regards to the survey or enquiries about how business estimates may very well be used to assist what you are promoting, please contact the fleet survey staff on [email protected] or 07966 764150.