Tegen Mor Fisheries Consultants

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1 Impacts of the Landing Obligation - a study of impacts on the UK supply chain Tegen Mor Fisheries Consultants Nathan de Rozarieux

2 1. Background: game changer The introduction of the landing obligation is a game changer arguably the most significant change to the fishing industry since the introduction of quotas in 1983 The move from landing quotas to catch quotas has the potential to present a range of significant impacts on operations throughout the sea-to-plate supply chain what are they?

3 2. Study aims: The aims of the work were to: Understand the possible impacts across the supply chain, from economic, legal, operational, reputational and market perspectives. Explore the range of potential changes in behaviour of one sector in response to changed behaviours of other Understand supply chain capacity issues and limitations Identify gaps in information and, where possible / appropriate, make recommendations for further work.

4 3. Approach Desk-top study & scoping potential supply chain issues analysis

5 4. Approach Qualitative research Face-to-face interviews with stakeholders Catching sector: Ports & Harbours: Logistics / transport: Processing sector: Foodservice: Retailers: Fishmeal: Pot bait sector: Fishermen, POs, National Federations Harbour authorities, sales agents Hauliers Local & national processors, processor associations Local & national foodservice specialists National retailers Producers and trade association Bait suppliers, pot fishermen Supplementary telephone interviews as required.

6 4. Approach Foodservice National 8% processors 2% engos 4% Retailers 5% Devolved administrations 5% Fishing sector 23% Local processors 15% Harbours & agents 27% Fishmeal 5% Logistics 5% Petfood 1% n=79

7 4. Approach

8 4. Approach: What if?

9 5. Results: Catching sector: sub-optimal economic performance

10 5. Results: Catching sector

11 5. Results: Ports / harbours / sales agents

12 5. Results: Ports / harbours / sales agents

13 5. Results: Fishmeal

14 5. Results: Pot bait

15 5. Results: Logistics / transport sector

16 5. Results: Local (port based) processing sector

17 5. Results: Local processors

18 5. Results: National processing sector

19 5. Results: Foodservice sector

20 5. Results: Retail sector

21 5. Results: Summary

22 6. Conclusions: Many unknowns - make accurate predictions v difficult Change will be driven by restrictive access to quota at individual vessel which will intensify towards 2019 Seafood supply chain dynamic, flexible and adaptive Increases un-certainty and introduces greater risk Severity of potential impacts / risks appear to decrease through supply-chain (will consumers notice at all?) Solutions to handling <MCRS discards (and/or small fish) exist at larger ports but ownership, engagement & management needed at port level Strong case for small ports to be exempt based on grounds of disproportionate costs

23 7. Recommendations 1: Establish a network of regional discard management co-ordinators: [ACTION: devolved administrations, POs] 2: Develop a clear comms strategy through the supply chain (B2B&B2C) [ACTION: Seafish] 3: Facilitate EMFF grant investment in temporary infrastructure and capital items (e.g. temporary cold stores, bins) [ACTION: Devolved administrations] 4: Provision of more detailed information [ACTION Cefas, Marine Scotland, AFBI and devolved administrations] 5: Explore the grounds for providing exemptions for smaller ports [ACTION devolved administrations]