Dwindling fish stocks
Please help fish stocks in the North East Atlantic, North and Irish Seas recover from the brink of total collapse. Attached is the official list of fish species it is still OK to buy (not endangered). It has 8 names on it... sardines, anchovies, mackrel, herring, long finned tuna, red gurnard, whiting, and sprat. Please distribute it to anyone else you know who eats fish.
Cheers,
Atlanta x
Nice thought, but not accurate unfortunately.
Check out http://www.mcsuk.org for details of the Good Fish Guide by Bernadette Clarke. Also:
Also the fish chapter in my book Organic Cookbook.
It's very complex. Farmed salmon and trout can be horrific for fish and environment OR sensitive and renewable humane nutrition. Wild fish stocks should always bear the Marine Stewardship Council if possible, as on sale in Waitrose and adopted by brands like Bird's Eye.
The rules of thumb for UK consumers are:
- If it's farmed, it should bear the Soil Association logo.
- If it's wild, it should come from Icelandic waters.
- Lots of local shell fish are great e.g. cockles and whelks, but tropical shellfish like prawns are total no-no.
Ysanne
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