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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

gilthead bream

Gilthead bream

Sparus auratus

Method: Hook and line

Cuckoo Ray

Leucoraja naevus

Method: Beam Trawling

Anchovy

Anchovy

Engraulis encrasticolus

Method: Ring Netting

Carrageenan seaweed

Seaweed

Various species

Method: Hand Collection

Spider crab by Sarah McCartney

Cornish King Crab

Maja brachydactyla

Method: Potting

Velvet crab by Sarah McCartney

Velvet crab

Necora puber

Method: Potting

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Where to buy

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Meet the Fishers

Jake Gilbert

Port: Newquay

Jake has been running Serene for the last 8 years and fishes sustainabily by potting for crabs and lobsters out of Newquay harbour.

If you would like to contact Jake please use 07531429541.

 

 

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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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News

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New ratings announced - some major changes

Winter ratings review consultation open 2023

The Dark and Inky Art of Squid Fishing

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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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