The Fishmongers’ Company has helped to uphold standards of the seafood trade since 1272. Today the Company maintains its links to its namesake trade through a diverse portfolio of projects right across the seafood trade, from international supply chains to locally-caught catches, the Company works to support a thriving and sustainable seafood trade.
The Company is a founding board member of the Seafood Grimsby and Humber Alliance, a pre-competitive collaboration between the UK’s major seafood processing companies, handling over 60% of the seafood consumed in the UK. Through the SGHA the Company has been able to unlock over £2millilion of government funding to support training and careers and green infrastructure in the sector. The Company is also supporting de-carbonisation efforts in the industry, helping to quantify the carbon in seafood supply chains, in order to better tell seafood’s sustainability story and identify hotspots.
The Company’s Discover Seafood website actively promotes in-season, locally-caught seafood and aims to reduce the barriers which currently prevent UK consumers from purchasing beyond the “big five” species. Pulling together stories, recipes and invaluable information from across the country, the site is designed to help people find, cook and eat local, seasonal catches.
In 2018 the Company established Master Fishmonger Standard (MFS), which certifies fishmongers with extensive professional skills and knowledge. The MFS covers the full range of career levels within fishmongering, from new entrants into the industry up to the Master tier, that requires at least 10 years’ experience in the trade.
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