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FULL LIST OF RECOMMENDED SPECIES

January 2026

How we rate fish

Cornwall Good Seafood Guide rates sustainability using a scale of 1 to 5. With one being the best score a fishery can attain. 1, 2 and 3 are recommended by Cornwall Good Seafood Guide.

This list is all of the fish and capture method combinations that are currently recommended as sustainable.

To view a full list of ratings please visit www.cornwallgoodseafoodguide.org.uk

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  • SPECIES
  • FISHING METHOD
  • SCORE
  • AnchovyEngraulis encrasticolus
  • Ring Netting
  • 3
  • Atlantic Bluefin TunaThunnus thynnus
  • Hook and line
  • 3
  • Bass, SeabassDicentrarchus labrax
  • Hook and line
    Demersal Trawl
  • 2
    2
  • BrillScophthalmus rhombus
  • Beam Trawling
    Demersal Trawl
    Gill Netting
    Demersal Trawl
  • 3
    3
    3
    3
  • ColeyPollachius virens
  • Hook and line
  • 3
  • Cornish King CrabMaja brachydactyla
  • Potting
  • 3
  • Cornish SardineSardinus pilchardus
  • Ring Netting
  • 2
  • Cornish Sole, Megrim Lepidirhombus whiffogonia
  • Beam Trawling
    Demersal Trawl
  • 3
    2
  • Cuckoo RayLeucoraja naevus
  • Gill Netting
    Demersal Trawl
    Beam Trawling
  • 3
    3
    3
  • DabLimanda limada
  • Demersal Trawl
  • 3
  • Gilthead breamSparus auratus
  • Hook and line
  • 3
  • HakeMerluccius merluccius
  • Demersal Trawl
    Gill Netting
  • 2
    2
  • LobsterHommarus gammarus
  • Potting
  • 3
  • Mackerel Scomber scombrus
  • Hook and line
  • 3
  • Monkfish, black belliedLophius budegassa
  • Beam Trawling
    Gill Netting
    Demersal Trawl
  • 3
    3
    2
  • Monkfish, whiteLophius piscatorius
  • Gill Netting
    Beam Trawling
    Demersal Trawl
  • 3
    3
    2
  • MusselsMytilus edulis
  • Hand Collection
    Farmed
  • 2
    1
  • Native OysterOstrea edulis
  • Sail and Oar
  • 3
  • Pacific oysterMagallana gigas
  • Farmed
    Hand Collection
  • 1
    1
  • PlaicePleuronectes platessa
  • Demersal Trawl
  • 3
  • PollackPollachius pollachius
  • Hook and line
  • 3
  • PrawnsPalaemon serratus
  • Potting
  • 3
  • Queen ScallopMimachalmys varia
  • Sail and Oar
  • 3
  • Red GurnardAspitrigla cuculus
  • Demersal Trawl
  • 3
  • Sand SolePegusa lascaris
  • Demersal Trawl
  • 3
  • ScallopPecten maximus
  • Diver Collected
  • 3
  • Seaweed Various species
  • Hand Collection
    Farmed
  • 2
    2
  • Small eyed rayRaja microocellata
  • Demersal Trawl
  • 3
  • Sole, Dover sole Solea solea
  • Beam Trawling
    Demersal Trawl
    Gill Netting
    Demersal Trawl
    Beam Trawling
  • 3
    2
    2
    2
    2
  • SpurdogSqualus acanthias
  • Gill Netting
    Demersal Trawl
    Beam Trawling
  • 3
    3
    3
  • Thornback rayRaja clavata
  • Beam Trawling
    Gill Netting
    Demersal Trawl
  • 3
    3
    3
  • Undulate ray Raja undulata
  • Beam Trawling
    Demersal Trawl
    Gill Netting
  • 3
    2
    3
  • Velvet crabNecora puber
  • Potting
  • 3

Cornwall Good Seafood Guide is a project of Cornwall Wildlife Trust.

Cornwall Good Seafood Guide seafood ratings are underpinned and recognised by the Marine Conservation Society (MCS) Good Fish Guide. The first UK consumer guide to sustainable seafood. For more information visit www.fishonline.org.

Cornwall Good Seafood Guide is funded by, EU fisheries fund and MMO, Dewsign and our business supporters.

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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