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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

Small eyed ray by Marc Dando

Small eyed ray

Raja microocellata

Method: Demersal Trawl

mackerel by Sarah McCartney

Mackerel

Scomber scombrus

Method: Hook and line

Queen Scallops, Seafish

Queen Scallop

Mimachalmys varia

Method: Sail and Oar

Dab by Marc Dando

Dab

Limanda limada

Method: Demersal Trawl

Haddock

Haddock

Melanogrammus aeglefinus

Method: Gill Netting

Prawn

Prawns

Palaemon serratus

Method: Potting

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Where to buy

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Meet the Fishers

Ben Lowe

Ben Lowe

Port: Newquay

Ben Lowe is a young fisher who goes out to sea onboard his ten-metre catamaran Lola Belle PH33. He supplies line-caught fish and pot-caught crab and lobster.


You can find out what he's up to via his Twitter or on 07860927833.

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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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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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