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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

black seabream by Marc Dando

Black Seabream

Spondyliosoma cantharus

Method: Hook and line

Anchovy

Anchovy

Engraulis encrasticolus

Method: Ring Netting

Plaice

Plaice

Pleuronectes platessa

Method: Demersal Trawl

mackerel by Sarah McCartney

Mackerel

Scomber scombrus

Method: Hook and line

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Meet the Fishers

Luke Marshall, Rock Shellfish

Luke Marshall

Port: Porthilly Farm, Rock

Luke Marshall is a second generation shellfish farmer. From their base at Porthilly farm near Rock the Marshall family have been farming shellfish in the Camel estuary for over twenty years. Porthilly oysters and Rock Mussels are renowned for their quality and sustainablity and feature on menus across the county and further afeild.

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Barry Preston

Port: Mevagissey

Meet Barry Preston, who fishes out of Mevagissey using hand lines and gill nets! 

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News

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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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