Impacts of current EU regulation on the UK whitefish value chain |
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| Institution: | 1. Fishor Consulting, Portsmouth, UK;2. Sakana Consultants, Brest, France;1. School of Geosciences, University of South Florida, Tampa, FL, USA;2. The College of Marine Science, University of South Florida, St. Petersburg, FL, USA;3. Southeast Regional Office, NOAA National Marine Fisheries Service, St. Petersburg, FL, USA;4. Department of Biology, University of South Florida, St. Petersburg, FL, USA;1. Basque Centre for Climate Change (BC3), Alameda Urquijo 4, 4ª, 48008 Bilbao, Bizkaia, Spain;2. Plan Bleu (PB), Villa Valmer, 271 Corniche Kennedy, 13007 Marseille, France;3. Plymouth Marine Laboratory (PML), Prospect Place, Plymouth PL1 3DH, UK;4. Ecologic Institute, Pfalzburger Straße 43/44, 10717 Berlin, Germany;5. Centro Euro-Mediterraneo per Cambiamenti Climatici (CMCC), Isola di S.Giorgio, 6, 30124 Venezia, Italy;6. Università Ca'' Foscari, Dorsoduro 3246-30123, Venezia, Italy;7. University of Western Macedonia (UOWM), Parko Agiou Dimitriou, GR 50100, Greece;8. Black Sea NGO Network (BSNN), P.O.Box 91, 2 Dr. L. Zamenhof Str., fl. 2, 9000 Varna, Bulgaria;9. Balearic Islands Coastal Observing and Forecasting System (SOCIB), Parc Bit, Naorte, Bloc A 2ºp. pta. 3, E-07121, Palma de Mallorca, Spain;10. Deltares, P.O. Box 177, 2600 MH Delft, The Netherlands;11. Joint Research Center (JRC) of European Commission, Via Enrico Fermi 2749, I-21027 Ispra, Italy;12. Agricultural University of Athens (AUA), Iera Odos 75, 11855 Athens, Greece |
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| Abstract: | Cod and haddock are two of the “big 5” UK supermarket fish species and intrinsic to fish and chip shops nationwide. UK whitefish fleets produce a significant amount, however there is a reliance on imports to maintain supply. The UK is in a strong position to compete for raw material from Iceland and Norway given high prices paid for imports and investment by Icelandic and Norwegian companies in the UK. Regarding UK production of whitefish, the European Common Fisheries Policy landing obligation has introduced significant uncertainty. To avoid discarding of any quota stock, fishing may be stopped before all target stocks quota is reached. For demersal fleets, there is a transition period between 2016 and 18 where target stocks are introduced according to Advisory Council and EU agreement and Article 15, with all quota stocks from 2019. As the capacity of the fleets balance to the new regulations, supply will likely return and if maximum sustainable yield (MSY) is reached in 2020 then an increase in TACs from current levels is likely too. However, markets and industries can change in a short period. Particularly, most processing companies are small to medium size enterprises and those that concentrate on cod and haddock may have to adjust their business. Fleets could be resilient to such short term reductions in landings however this cannot be assumed. The competitiveness of producers will surely be affected in the short to medium term as a result. |
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| Keywords: | Value chain analysis Competitiveness Sustainability Bioeconomic modelling Whitefish |
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