Reducing your 1 LOW IMPACT Best choice – try to eat only these fi sh, You can play a key role If what you are looking for isn't listed they're the most sustainable in securing the future in the tables below it's likely to be Good Fish impact on our 2 rated 3 or 4 . of our seas and marine 2020 seas by choosing 3 Think – there are better rated You can fi nd over 650 ratings for 140 Guide alternatives, consider before consuming wildlife by making sustainable sh 4 more environmentally species on goodfi shguide.org or the Good Fish Guide app is easy 5 HIGH IMPACT Fish to avoid – includes endangered responsible choices when species and fi sh from damaging fi sheries buying . for Apple iOS (iPhone) FREE and Android

Best choice Only from these areas - shed or farmed like this Fish to avoid Basa or Pangasius (farmed) ASC certified Cuttlefish: Otter or beam trawl Clam, Manila (farmed) UK Clams, Razor: Electrofished or dredged North East Arctic, Iceland - MSC certified Cod, Atlantic Cod, Atlantic: North Sea, English Channel Coley or Saithe Faroe Islands - Otter trawl; North East Arctic - Gillnet; Iceland, North Sea, West of Scotland & Rockall, & Skagerrak; Celtic Sea; West of Scotland; Skagerrak Rockall; Baltic Sea; Kattegat Crab, Brown Western English Channel - Pot caught; Shetland - MSC certified Eel, European ,Conger Dab North Sea - Seine net or otter trawl Grouper Haddock Rockall, North Sea, West of Scotland, Skagerrak, Iceland, North East Arctic - MSC certified; Irish Sea Halibut, Atlantic (wild) : North 93% of world fi sh stocks Hake, European Northern stock East Atlantic are either fully or over- Halibut, Atlantic (farmed) Scotland - Onshore production Marlin, Blue: Atlantic exploited from fi shing. Herring or Sild North Irish Sea - MSC certified; North Sea & Eastern English Channel Mullet, Thicklip Grey Mackerel North East Atlantic They face yet more Megrim Cornwall - Otter trawl; Northern North Sea & West of Scotland Prawn, King or Tiger: non-certified pressure from farmed (except King from Ecuador and (farmed) Rope-grown & bottom-culture climate change, Honduras) pollution, a growing world population , Native or Pacific (farmed) Bottom & suspension-culture Ray, Blonde, Sandy, Shagreen, Starry and increasing per capita consumption Plaice Eastern English Channel - Otter trawl; North Sea - Beam trawl & otter trawl of fi sh, so we can't aff ord to make the Salmon, Atlantic (wild) wrong choices. Prawn, Coldwater or Northern MSC certified , Angel , Porbeagle , Prawn, King or Tiger (farmed) UK - Closed land-based system; Indonesia - Zero input system; Organic certified Tope Salmon, Atlantic (farmed) Europe - Organic certified Our ratings infl uence Skate, Common , Longnose , over 750 million seafood Salmon, Pacific Alaska - MSC certified Norwegian, White meals a year. Sardine or Pilchard Bay of Biscay Spurdog or Rock Salmon : , King Scotland - Dive caught North East Atlantic The Marine Conservation Society Scampi or Langoustine Skagerrak, West Scotland - Pot caught; North Sea (Fladen Ground) (wild) is the UK’s leading marine charity Sole, Dover or Common North Sea - Gillnet; Baltic Sea - Otter trawl; Western English Channel; Celtic Sea & Bristol Channel - Mediterranean - Longline working to make the only choice for consumers. (farmed) ASC certified , Bluefin : Ranched , Rainbow (farmed) UK - Freshwater ponds (Wild rating currently being reviewed) www.mcsuk.org Tuna, Albacore South Paci c - Longline, MSC certi ed; Atlantic - Pole & line, Troll; Paci c - Pole & line, Troll Rated mcsuk GoodFishGuideUK Tuna, Skipjack West Atlantic, West Central Paci c - Pole & line; Maldives - Pole & line MSC certified Reg. charity no: 1004005 (England & Wales); SC037480 (Scotland). GoodFishGuide.org Tuna, Yellowfin West Central Paci c - Longline, MSC certified; Atlantic - Pole & line; North Paci c - Pole & line, Handline 5 Apple, the Apple logo, and iPhone are trademarks of Apple Turbot (wild or farmed) Farmed: Onshore production, Global Gap Certified; Wild: North Sea - Trap Inc., registered in the U.S. and other countries. App Store is a service mark of Apple Inc., registered in the U.S. and other countries. Google Play and the Google Play logo are trade- The Marine Conservation Society This guide is updated annually. Ratings accurate at time of printing (March 2020). Rated or marks of Google LLC. Printed by www.alpha-card.co.uk is the UK’s leading marine charity 1 2 working to make sustainable seafood the only choice for Some sources should be avoided consumers. - see GoodFishGuide.org Say No to Locally caught/produced options mcsuk available Your choices matter. Sign our pledge and help @GoodFishGuideUK Prohibited species or IUCN Red Listed take unsustainable seafood off the menu. (Endangered or Critically Endangered) © 2020 Marine Conservation Society. - see iucnredlist.org www.mcsuk.org/red-rated All Rights Reserved. Top tips to help Mix it up! Label logic What the sh?! Low impact Avoid red rated seafood Did you know that over 100 seafood Look for the following eco-labels, What it is and where and how a sh Some shing and farming methods like European eel, and wild North you make the species are sold in the UK, but most they’re better environmental choices... has been caught or farmed can make have a lower impact on species East Atlantic halibut. right choice people routinely only eat 5? a huge di erence to its sustainability. and habitats. Buy seafood caught Our Fish to avoid list contains sustainably Look for sustainability info in store in a more environmentally- threatened or endangered species We're too reliant on 'the big 5': cod, and on labels and don’t be afraid friendly way, such as handline, and sh from damaging sheries haddock, tuna, salmon and prawns. fished to ask questions! Know what pot, or dive caught; or from or farming systems. Try hake or coley instead of cod and responsibly you’re eating – if you can’t get the sheries and farms that minimise Please avoid red haddock, rainbow trout instead of farmed information you need, give it a miss! their environmental impacts. rated seafood. salmon, and swap tuna for mackerel or sardines – all great options to get When buying farmed  sh, choose what how In or out of season? your  x of omega 3! organic. Organic farms tend to allow Avoid breeding and spawning sh more room to move, they have times for fresh sh, and egg- higher environmental standards and bearing crab and . Also use responsibly-sourced avoid undersized (young) sh that feed, for example haven't had a chance to breed yet. Visit GoodFishGuide.org for info. where this product is rated 3 think

The big 5 If you choose Tuna Skipjack and albacore Prawns are great in curry, Fish Fingers Seabass Mackerel is a large shared to eat these, follow our advice tuna caught with the most stir-fry, paella or when barbequed, The best choices for this is popular in stock that's currently at a healthy below for making the best choice. selective gears such as and you couldn’t have a prawn kids’ teatime favouriteFishy Businessrestaurants. level, but the best choice Even small changes like these can pole & line, handline cocktail without them! are those using certi How ed well are theThe UK’s best top choices contract are from caterers certi ed is handline caught. make a big di erence. or troll are generally Alaskan pollock, codsupporting or haddock. oceanfarms; conservation look for the ASC through label. their the best choices. King or Tiger Prawns See mcsuk.org/FishFingerGuidesustainable fish buying policies and practices? Eel is often Cod from Iceland and the The best choices are for more information. Skates and Rays are consumed jellied. Avoid, as North East Arctic, which are Salmon Organically farmed from organic farms or vulnerable species, but spotted European eel is listed by the IUCN MSC certi ed, are the Atlantic salmon or certi ed wild land-based UK production. Scampi is normally caught and thornback rays from the Bristol as Critically Endangered. best choices. Paci c salmon (usually tinned) are by trawling, which can have bycatch Channel are an OK choice. better choices. Avoid eating all Coldwater Prawns are the and habitat impacts. Pot or creel- wild-caught Atlantic salmon caught is a better choice – usually Did you know? Haddock little ones used in sandwiches and Scallops are mostly The NHS recommends eating 2 portions stocks from MSC certi ed sheries unless you know it is from prawn cocktails, or sold cooked called langoustine. dredged up, which can damage of sh per week, but there are guidelines in the North East Arctic, Iceland, one of the very few and peeled. Buy seabed habitats. Look for on the amount of certain sh that babies, Irish Sea and Rockall are in good rivers where the MSC certi ed. Squid or Calamari hand-dived Scottish children and pregnant or breastfeeding stock is healthy. women should be consuming. shape. Skagerrak and West of is generally best from small-scale, King scallops. See www.nhs.uk for more info. Scotland are also recommended. low impact 'jig' sheries.

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