According to the press communiqué Seafish has welcome Whitehead on its interim chair. At present Whitehead is the Deputy Chairman of the Seafish board. He will take on a new, more hands on role as interim Chair to lead Seafish through the planned Supreme Court appeal against a previous ruling on the legality of raising levy on imported fish and fish products.
According to Seafish Whitehead replaces Charles Howeson who has played a major role in guiding Seafish through the current legal challenge facing the organisation and has given his time and expertise to enable Seafish to adapt to the changing circumstances it faces. Howeson is currently holding several positions of other important public services> Seafish mentioned that Howeson has reluctantly decided that having laid the groundwork for Seafish’s legal response he is not in a position to extend his service without detriment to his other public duties.
Howeson’s decision to leave the position of interim chair of Seafish Board was accepeted by the Government with regret but fully respects his reasons, and is extremely grateful for the service he has given both to Seafish and the wider seafood industry over the last three challenging years.
