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The Marine Conservation If you love fish... Society’s Pocket Good Fish Diversify your choice: We’re too reliant on the “Big Five”: , , , and . Choose Guide puts YOU in control. species such as coley or pouting instead of cod. or instead of tuna. You can safeguard and help the future of our and Look at labels: The Marine Stewardship Council (MSC) other marine wildlife, by only choosing fish from sustainable ecolabel recognises and rewards sustainable sources. and the Stewardship Council (ASC) certifies responsibly farmed seafood. The Marine Conservation The Pocket Good Fish Guide lists which fish are the best Society recognises MSC and ASC certified as a better sustainable choice, fish you should avoid completely, and the environmental choice for many seafood products. fish you can eat just occasionally, to limit pressure on stocks. Shop at the most responsible supermarkets: Check the table inside for the fish you want to buy or eat. Make Buy your seafood from supermarkets awarded through our sure you avoid eating fish in the red list, enjoy eating fish in the supermarket seafood survey; Sainsbury’s and M&S (gold), green list and only occasionally eat fish from the amber list. The Co-operative (silver) and Waitrose (bronze). Get up to date advice in the palm of your Go green: Choose fish caught using methods with lower hand with our FREE interactive Good Fish Guide App: environmental impact, such as hand lined or pot caught. Choose organic when buying farmed Download for iOS (iPhone etc.) Download for Android seafood: Organic farms tend to have lower stocking densities, higher environmental standards and use feed sourced sustainably, so look for the organic label. Avoid eating and deepwater fish: Slow growing, long-lived species such as redfish and , 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. from Apple App store from Google play store Become a member: The Marine Conservation Society (MCS) is the UK’s leading charity for the protection For more detail on sustainable seafood, or to download a Front and rear cover Askew photography © Stuart of our seas, shores and wildlife. The voice for our seas for digital version of this guide, please visit www.fishonline.org 30 years, MCS champions protection for marine wildlife, sustainable fisheries and clean seas and beaches. Join us today: www.mcsuk.org

Pocket Good Fish Guide Pocket Pocket Marine Conservation Society 2014 Over Ross House, Ross Park, Ross-on-Wye, Good Fish Guide Herefordshire HR9 7QQ Telephone 01989 566 017 350-2014-A Good Fish Guide Email [email protected] Web www.mcsuk.org A guide to choosing sustainable seafood This guide is updated annually. Ratings accurate at time of printing (Feb 2014). Registered Charity No (England and Wales): 1004005 © 2014 Marine Conservation Society. All Rights Reserved. Registered Charity No (): SC037480 2014 Species Eat Think Avoid Pocket Alaska or Walleye Gulf of Alaska, Bering Sea, Aleutian Islands (MSC certified) Western Bering Sea, Okhotsk Sea (non MSC certified) Bay of Biscay Portuguese coast Good Fish Guide KEY Arctic Char Farmed (organic certified) Bream, Gilthead Farmed (organic certified) Farmed, Mediterranean Brill Fish to eat... Burry Inlet & Dee (MSC certified) Dredged ...are from well managed, sustainable stocks or farms, Norwegian coast, Greenland, Faroes, Kattegat, or are resilient to fishing pressure. Green indicates Cod, Atlantic North East Arctic, East Baltic Sea, Iceland , West Baltic Sea Skagerrak, North Sea, , West of Scotland, species that are, in MCS’s opinion, the best choice. , Rockall Coley or Saithe North Sea, Skagerrak, West of Scotland, Rockall, Iceland North East Arctic, Faroes , Brown IPA (Inshore Potting Area), Devon & Shetland (MSC certified) Dab North Sea (otter trawled, seine netted) North Sea (beam trawled) Fish to eat only occasionally... North Sea ...are from fisheries that are at risk of becoming unsustainable Grey Gill or fixed netted (all areas UK) Commercial line (Cornwall) due to environmental, management or stock issues. They Gurnard Red, grey & tub or yellow may also be recovering from previous over-exploitation, Haddock North Sea, Skagerak, Kattegat, Iceland North East Arctic, Irish & Celtic Seas, West of Scotland Faroe Plateau, Rockall species with relatively low resilience to modern fishing Hake European methods, or fish from farming systems that need to Atlantic (wild caught); Greenland (North East Arctic, Iceland, (Atlantic or Greenland) Atlantic (farmed, onshore production) Atlantic, farmed, open net pens; Greenland (West Greenland) East Greenland) improve some of their practices. Amber means MCS Herring or Sild MSC certified; Irish Sea, Iceland All other sources Celtic Seas (VIa (south), VIIb,c) recommends that you only eat these fish occasionally. South West England (handlined) All other North East Atlantic stock sources Monkfish (Anglerfish) All sources Farmed Fish to avoid... Pangasius Farmed (ASC certified) Farmed, Vietnam (open net pens, GlobalGAP certification) ...are from unsustainable, overfished, highly vulnerable or North, Irish, Celtic & Baltic Seas, Skagerrak (seine netted), Skagerak & South West (beam trawled), Celtic Sea, poorly-managed fisheries or farming systems. Or they may Eastern & Western Channel, Iceland, South West Ireland West of Ireland have high levels of unwanted by-catch (that’s fish caught Pollack or Lythe North Sea, Celtic Sea, West of Scotland unintentionally whilst trying to catch other fish, which Pouting or Bib All sources may then be thrown back dead). Red indicates that in (Coldwater or Northern) North East Arctic (MSC certified); Skagerrak, Norwegian Deep Prawn (King or Tiger) Farmed (organic certified) Farmed (certified or Madagascan) Wild caught; non certified farmed MCS’s opinion, you should avoid these fish until the Red Mullet All sources fishery or farming system improves. Atlantic (farmed; wild-caught in English and Welsh rivers above Atlantic, wild caught from any mixed stock or stock below Salmon Pacific (all species, Alaska); Atlantic (farmed, organic certified) Conservation Limits only) Conservation Limits or Pilchard Cornwall (MSC certified) Bay of Biscay Keep the facts with you... Inshore waters of Isle of Man, English Channel, Cardigan Push out the card below and keep this handy list of fish , King Dive-caught; Shetland (MSC certified) & Lyme Bay, Cornwall, Devon to eat and fish to avoid. You have the power in your Scampi or Langoustine All other sources Portuguese coast, North Galicia, Cantabrian Sea pocket to make only sustainable seafood choices. Seabass Farmed (closed system) North Sea, Celtic Sea, Bay of Biscay, English Channel; Farmed Pelagic trawled & Dogfish () Lesser spotted dogfish, , starry smoothhound All shark; spurdog Cuckoo, spotted & thornback (Kattegat, Skagerrak, North Sea, All skate; blonde, sandy, shagreen, smalleyed, undulate & Skate & Rays English Channel, Celtic Sea, West of Scotland) starry rays. Also, thornback & cuckoo rays from all other sources (Dover or Common) North Sea & English Channel (gillnet), Western Channel All other sources West of Ireland, Irish Sea Better Choice No Thanks Sole (Lemon) North Sea, Iceland • (organic farmed) • Atlantic Halibut (wild) • Atlantic Halibut (onshore farmed) • Bluefin Tuna , Farmed (closed production) Farmed (open system) All wild caught • Coley or Saithe (N Sea, MSC certified) • Deepwater fish (all) Harpooned (South East Pacific) All other sources Mediterranean • Dab (N Sea, otter trawl or seine net) • Farmed (ASC certified; closed production; Zimbabwe) • Herring (MSC certified) • Prawn - King or Tiger • Mussel (rope grown) (wild & non certified farmed) Rainbow (farmed, organic certified or freshwater ponds) Rainbow (farmed, net pens, cages); Brown, sea (farmed, net pens) • Pouting or Bib • Seabass (pelagic trawled) Tuna () Trolled (South Pacific) All other sources Mediterranean • Prawn - Coldwater (NE Arctic) • Shark Tuna (Bigeye) All other sources FAD Purse Seine, longline (West Central Pacific) • Prawn - King or Tiger (organic farmed) • Skate • • Spurdog (Spiny Dogfish) Pole & line, non-FAD purse seine (West Central Pacific); (organic/freshwater farmed) Sturgeon Caviar (wild) Tuna (Skipjack) Non-FAD purse seine (Indian Ocean); Troll, pole & line (East All other sources • Pacific & EEZ) • Sardine or Pilchard (MSC certified) • Swordfish (Mediterranean) • • Tuna (Yellowfin) Pole & line, troll (Indian Ocean & Maldives EEZ) All other sources Farmed (onshore production) North Sea Visit www.fishonline.org for more information North Sea, English Channel, Skagerak, Kattegat, West of Scotland, Whiting Celtic Sea Irish Sea, Rockall

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