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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

Brill by Marc Dando

Brill

Scophthalmus rhombus

Method: Demersal Trawl

black seabream by Marc Dando

Black Seabream

Spondyliosoma cantharus

Method: Hook and line

gilthead bream

Gilthead bream

Sparus auratus

Method: Hook and line

Sand Sole

Sand Sole

Pegusa lascaris

Method: Demersal Trawl

mussel

Mussels

Mytilus edulis

Method: Farmed

Prawn

Prawns

Palaemon serratus

Method: Potting

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Where to buy

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Meet the Fishers

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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Phil Trebilcock

Phil Trebilcock

Port: Newquay

Phil Trebilcock fishes for crab and lobster from the beautiful sandy harbour at Newquay on Cornwall's North Coast. 
 

Contact via Facebook Loyal Friend PW 12 | Newquay | Facebook or on 077219 42954. 

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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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