if you love fish
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The Marine ConservationSociety’s Pocket Good Fish Guide puts YOU in control. YOU can safeguard the future of our fisheries and other marine wildlife by only choosing fish from sustainable sources.
The Pocket Good Fish Guide lists which fish are the best sustainable choice, fish you should avoid completely, and the fish you can eat just occasionally, to limit pressure on their stocks.
Getting the most out of your Pocket Good Fish Guide.Check the table inside for the fish you want to buy or eat at a restaurant. Make sure you avoid eating fish in the red list, enjoy eating fish in the green list and only occasionally eat fish from the amber list.
If you love fish... w Diversify your choice: We’re too reliant on the
“Big Five”: cod, haddock, tuna, salmon and prawns. Choose species such as coley or gurnard instead of cod. Mackerel
or pilchards instead of tuna.
w Go green: Choose fish caught using methods with lower environmental impact, such as hand lined or pot caught.
w Look at labels: The Marine Stewardship Council (MSC) seafood ecolabel recognises and rewards sustainable fishing. The Marine Conservation Society recognises MSC certified as a better environmental choice for many seafood products.
w Choose organic when buying farmed seafood: Organic farms tend to have lower stocking densities, higher environmental standards and use feed sourced sustainably, so look for the organic label.
w Avoid eating sharks and deepwater fish: They tend to be slow growing, long-lived species such as redfish and orange roughy, which breed slowly and are therefore vulnerable to over-exploitation. Fishing for deep sea fish can harm other sensitive species like coldwater coral that may never recover.
w Become a member: Be a part of the movement to save our seas. The Marine Conservation Society (MCS) is the UK’s leading charity for the protection of our seas, shores and wildlife. The voice for our seas for almost 30 years, MCS champions protection for marine wildlife, sustainable fisheries and clean seas and beaches. To join us, visit:
Good Fish Guide
For consumer information:www.goodfishguide.org.uk
For detailed information:www.fishonline.org
A guide to choosing sustainable seafood
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Good Fish Guide KEY
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Fish to eat... ...are from well managed, sustainable stocks or farms, or are resilient to fishing pressure. Green indicates species that are, in MCS’s opinion, the best choice.
Fish to eat only occasionally... ...are from fisheries that are at risk of becoming unsustainable due to environmental, management or stock issues. They may also be recovering from previous over exploitation, species with relatively low resilience to modern fishing methods, or fish from farming systems that need to improve some of their practices. Amber means MCS recommends that you only eat these fish occasionally.
Fish to avoid... ...are from unsustainable, overfished, highly vulnerable or poorly-managed fisheries or farming systems. Or they may have high levels of unwanted by-catch (that’s fish caught unintentionally whilst trying to catch other fish, which may then be thrown back dead). Red indicates that in MCS’s opinion, you should avoid these fish until the fishery or farming system improves.
Keep the facts with you... Peel off the card below and keep this handy list of fish to eat and fish to avoid. You have the power in your pocket to make only sustainable seafood choices.
Think AvoidAlaska or Walleye PollockAnchovyBreamClamCockleCod, AtlanticColey or SaitheCrabDabEelFlounderGurnardHaddockHakeHalibutHerring or SildLobsterMackerelMarlinMonkfish (Anglerfish)MusselOysterPlaicePollack or LythePouting or BibPrawn (coldwater/northern)Prawn (King and Tiger)Red MulletSalmonSardine or PilchardScallopScampi or LangoustineSeabassShark & Dogfish (rock salmon)Skate and RaysSole (Dover/Common)
Sole (Lemon)SquidSturgeon, CaviarSwordfishTilapiaTroutTuna (Albacore)Tuna (Bigeye)Tuna (Bluefin)Tuna (Skipjack)
Tuna (Yellowfin)TurbotWhitebaitWhiting
EatSpeciesGulf of Alaska, Bering Sea, Aleutian IslandsBay of BiscayBlack Bream (gill netted, line caught)Carpet shell; Manila (manually harvested)Hand gatheredNE Arctic, Eastern Baltic, IcelandNE ArcticSpider (pot caught)Otter trawled, seine netted
Grey; RedNE Arctic, North Sea, Rockall
Atlantic (farmed, onshore production); Pacific (US, Canada)All other sources
All other sources
Farmed, hand gatheredNative & Pacific (farmed)
All other sourcesAll sourcesNE Arctic, CanadaFarmed (organic certified)Bycatch fisheriesPacific (all species, Canada & USA); Atlantic (organic farmed)Cornwall (drift or ring netted)King (diver caught); Queen (Isle of Man, otter trawled)
Handlined
Net or otter trawled (North Sea, Celtic Sea, East Channel, Bay of Biscay) Iceland, seine netted all other areasJig caught
Harpooned (certified fishery, NE Pacific)Farmed (organic or closed production)Rainbow (organic farmed or freshwater ponds)Pole & line or troll caught (South Pacific)Trolled (Indian Ocean)
Pole & line caught (Indian Ocean, Maldives EEZ); All methods (E,W & C Pacific, E & W Atlantic)Pole & line caught (Indian Ocean, Maldives EEZ)Farmed (onshore production)
Western Bering Sea, Okhotsk SeaAll other sourcesBlack Bream (otter, pair trawled); Gilthead (farmed)Surf; Razor; Hard shellDredgedCeltic Sea, Baltic West, Faroes plateauNorth Sea, Iceland, FaroesBrown; Spider (net caught)Beam trawled
All sourcesTub or YellowIceland, Celtic & Irish SeaCape & European (Northern stock)
Iceland, W Scotland, Gulf of Riga,Irish Sea, E Baltic, Bothnian BayEuropean; American (all other sources)Mediterranean
All other sourcesDredged
North & Irish Sea, Skagerrak & Kattegat, E Channel, IcelandTrawled
All other sourcesFarmed (certified or Madagascan)Directed trawl fisheriesAtlantic (farmed)Bay of Biscay, W Iberian Sea, MediterraneanKing (dredged); Queen (trawled, other sources)All other sourcesGill netted, farmedLesser spotted; Nursehound (other sources); Starry SmoothhoundCuckoo; Spotted; Starry; Smalleyed; Roker (Skagerrak-Celtic Sea)Skagerrak and Kattegat, N Sea, Celtic Sea, East Channel,Bay of Biscay, SW & W Ireland, West ChannelTrawledTrawled
Longlined & gill netted (Indian Ocean (IO) & SW Indian Ocean)
Brown (UK, net/trap); Brown & Rainbow (farmed, all other sources)All other sourcesLonglined & trolled (E Pacific, Atlantic), all methods (Indian Ocean)
FAD purse seine (Indian Ocean, E, W & Central Pacific, E Atlantic), gill netted (Indian Ocean) All other sourcesNorth Sea
All sources
All other sources
European & Conger
Faroe Plateau, W ScotlandSpanish & Portugese waters (Southern stock)Atlantic (wild caught); GreenlandW Baltic, W Scotland (south), W Ireland, Porcupine BankAmerican (Southern New England)
All MarlinIberian Sea
Baltic Sea, W Channel, SW & West Ireland, Celtic Sea
Wild caught, non certified farmed
Atlantic (wild caught)
Portugese coast, North Galicia, Cantabrian SeaPelagic trawledShark; Nursehound (Bay of Biscay, Iberian waters); SpurdogAll Skate. Blonde; Sandy; Shagreen & Undulate raysBeam trawled (W & SW Ireland, otter trawled(West Channel, Irish Sea)
All wild caughtMediterranean, South Atlantic, NW Pacific
Brown or Sea (Baltic, wild caught)Long lined (IO), Longlined & pelagic trawled (N Atlantic & Med)All other sourcesAll sources
All sources
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Atlantic Salmon (organic farmed)Atlantic Halibut (onshore farmed)Coley or Saithe (NE Arctic)DabHerringMackerelMusselOysterPollack or LythePouting or BibPrawn - cold water (NE Arctic, Canada)Prawn - King or Tiger (organic farmed)Rainbow Trout (organic/freshwater farm)Sardine or PilchardSkipjack Tuna
Atlantic Halibut (wild)Atlantic Salmon (wild)Bluefin TunaDeepwater fish (all)EelPrawn - King or Tiger (wild & non certified farmed)MarlinSharkSkateSpurdog (Spiny Dogfish)Sturgeon Caviar (wild)Whitebait
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