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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

White Monkfish

Monkfish, white

Lophius piscatorius

Method: Demersal Trawl

Queen Scallops, Seafish

Queen Scallop

Mimachalmys varia

Method: Sail and Oar

mussel

Mussels

Mytilus edulis

Method: Farmed

Megrim

Cornish Sole, Megrim

Lepidirhombus whiffogonia

Method: Demersal Trawl

Cornish Sardine by Sarah McCartney

Cornish Sardine

Sardinus pilchardus

Method: Ring Netting

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Where to buy

gold_standardNEW Gold standard businesses have taken a pledge to only supply sustainable Cornish seafood, find out more here.

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Meet the Fishers

Danny Gilbert

Danny Gilbert

Port: Newquay

Danny Gilbert is a young Newquay fisherman who uses the sustainable method of potting to catch crab, lobster and spider crab. 

Contact via Facebook or Whatsapp Tizzardlee-on shellfish | Newquay | Facebook or on 07506 380412

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Gary Rawle

Gary Rawle

Port: Par

Gary Rawle is the owner of Westcountry Mussels. He farms mussels in the clean waters of St Austell bay. Mussel farming is a low impact sustainable farming method that produces the highest quality mussels. 

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News

Summer 2024 Ratings Review - bad news for brown crab

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

Season's Greetings - A Christmas update

New ratings announced - some major changes

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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.fishonline.org

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