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Sustainable Cornish Seafood

We can all help our oceans by making well informed decisions when choosing seafood. Look for Cornish seafood labelled with our recommended symbol. Here are a few species from our recommended seafood list.

Why should we care

Undulate ray

Undulate ray

Raja undulata

Method: Demersal Trawl

Cuckoo Ray

Leucoraja naevus

Method: Gill Netting

Spider crab by Sarah McCartney

Cornish King Crab

Maja brachydactyla

Method: Potting

Pacific oyster

Pacific oyster

Magallana gigas

Method: Farmed

Small eyed ray by Marc Dando

Small eyed ray

Raja microocellata

Method: Demersal Trawl

Lobster

Lobster

Hommarus gammarus

Method: Potting

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Meet the Fishers

Tim Vinnicombe

Tim Vinnicombe

Port: Mylor

Tim Vinnicombe has been fishing under sail and oar for oysters since he was 16 years old. Its a traditional fishery that has preseved this tough but satisfying way of life, as well as the stocks of oysters in the Fal.  

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Nick Mackrory

Nick Mackrory

Port: Percuil Estuary

Nick is a handline fisherman – fishing from the Percuil estuary aboard his boat Gemini BD18.

 
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News

Winter ratings review 2026 now live

Summer 2025 Ratings Review - consultation LIVE

Summer 2024 Ratings Review - bad news for brown crab

Winter 2023/24 Ratings Updates - inc. a NEW tuna fishery

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Cornwall Good Seafood Guide is underpinned by the Marine Conservation Society (MCS) Good Fish Guide. The first UK consumer guide to sustainable seafood. For more information visit www.mcsuk.org/goodfishguide/

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