UK Scallops
The UK King Scallop FIP was launched in 2019. It brought together representatives of the scallop fishing industry and seafood supply chain in the North Sea, West of Scotland, and Irish Sea. The Steering Group benefited from the time and expertise of 95 individuals, representing 49 different UK and European organisations.
Summary
The ambitious Action Plan written for this fishery to work towards MSC certification identified 15 different actions to address over the five-year duration of the FIP. Highlights During these five years, the FIP has made significant contributions to science and research for scallop fisheries across the UK. This has included building understanding of the impacts of dredge gear on the seabed and a global review of scallop management measures to compare the different approaches.
Overall, while progress has not occurred at the rate at which the FIP had hoped for, the key representatives from the Group remain committed to making future improvements and continuing to work towards MSC assessment.
Next Steps
Following five years of work, the Project UK chapter of the UK Scallops Fishery Improvement Project (FIP) has now finished. Significant progress has been made during this time, but considerable actions are still to be achieved. The Steering Group has committed to build on the progress made under Project UK and to continue working towards a level where the fisheries could meet the MSC standard and enter MSC certification, if deemed appropriate. For this new chapter of improvements, facilitation has been transferred from Project UK to Seafish, and a new Working Group has been created to work with the Steering Group to guide the fishery towards its sustainability objectives.
The full list of the remaining Project UK FIP actions, milestones, and MSC scoring indicators can be found in the Year Five Annual Review by Poseidon Aquatic Resource Management.
Further information on the next chapter for the UK Scallops FIP can be found on the Seafish website.
The UK scallop FIP was supported by dedicated experts representing a range of stakeholder organisations.
Participants
Agri-Food and Biosciences Institute (AFBI) • Anglo North Irish Fish Producers Organisation (ANIFPO) • Centre for Environmental & Fisheries Science (Cefas) • Co-op • Communities Inshore Fisheries Alliance • Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs (Daera) • Department of Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) • Flatfish Ltd • Fyfe Producer Organisation • Heriot-Watt University • Isle of Man Government • Macduff Shellfish • Marine Scotland • Marine Scotland Science • Marks and Spencer • Natural England • NatureScot • New England Seafood International • Northern Ireland Fish Producers Organisation (NIFPO) • Northern Ireland Gear Trials • Poseidon • Scottish Fishermen's Organisation (SFO) • Scottish Fishermen’s Federation • Scottish Natural Heritage (SNH) • Scottish Seafood Association (SSA) • Seafish • Scottish White Fish Producers Association • South West Fish Producers Organisation • Tesco • Waitrose • West Coast Products • WWF • University of York • Young’s Seafood •
Resources
Research and Outputs
FIP Steering Group Meeting Minutes
2024
15/04/24 Minutes: Steering Group Meetings
08/24 Year 5 Annual Review
2023
11/10/23 Minutes: Steering Group Meetings
05/23 Year 4 Annual Review
01/06/23 Minutes: Steering Group Meetings
18/01/23 Minutes: Steering Group Meetings
2022
05/22 Fishery Progress: Three Year Audit (May 2022)
18/07/22 Minutes: Steering Group Meeting
23/01/22 Minutes: Principle 1 and 3
09/02/22 Minutes: Principle 2
17/11/22 Minutes: Environmental Subgroup
2021
07/21 Review of alternative measures that minimise mortality of unwanted catch in UK king scallop (Pecten maximus) fisheries
09/21 Ecosystem Scale Intensity Consequence Analysis (SICA)
11/21 Seafish: UK Fishing Restrictions Mapping Service from Kingfisher
03/03/21 Minutes: UK Scallops SICA
22/04/21 Minutes: Principle 1 and 3
29/04/21 Minutes: Principle 2
15/09/21 Minutes: Principle 1 and 2
21/09/21 Minutes: Principle 1 and 3
2020
06/05/20 Minutes: Environmental Sub-Group
19/05/20 Minutes: Management Focus Group
25/08/20 Minutes: ETP focus
12/10/20 Minutes: Principle 3
13/10/20 Minutes: Principles 1 and 2
27/11/19 Minutes: Steering Group Meeting
2019
07/11/19 Minutes: Environmental Sub-Group
30/09/19 Minutes: Environmental Sub-Group
18/06/19 Minutes: Steering Group Meeting
03/03/19 Minutes: Steering Group Meeting
2018
13/11/18 Minutes: Steering Group Meeting
13/11/18 Appendix: Steering Group Meeting
03/21 Ribeiro Santos, A (2021) Catch composition for King scallop dredges in ICES areas 4, 6a and 7a
13/6/18 Minutes: Steering Group Meeting
Photos by ©Bryce Stewart
