Cefas Annual Report and Accounts 2004-2005 published

The Centre for Environment, Fisheries & Aquaculture Science (Cefas) publishes it Annual Report and Accounts 2004 – 2005 today. The Report describes Cefas’ major achievements and performance against targets as an executive agency of the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra).

The Report highlights a number of achievements, including:

a leading role in Defra’s Charting Progress report on the state of the seas;
collection of new data by ensuring fishermen and scientists work together through ongoing development of working relationships with the fishing industry via the Fisheries Science Partnership;
an early pilot study on the value of marine protected areas;
new and innovative ways of working, for example exploring the links and opportunities when comparing fish and human cancers;
growth in business income; and
support for science in society through active participation with local schools and colleges.

Cefas’ Chief Executive, Mark Farrar, said that this Report ‘demonstrates how, through the expertise of its scientists and collaborative working practices, Cefas continues to lead in the application of marine science’.

Copies of the Cefas Annual Report and Accounts 2004–05 have been placed in the library of the House of Commons today.

Notes to editors

Cefas is a multidisciplinary scientific research, advisory and consultancy centre providing a comprehensive range of services in fisheries management, environmental monitoring and assessment, and aquaculture to governments, international agencies and a large number of clients worldwide.
Cefas has a turnover of £37.4M and a staff of 523. It has major laboratories and facilities at Lowestoft, Burnham-on-Crouch and Weymouth.
Printed copies of the Cefas Annual Report and Accounts 2004 – 2005 (ISBN 0-10-293272-7) will be available from 12:30 on 14 July 2005, price £15.00, from The Stationery Office, Publications Centre, 51 Nine Elms Lane, London SW8 5DR. General enquiries: 0870 600 5522.
The Report is also available from the Cefas library (Tel: 01502 524210), and via the Cefas website at www.cefas.co.uk.

Press contact: Anne McClarnon, Tel: 01502 524370 / Email: a.mcclarnon@cefas.co.uk.