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The study, to be carried out by the Sea Fish Industry Authority, has been welcomed by the Scottish Fishermen's Federation.

The Sea Fish Industry Authority, "the UK's only cross-industry seafood body", says that the most fuel-intensive fishing methods are beam trawling (which typically lands flatfish such as plaice, sole and megrim), mechanical dredging (scallops and clams), demersal trawling (whitefish such as cod, haddock and monkfish), nephrops trawling (langoustine, Norway lobster and prawns) and creel and pots (lobster, crabs and conger eel).

Data from Seafish, the sea fish industry authority, shows sales surges ofseafood from pilchards and sprats to mussels and spider crabs.

Contact The Sea Fish Industry Authority (Seafish) on tel: 01482 327 837 or visit www.

The Sea Fish Industry Authority survey shows more than twice as many fish and chip meals are bought each year than any other choices.

Yesterday he received his prize catch from Dennis Osborne, from the Anglo Scottish Group Training Association, and Sarah Horsfall, from the Sea Fish Industry Authority.

VERDICT: HHHH 1 /2 National runner-up out of more than 8,000 entries in the 16th annual Fish & Chip Shop of the Year Competition, organised by the Sea Fish Industry Authority.

Andy Gray, from the Sea Fish Industry Authority, said: 'Fish and chips is still the UK's favourite take-away, with more than 280 million meals consumed last year.