Reducing your 1 LOW eat Try to only eat fish listed as If what you are looking for isn't listed Definitely give Fish to avoid a miss, Best choice - those rated 1 or 2 below, it's likely to be rated 3 or 4 . these are rated 5 and include Good Fish impact on our 2 are the most sustainable! threatened or endangered species 2018 seas by choosing 3 think You can find over 600 ratings for 150 and fish from damaging fisheries or Guide species on goodfishguide.org farming systems. sustainable fish 4 or the Good Fish Guide app is easy 5 HIGH for Apple iOS (iPhone) avoid FREE and Android

Best choice Only from these areas - fished or farmed like this Fish to avoid Anchovy Bay of Biscay Eel, European , Conger You can play a key role Basa or Pangasius (farmed) ASC certified; Vietnam - GAA BAP 3* Grouper in securing the future of our seas Bream, Gilthead (farmed) Onshore production; Organic certified Halibut, Atlantic - North East Atlantic and marine wildlife by making Clam, Manila (farmed) UK wild more environmentally responsible Cod, Atlantic North East Arctic or Iceland - MSC certified Marlin, Blue - Atlantic choices when buying . Coley or Saithe North East Arctic, Iceland, Faroe Islands, North Sea, Skagerrak, West of Scotland and Rockall Mullet, Grey or Thicklip Crab, Brown Western Channel, Celtic Sea, Cornwall, Pembrokeshire - Pot caught Prawn, King or Tiger non-certified Dab North Sea - Seine netted farmed Make the right choice 90% of world fish stocks and reduce your impact. Haddock Rockall, Irish Sea; Iceland, North East Arctic - MSC certified Ray, Sandy, Shagreen, Starry Salmon, Atlantic - wild are either fully or over- Every purchase matters! Hake, European Cornwall - MSC certified Halibut, Atlantic (farmed) Scotland - Onshore production Seabass - North Sea, Irish Sea, English & exploited from fishing. Bristol Channel, Celtic Sea, Bay of Biscay Herring or Sild Central Baltic Sea; MSC certified They face yet more pressure from , American or European Canada, USA Georges Bank; USA Gulf of Maine, Jersey - MSC certified , Angel , Porbeagle , climate change, pollution, a growing Tope world population and increasing per Mackerel South West England - Handline; MSC certified Skate, Common , Longnose, capita consumption of fish, so we can't Megrim Rockall, Northern North Sea & West of Scotland - Otter trawled Norwegian, White afford to make the wrong choices. (farmed) UK - Rope grown Spurdog or Rock Salmon , Native or Pacific (farmed) Bottom & Suspension culture () - wild Plaice North Sea, English Channel - Mediterranean - Longline; Our seafood ratings are helping inform Some sources should be avoided Pollack Celtic Sea & English Channel - Handline South East and West Pacific - Gill net some of the largest seafood businesses - see goodfishguide.org Pollock, Alaska Bering Sea/Aleutian Islands, Gulf of Alaska - MSC certified , Bigeye - Atlantic- All gear types; in the country. EU Prohibited species or IUCN Red Prawn, Coldwater or Northern MSC certified Indian Ocean - Gill net Listed (Endangered or Critically Atlantic bluefin tuna rating In 2016 we influenced Prawn, King or Tiger (farmed) Organic certified Tuna, Bluefin currently being reviewed Endangered) - see iucnredlist.org approximately 300 Salmon, Atlantic (farmed) Soil Association organic certified , Sprat, Mixed Juveniles Salmon, Pacific MSC or Alaskan RFM certified Wolffish million meals! Sardine or Pilchard Bay of Biscay - MSC certified Rated 5 , Queen Cornwall - Sail and oar Marine Conservation Society (MCS) Scampi or Langoustine Irish Sea East; North Sea (Fladen Ground); West Scotland (Minches, Clyde, Sound of Jura) - Pot caught Would you eat an a leading UK charity working to Seabass (farmed) France - Onshore production make the only choice for consumers in the UK. Sole, Dover or Common Western Channel, Celtic Sea South, South West of Ireland; MSC certified endangered www.mcsuk.org Sprat or Sprat-only Whitebait Baltic Sea species? GoodFishGuide.org facebook.com/mcsuk twitter.com/mcsuk Squid, Japanese flying North West Pacific, Japan - Jig Many of the species Reg. charity no: 1004005 (England & Wales); SC037480 (Scotland). Leading foodservice company Swordfish North West & West Atlantic, South West Pacific - Longline MSC certified above appear on restaurant menus, This guide is updated annually. Ratings accurate at time of printing (March 2018). Compass Group UK & Ireland Zimbabwe; ASC certified; Onshore production Printed by www.alpha-card.co.uk (farmed) yet many are as threatened or more are committed to increasing their Apple, the Apple logo, and iPhone are trademarks of , Rainbow (farmed) Organic certified; Freshwater ponds threatened by extinction as snow Apple Inc., registered in the U.S. and other countries. sustainable seafood off ering and App Store is a service mark of Apple Inc., registered Tuna, Albacore Atlantic, North Pacific - Pole & line, Troll; South Pacific- Longline MSC certified, Troll leopards and black rhinos, and you in the U.S. and other countries. Google Play and the sponsor the Good Fish Guide. Google Play logo are trademarks of Google LLC. Tuna, Skipjack West Atlantic, West Central Pacific, Indian Ocean - Pole & line; Maldives - Pole & line MSC certified wouldn't choose them from a menu Tuna, Yellowfin West Central Pacific - Pole & line, Handline; Solomon Islands - Longline MSC certified would you? West Central Pacific - Pole & line To help you get to know your food visit Tuna, Bigeye If you spot a red rated fish on the www.nourishedlife.co.uk Turbot (farmed) Onshore production menu or at the supermarket – let @NourishedlifeUK Whiting Southern Celtic Sea & English Channel us know! Share your finds on Twitter © 2018 Marine Conservation Society. or Rated 1 2 #redrated or email [email protected]. 664a-2018 All Rights Reserved. Top tips to help Label logic What the fish?! Low impact Avoid red rated seafood Look for the following eco-labels, What it is and where and how a Buy seafood caught in a more like European eel, wild seabass and you make the they’re better environmental choices... fish has been caught or farmed environmentally friendly way - wild North East Atlantic halibut. right choice. can make a huge difference to its handline, pole and line, trap or pot Our Fish to avoid list contains sustainably sustainability. Look for sustainability or dive caught - or from fisheries threatened or endangered species Mix it up! fished info in store and on labels, don’t be using best practice to reduce and fish from damaging fisheries Did you know that around 150 afraid to ask questions! Know what discards and habitat impacts. or farming systems. commercial fish species are found responsibly you’re eating – if you can’t get the Please avoid red in UK waters, but most people farmed information you need, give it a miss! rated seafood. routinely only eat 5? When buying farmed fish - choose We're too reliant on the big "5": organic. Organic farms tend to allow what how In or out of season? cod, haddock, tuna, salmon and fish more room to move, they have Avoid breeding or spawning times, prawns. Try hake, coley, pouting or If you choose to eat fish from the higher environmental standards and and egg-bearing (berried) lobster whiting instead of cod, and swap big "5", follow our advice below for use responsibly-sourced or crab. Immature fish should be tuna for herring, mackerel, sardines making the best choice. Even small feed, for example avoided to allow them to breed. or sprat – all great options to get changes like those suggested below Visit goodfishguide.org for your fix of omega 3! can make a big difference. where this product is rated 2 Best choice seasonality and sizing info.

Fish and Chips Fish Fingers Salmon Prawns are great in curry, Scampi (langoustine tail) Squid or Calamari The two most popular fish at the The best choices for Organically farmed stir-fry, paella or when barbequed is most sustainable when caught in is best sourced from well-managed chippy are cod and haddock. this kids’ teatime Atlantic salmon or and you couldn’t have a prawn pots or creels, to avoid high bycatch. fisheries using low impact favourite are those certified wild cocktail without them!Fishy Business methods like small-scale jigging. Haddock stocks in the North using certified pollock Pacific salmon (usually Eel is traditionally consumed East Arctic, Iceland, Irish Sea and (from Alaska) or haddock or cod tinned) are better choices. King or Tiger PrawnsHow well are are theas UK’s jellied top eel andcontract comes caterers from a Skates and Rays are Rockall are in the best shape and from certified fisheries. Avoid eating all wild-caught Atlantic the big ones, also calledsupporting Asian tiger ocean severely conservation depleted single through European their vulnerable species, but spotted include MSC certified salmon unless you know it is from a shrimp and whitelegsustainable shrimp. fish stock.buying Avoid policies as European and eelpractices? is listed ray from the Bristol Channel is an fisheries. Tuna Skipjack tuna caught with river where the stock is healthy. They’re warmwater prawns by IUCN as Critically Endangered. OK choice. the most selective gear and the best choice is Cod from such as pole & line, Mackerel is a fairly sound organically farmed. Seabass is popular in Scallops Look for hand- Iceland and handline or troll choice. Most sustainable buys are restaurants, but only ask for onshore dived or farmed. Scallops from the North East is the best from handline or coastal drift net Cold-water Prawns are the farmed seabass. Wild seabass is inshore English Channel areas Arctic are the best choices, choice. fisheries, or MSC little ones used in sandwiches and currently overfished and needs like Lyme Bay are also with North Sea cod now also certified. prawn cocktails, or to recover. an OK choice. doing well. sold cooked and peeled. Buy MSC certified.

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