SAUMON: Thers something fishy in Denmark, Scotland, there too

The following is a list of fish available to the UK and European consumer which have been given a rating of 1 or 2 and which MCS believes are fished within sustainable levels using methods which do not cause unacceptable damage to the environment or non-target species. The list is in alphabetical order not in order of sustainability. (download the MCS Pocket Good Fish Guide (Adobe PDF))

1. Alaska or walleye pollock (MSC certified)
2. Bib or pouting (line caught)
3. Black bream or porgy or seabream (line caught)
4. Cape hake (MSC certified)
5. Clam (sustainably harvested)
6. Cockle (sustainably harvested/MSC certified from Burry Inlet)
7. Coley or saithe (from North sea & West of Scotand)
8. Cuttlefish (trap caught)
9. Dab (line caught or seine netted)
10. Dover sole (from Eastern channel)
11. Dublin Bay prawn (pot or creel caught from Northern stocks only)
12. Flounder
13. Grey gurnard
14. Herring or sild (from North sea, Eastern channel, Skagerrak & Kattegat/MSC certified from Thames Blackwater)
15. Hoki (MSC certified from New Zealand)
16. King scallop (sustainably harvested)
17. Lemon sole (not beam-trawl caught)
18. Lythe or pollack (line caught)
19. Mackerel (line caught/MSC certified from Cornwall)
20. Mahi Mahi (line caught)
21. Megrim(trawl-caught from West of Ireland and Western Channel)
22. Mussel(sustainably harvested)
23. Oyster (farmed Native & Pacific)
24. Pacific cod (line caught)
25. Pacific halibut (line caught)
26. Pacific salmon (MSC certified from Alaska)
27. Red gurnard
28. Red mullet (not from Mediterranean)
29. Salmon (Farmed organic and/or Freedom Food certified only)
30. Spider crab
31. Sprat (from the North Sea, dolphin friendly)
32. Whiting (from English Channel)
33. Winkle (sustainably harvested)
34. Witch (line caught)