Profitability
Improved
The most significant study of recent times, The Seafood
Scotland 'Quality At Sea Study' shows that the implementation
of quality practices on board white fish vessels ultimately
impact on the price achieved.
Fishing skippers are increasingly convinced that investing
in quality practices will increase profit and many factors influence
the price achieved at market. However, the study also shows
that:
to consistently achieve prices well above average,
vessels
must adopt all of the recommended quality practices.
Price influencing factors:
Weighing at sea achieved significantly higher
prices compared to nominal weighing
On average, haddock catches weighed electronically
at sea
achieved prices 26% above. For smaller box weights, price per
kg are higher than the average
Landing with a good icing score achieved prices
well above
average for the day(judged using Seafood Scotland
quality scoring system)
Quality System
The creation of the fully temperature controlled
Fish Market
underlines Peterhead Ports commitment to Quality of
Product being landed and sold, reflecting the findings of a
recent study carried out by Sea Fish Industry Authority.
This study proved beyond doubt that by meeting
the high
standards demanded by the consumer and processor
through better quality at sea practices, catch prices will
usually be higher than average and vessels will recover
their investment over a series of landings.
Seafood Scotland promotes product on the basis
of its
superior quality from point of capture throughout the
supply chain.
www.seafoodscotland.org
can provide more detailed
information and the full report on The Economics of Quality
at Sea is available from 'Sea Fish Industry Authority' at
www.seafish.org.uk
The graph below shows that vessels whose average
quality score was in the range 27-29, achieved cod prices 7.5%
above the same day average prices:
The study focused on thirty white fish vessels
landing at Peterhead and examined links between:
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