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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

mackerel by Sarah McCartney

Mackerel

Scomber scombrus

Method: Hook and line

Lobster

Lobster

Hommarus gammarus

Method: Potting

Anchovy

Anchovy

Engraulis encrasticolus

Method: Ring Netting

bass

Bass, Seabass

Dicentrarchus labrax

Method: Demersal Trawl

Native Oyster

Native Oyster

Ostrea edulis

Method: Sail and Oar

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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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David Stevens, Crystal Sea

David Stevens

Port: Newlyn

David Stevens is skipper of the modern 20m trawler the Crystal sea. He fishes using a twin rig demersal trawl and has made numerous adaptations to the gear to improve its sustainability by reducing unwanted by catch. 

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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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