Members of Fasfa are those international fishing companies that have both quota to catch cod & haddock in theNorth Atlanticand fishing vessels equipped to fillet and freeze their catch at sea. Other members are those businesses which further process and distribute frozen fillets to fish & chip shops restaurants and retailers in theUK.
Members have access to all UK distribution channels and information on industry news, particularly in the UK’s Fish & Chip shop sector. As an international body covering all sectors of the industry, Fasfa members have much greater collective influence than they would individually.
Membership for 2012 has been set at £2,000 – for more details, please use the Contact section below
Currently, the members are:
Catching members based outside the UK
UK processers & distributors
The Q Partnership – Friars pride, Henry Colbeck, V.A. Whitley & Co Ltd
Members News
3rd February 2012 (MSC press release)
Pescafria-Pesquera Rodríguez becomes the first Spanish fishery to obtain MSC certification for sustainable fishing
Pescafria-Pesquera Rodríguez has been awarded MSC sustainable fishing certification, making PESCAFRIA the first Spanish fishery and the first European Union Barents Sea cod fishery to be awarded this distinction.
For PESCAFRIA, the certificate is given in recognition of a strategy based on professionalism and on respect for marine resources. Cod fished by PESCAFRIA-Pesquera Rodríguez can now be sold with the MSC ecolabel, already widely-sought by consumers in northern European markets and increasingly so in Spain also.
PESCAFRIA-Pesquera Rodríguez SA, which markets its products under the PESCAFRIA brand, was founded in 1940. A family-owned company, it has headquarters in the Basque Country and in Galicia. PESCAFRIA holds 27.50% of the Spanish cod quota, which translates into approximately 4000 tonnes, the largest national quota. The UK is the company’s major market for seafood products and frozen cod fillets and PESCAFRIA also exports to France, Holland, Norway and Portugal, among other markets. A small part of their production, including salt cod and frozen cod fillets, is marketed in Spain.
Pescafria Manager Francisco Rodriguez became aware of the MSC program and ecolabel through the certification of pollack fisheries in Alaska. In his opinion, “Getting MSC certification consolidates our position in export markets increasingly aware of the need to consume wild fishery seafood products, which are the only really sustainable products. Contrary to what we usually hear, and thanks to proper management over the years, cod stocks in the Arctic Ocean are actually at record numbers. This guarantees supplies of a fish which plays such a major role in our gastronomic traditions for future generations.”