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

Thornback ray

Thornback ray

Raja clavata

Method: Gill Netting

Queen Scallops, Seafish

Queen Scallop

Mimachalmys varia

Method: Sail and Oar

gilthead bream

Gilthead bream

Sparus auratus

Method: Hook and line

Megrim

Cornish Sole, Megrim

Lepidirhombus whiffogonia

Method: Demersal Trawl

Anchovy

Anchovy

Engraulis encrasticolus

Method: Ring Netting

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

Where to buy

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

Find and buy Cornish Seafood

Meet the Fishers

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. 

Read more
Ben George

Ben George

Port: Sennen Cove

Ben George handline fishes from the beautiful Sennen Cove, close to Land's End. 

Read more
Read more stories

Recipes

View all recipes

How to guides

News

Season's Greetings - A Christmas update

New ratings announced - some major changes

Winter ratings review consultation open 2023

The Dark and Inky Art of Squid Fishing

View all news

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