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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

Spider crab by Sarah McCartney

Cornish King Crab

Maja brachydactyla

Method: Potting

Undulate ray

Undulate ray

Raja undulata

Method: Demersal Trawl

Spurdog by Marc Dando

Spurdog

Squalus acanthias

Method: Demersal Trawl

mussel

Mussels

Mytilus edulis

Method: Farmed

Scallop by Sarah McCartney

Scallop

Pecten maximus

Native Oyster

Native Oyster

Ostrea edulis

Method: Sail and Oar

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Where to buy

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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. 

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Aiden McClary

Aiden McClary

Port: St Ives

Aiden is a young St Ives fisherman that uses nets, pots and handlines to catch a range of fresh fish and shellfish. He is a part of the St Ives Fish Selling Co-op. 

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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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