MSC Guide to Buying Sustainable Fish: Simplified

Because buying sustainably can often involve references to guides that list every fish under the sun (good or bad), which can be a lengthy process, we thought we’d just give you a list of the good fish, by MSC standards, that you can print and keep in your wallet for when you are next in Waitrose! The MSC are a global organisation working with fisheries, seafood companies, scientists, conservation groups and the public to promote the best environmental choice in seafood.

Fish you can eat sustainably:

 Abalone (farmed)

Alaska (MSC certified)

Bib

Blackbream or Seabream

Clam

Cockle

Cod (Pacific)

Crab

Dab

Dublin Bay prawn, scampi or Langoustine (MSC certified)

Flounder

Gurnard (grey & red)

Herring or Sild (Norway or MSC certified)

Lobster (MSC certified or western Australia)

Mussels

Oysters (farmed of pacific)

Pollack or Lythe

Prawn (coldwater from NE Atlantic or organically farmed)

Red Mullet (from NE Atlantic)

Salmon (pacific or organically farmed)

Sardine (from cornwall)

Seabass (line caught)

Snapper (red from western Australia)

Sole (Common, Dover, Lemon)

Squid (jig caught)

Tilapia (farmed)

Trout (brown or sea and rainbow, organically farmed)

Tuna, albacore (MSC certified)

Tuna, skipjack (pole or line caught)

Visit www.msc.org for more information.