Highland 9. FSS should oversee and approve any Noted, agree. Council industry-funded sanitary surveys outwith SWPAs prior to implementation Fife Creel 10.. Good communication is required between Noted, agree. Fishermen’s harvesters and the FSS Association 3. We intend to Seafish 1. Businesses already bear the cost of providing Noted. All proposals developed will be ask all new Industry stock for testing. Every effort should be made to considered in the wider context of the classification Authority minimise any additional costs to industry of this FSS Regulatory Strategy which seeks applicants to proposal. If industry is permitted to provide amongst other things to minimise any sample in accordance with the protocol unnecessary additional burdens on provide classification proposed, and the presence of an approved business. samples in Sampling Officer is not required, then it may accordance with assist industry. an agreed Blueshell 2. What the FSS are suggesting is a 2 tier FSS do not propose a 2 tier protocol. Is it Mussels Ltd system regarding shellfish classification. FSS classification process, rather we seek reasonable to seems reluctant to rely on harvesters own to accommodate industry samples, expect results for ongoing classifications, yet under this where they have been taken in businesses to proposal, and entirely as a cost control exercise accordance with a robust and contribute are seeking to pass on this to industry. transparent process and to utilise
Highland Council 9. FSS should oversee and approve any industry-funded sanitary surveys outwith SWPAs prior to implementation Noted, agree. Fife Creel Fishermen’s Association 10.. Good communication is required between harvesters and the FSS Noted, agree. 3. We intend to ask all new classification applicants to provide classification samples in accordance with an agreed protocol. Is it reasonable to expect businesses to contribute Seafish Industry Authority 1. Businesses already bear the cost of providing stock for testing. Every effort should be made to minimise any additional costs to industry of this proposal. If industry is permitted to provide sample in accordance with the protocol proposed, and the presence of an approved Sampling Officer is not required, then it may assist industry. Noted. All proposals developed will be considered in the wider context of the FSS Regulatory Strategy which seeks amongst other things to minimise any unnecessary additional burdens on business. Blueshell Mussels Ltd 2. What the FSS are suggesting is a 2 tier system regarding shellfish classification. FSS seems reluctant to rely on harvesters own results for ongoing classifications, yet under this proposal, and entirely as a cost control exercise are seeking to pass on this to industry. FSS do not propose a 2 tier classification process, rather we seek to accommodate industry samples, where they have been taken in accordance with a robust and transparent process and to utilise
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