Seafish launches 2024 seafood processing survey

UK seafood processing companies inspired to contribute important knowledge by means of brief survey

Researchers from Seafish, the general public physique that helps the UK seafood Business, have began contacting companies because the organisation begins its annual processing survey.

The survey helps paint an image of the processing sector within the UK by accumulating socio-economic and monetary knowledge. The extra knowledge collected, the extra precisely the sector shall be represented and understood.

Among the many areas the place the survey has proved essential helps the processing sector to perceive the impacts on adjustments to immigration guidelines within the UK. Information collected from the 2023 survey was used to tell ongoing consultations on the lately proposed adjustments to the Expert Employee Visa necessities.

The survey itself is a five-minute cellphone referred to as adopted by an e mail. Processors shall be requested about the principle actions of their enterprise, the species they course of, the dimensions and make-up of their work pressure and monetary efficiency data. All knowledge collected is strictly confidential.

Dana Wright, Senior Economist at Seafish, mentioned:

“The information collected from the Seafood Processing Survey is significant in serving to us perceive the wants of processing companies. Given the numerous adjustments that the sector has confronted and can proceed to face, having up-to-date knowledge on the efficiency of the sector can higher assist us assist processors by means of the work that we do. For instance, knowledge from the census has helped to assist worldwide commerce, inform immigration consultations, and exhibit the necessity for monetary assist throughout the Covid-19 pandemic. I extremely encourage processing companies to assist by giving us a couple of minutes of your time throughout our 2024 survey.” 

Findings from earlier processing surveys present a slight decline in processing websites. In 2023 Seafish recognized 353 websites which course of primarily seafood within the UK, six lower than final 12 months. The drop in websites over time has largely been pushed by a discount within the small and medium sized websites. Some websites closed, others grew or merged. The outcomes additionally confirmed that the majority processors interact in different enterprise actions apart from processing, comparable to wholesaling.

Complete turnover within the seafood processing sector remained round £4 billion within the final decade. After a drop in 2019, turnover rose within the subsequent two years, suggesting that the rise in retail gross sales throughout the Covid-19 pandemic was in a position to offset losses. This restoration has resulted in wholesome revenue margins for processors.

To be taught extra concerning the survey go to the Seafood Processing Sector Survey web page on the Seafish web site.

To entry the newest processing sector studies and knowledge go to the Seafood processing knowledge and perception web page on the Seafish web site.

Companies may contact the processing survey analysis staff straight on processing[email protected].