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Waters containing shellfish were dumped in nearly 29,000 times last year, with the longest event lasting 5,000 hours.

Waters containing shellfish were dumped in nearly 29,000 times last year, with the longest event lasting 5,000 hours.

British shellfish sector was devastated by loss of its major EU market after Brexit and now faces cheaper imports

In defence of cruel foods on The Spectator Australia | Fishmongers are an endangered species in London. Thankfully, 15 minutes walk across Westminster from…

MY WIFE Ann loves a dish of cockles in a drop of strong malt vinegar, preferably in some Essex seaside resort like Southend or Leigh-on-Sea.  She has been eating them all her life, often from a stall either at the seaside or once upon a time from a barrow outside a London pub. I too love all kinds of shellfish, including cockles, and I’m happy to ignore Pliny the Elder (the Frosty of his time — Roman author, naturalist and natural philosopher who died in 74 AD).  He said: “…shellfish ...

Share Brexit has had and will continue to have a substantial impact on shellfish exports from the United Kingdom, bringing significant additional costs, but the sector needs to recognize the new landscape and adapt accordingly, according to an executive with the country’s largest shellfish processor. Speaking at the 51 st annual conference of the Shellfish Association of Great Britain (SAGB), Macduff Shellfish Director of Sustainability Public Affairs Andrew Brown said the United Kingdom’...

Key takeaways from UK fisheries minister talk at shellfish conference By May 13, 2021 10:34 BST The UK’s fisheries minister faced tough questions over Brexit at the annual Shellfish Association of Great Britain conference held on Wednesday (May 12) [...] Want to keep reading? sign up This field is required Remember me Enter the email address associated with your account. Well send you instructions to reset your password. This field is required to change your password. redirecting... Don...

Minister Refuses To Apologise To Shellfish Industry For Post-Brexit Trade Collapse 12 May The fisheries minister has refused to say sorry for the governments handling of the post-Brexit shellfish saga amid tough questions from exporters whose sales to the European Union have been torpedoed since the New Year. Victoria Prentis, a parliamentary under-secretary in the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (DEFRA), on Wednesday admitted there was "no silver bullet" to revive the UKs...

Like all food products, the shellfish must be accompanied by an export health certificate. Rob Benson, director of Kingfisher Seafoods Ltd, warned regrading the waters would not be enough to solve the ongoing issue and lashed out at the Government for failing to help. He told i: "Everything that can be done to help the industry is better than nothing, but it isn’t going to fix the problem on its own. "For every individual customer, it now costs around £350 on paperwork. Boris faced backlash ...

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