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Cod, Atlantic
Gadus morhua |
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REASON TO AVOID
With the exception of the Northeast Arctic, all other cod stocks in the Northeast Atlantic are overfished or at an unknown level. The most depleted stocks are in the Irish Sea, North Sea, and West of Scotland. Icelandic fisheries are being overfished as quotas are being set above scientific recommendations. The Northeast Arctic stock is healthy and is fished at a sustainable level. Part of the Norwegian longline fishery for cod in the Northeast Arctic has been certified as sustainable by the Marine Stewardship Council and is available in the UK. Avoid eating cod from stocks which are depleted and where fishing is at unsustainable levels. To help reduce the impact of fishing on fish stocks where fishing mortality is too high, the marine environment, and other marine species, choose line-caught cod where available. Longlining can result in seabird by-catch. Ask for fish caught using 'seabird-friendly' methods, see Fishing Methods for details.
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ADVICE / ALTERNATIVES
Choose MSC certified Atlantic cod from the Northeast Arctic or Pacific cod, which is also certified as sustainable by the Marine Stewardship Council. To reduce the impact on the marine environment choose line caught cod from fisheries where measures are taken to reduce the bycatch of non-target species and seabirds.
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The following is a list of fish available to the UK and European consumer which have been given a rating of 5 and which MCS believes are most vulnerable to over-fishing and/or are fished using methods which cause damage to the environment or non-target species. The list is in alphabetical order not order of threat or impact. Select a species to find out more. Click here to download the 2008-2009 version of the MCS Pocket Good Fish Guide (Adobe PDF). A new version of this guide will be available soon. |
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Brill (from all areas except Baltic Sea) |
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Chilean seabass or Patagonian toothfish (from all areas except the South Georgia fishery) |
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Cod, Atlantic (Avoid wildcaught from all areas except Northeast Arctic and Iceland) |
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Dogfish or spurdog or rock salmon or flake |
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Dublin Bay Prawn or langoustine or scampi (from Spain and Portugal) |
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Eel, conger |
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Eel, European |
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Grouper |
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Haddock (from the Faroes and West of Scotland fisheries) |
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Hake, European (Southern stock) |
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Halibut, Atlantic (Wild Caught) |
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Halibut, Greenland |
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Herring or sild (from West of Scotland, West Ireland, and Great Sole fisheries) |
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Ling (except handline caught from the Faroes) |
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Lobster, American (from Southern New England stocks) |
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Marlin, black |
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Marlin, blue (from Atlantic longline and purse seine fisheries) |
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Marlin, Indo-Pacific blue |
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Marlin, white |
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Nursehound (from Bay of Biscay and Iberian stocks) |
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Orange roughy |
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Plaice (from the Western Channel, Celtic Sea, Southwest Ireland and West of Ireland and Baltic Sea) |
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Prawn, tiger and King(except organically farmed, or GAA/GlobalGap certified) |
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Ray, blonde |
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Ray, sandy |
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Ray, shagreen |
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Ray, smalleyed (from Bay of Biscay and Iberian stocks) |
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Ray, thornback or roker (from Bay of Biscay and Iberian stocks) |
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Ray, undulate |
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Salmon, Atlantic (Wild Caught) |
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Seabass (Pelagic Trawl only) |
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Shark, mako |
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Shark, porbeagle |
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Shark, tope |
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Skate, common |
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Skate, longnose |
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Skate, Norwegain or black |
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Skate, white |
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Sole, Dover or common (from Irish Sea) |
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Starry smoothhound (from Bay of Biscay and Iberian stocks) |
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Sturgeon, caviar (Wild Caught) |
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Swordfish (Longline and Gillnet fisheries in Indian Ocean, Mediterranean, and Central and Western Pacific) |
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Trout (Brown or Sea, wild caught from Baltic) |
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Tuna, albacore (Longline and Trawl caught from the North and South Atlantic and the Mediterranean) |
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Tuna, bigeye |
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Tuna, northern bluefin |
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Tuna, Pacific bluefin |
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Tuna, skipjack (Purse seine from W Atlantic) |
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Tuna, southern bluefin |
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Turbot (Wild caught) |
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Wolffish |
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