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John Whitehead will retire as chairman of the board of industry support body Seafish when his contract expires at the end of December.
Whitehead joined Seafish in 2002 as deputy chair of the board, becoming chairman in June 2010.
Dr Paul Williams, chief executive of Seafish, said: “Seafish would not be in the positive position it is today without John and we owe him a debt of gratitude for the way he stood by and supported the organisation through its darkest time.
“His chairmanship, guidance and diplomacy will be sadly missed and we wish him well with his next endeavours,” he added.
During his time at Seafish he helped successfully negotiate Seafish through its most difficult period of operation after a challenge to its status was taken all the way to the Supreme Court in 2010.
