Seafood Market Development
Traditional markets for landed catch in Wales can be found in continental Europe, with France, Spain, Holland and Belgium being core destinations for live exports of shellfish species.
Emerging markets in the Far East and China play an ever increasing role for processed products, live fish and shellfish from Wales. Welsh Government and its partners provide a range of support for businesses seeking to identify new markets for products both within the UK and abroad.
UK Market Development:
Welsh Government supports a cluster development approach to the seafood sector in Wales. For more information on opportunities through the Welsh Seafood Cluster, please see here:
Overseas Market Development:
Welsh Government Trade Development and Export
Seafish Industry Authority
Seafish Industry Authority has a dedicated international trade development function that can be accessed via the following link:
Export Zone
The Department for International Trade (DIT) is the UK Government organization that supports business export into global markets. Business Wales is the point of contact for export support in Wales:
DIT
DIT offers useful country analysis to inform your planning for exports.
Seafish Industry Authority: Seafood Horizons
Seafish Industry Authority also offers informative Horizon Scanning to help inform your decisions for trade that considers long term issues such as climate change and food security. For more information, please see above link.
Brexit
Brexit is an important consideration for any business. Seafish provides an independent source of information on Brexit that can support your decision making and remains and active work programme with continuation updates on the website.