Cornwall Good Seafood Guide logo

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

Get Cornish seafood delivered to your door - Coronavirus lockdown

Dab by Marc Dando

Dab

Limanda limada

Method: Demersal Trawl

Hake by Sarah McCartney

Hake

Merluccius merluccius

Method: Gill Netting

Sand Sole

Sand Sole

Pegusa lascaris

Method: Demersal Trawl

Cuckoo Ray

Leucoraja naevus

Method: Demersal Trawl

White Monkfish

Monkfish, white

Lophius piscatorius

Method: Demersal Trawl

mussel

Mussels

Mytilus edulis

Method: Farmed

View all recommended species Download recommended species PDF Join as a business supporter

Where to buy

Find and buy Cornish Seafood

Recipes

View all recipes

How to guides

Meet the Fisherman

Christopher Key

Christopher Key

Port: Boscastle

Chris and his crewman Scott fish out of Boscastle during the summer months mainly working about 50 pots. They also line for mackerel and bass and from time to time undertake some gill netting and long lining. 

 

Read more
Leon Emmet

Leon Emmet

Port: Newquay

Leon Emmet is a young fisherman from Newquay who fishes from a small boat the Boy Chris SS276. Leon fishes sustainably using pots, handline and nets, learning the trade from his dad Joe who also has a fishing boat in Newquay harbour. Through their family owned company Newquay fish Leon and Emmets catch is sold direct to consumers and businesses around Cornwall, including some of the finest seafood restaurants. 

Read more
Read more stories

News

New ratings announced - some major changes

Winter ratings review consultation open 2023

The Dark and Inky Art of Squid Fishing

Super Sustainable Seafood Boxes

View all news

Our Sponsors

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

Website by Dewsign. Dewsign pro bono client