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Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food: Trade, Processing and Marketing of Fish;...

Catalogue reference: MAF 656

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MAF 656

This series covers EC international and domestic questions of trade, processing and marketing of fish. Records selected for preservation cover records relating to Fish Producers Organisations, EC marketing standards for fish grading, 1990s...

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MAF 656

Title
Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food: Trade, Processing and Marketing of Fish; EC International and Domestic Considerations (TMF file series)
Date

1982-2005

Description

This series covers EC international and domestic questions of trade, processing and marketing of fish. Records selected for preservation cover records relating to Fish Producers Organisations, EC marketing standards for fish grading, 1990s pricing crisis over imports, and restructuring work on the Marine Fisheries Agency.

Related material

FGB file series (main series for Fisheries Division opened in 1941): MAF 209

Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Former department reference

TMF

Legal status

Public Record(s)

Language

English

Creator(s)
Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, Fisheries Division II, 1957-2001
Physical description

11 file(s)

Access conditions

Open

Immediate source of acquisition

from 2013 Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Accruals

The file series is no longer in use so the rate of accruals will be low.

Administrative / biographical background

A divisional organisation for Fisheries within the Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food (MAFF) was first created in 1957, with two divisions (a third division was created in 1972, and a fourth was created in 1976). Of these, Fisheries Division II was responsible for marketing and international trade matters. Following a reorganisation in 1985 (when the number of divisions was reduced to three), this series became the responsibility of Fisheries Division I. In 1994 the number of Fisheries Divisions was again expanded to four with Division II reassuming responsibility for this series.

Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C12272795/

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Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food: Trade, Processing and Marketing of Fish; EC International and Domestic Considerations (TMF file series)