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Abalone or ormer
Haliotis tuberculata, H. discus hanai |
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ADVICE
Shellfish farming is a low impact form of mariculture. Abalone are farmed and harvested with little impact on the environment, particularly if they are fed on seaweed and farmed in land based systems.
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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 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)) |
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| 1. |
Abalone or Ormer (farmed only) |
| 2. |
Alaska or walleye pollock (MSC certified) |
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Bib or pouting |
| 4. |
Black bream or porgy or seabream |
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Clam, American hardshell (from hand-gathered farmed sources only) |
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Clam, carpet shell (hand-gathered only) |
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Clam, manila (from hand-gathered farmed sources only) |
| 8. |
Clam, razor (hand-gathered only) |
| 9. |
Clam, warty venus (hand-gathered only) |
| 10. |
Cockle (hand-gathered only) |
| 11. |
Cod, Atlantic (Organically farmed only) |
| 12. |
Cod, Pacific (MSC certified from Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands only) |
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Coley or saithe (MSC certified from Norwegian waters only) |
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Crab, edible or brown (pot caught off S Devon coast) |
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Crab, spider (pot caught only) |
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Dab |
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Dublin Bay Prawn or langoustine or scampi (MSC certified from Loch Torridon only) |
| 18. |
Flounder |
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Gurnard, grey |
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Gurnard, red |
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Herring or sild (from Norwegian stocks) |
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King mackerel or kingfish |
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Lobster, Mexican Baja California red rock (MSC certified) |
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Lobster, Western Australian rock (MSC certified) |
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Mahi Mahi or dorado or common dolphinfish |
| 26. |
Mussel (rope-grown or hand gathered) |
| 27. |
Oyster, native (farmed only) |
| 28. |
Oyster, Pacific (farmed only) |
| 29. |
Pollack or lythe |
| 30. |
Prawn, northern (from Northeast Arctic only) |
| 31. |
Red mullet (not from Mediterranean) |
| 32. |
Salmon, Alaskan (5 species are certified by MSC) |
| 33. |
Salmon, Atlantic (Organically farmed) |
| 34. |
Sardine or pilchard (from Cornwall) |
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Scallop, king (hand gathered/dive collected farms only) |
| 36. |
Seabass (handline caught and MSC certified from Holderness coast) |
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Snapper, malabar blood or scarlet perch (from Western Australia) |
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Snapper, red (Western Australia Trap fishery only) |
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Sole, common or Dover (MSC certified from Hastings; or Celtic Sea, Skaggerak and Kattegat) |
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Sole, lemon (demersal otter trawl only) |
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Squid, Atlantic and European (jig caught) |
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Tilapia (farmed) |
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Trout brown or sea (Organically farmed only) |
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Trout, rainbow (Organically farmed only) |
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Tuna, albacore (MSC certified from the North or South Pacific) |
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Tuna, skipjack (Western and Central Pacific fisheries, and Indian Ocean Pole and Line fishery) |
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