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December 2023

How we rate fish

Cornwall Good Seafood Guide rates sustainability using a scale of 1 to 5. With one being the best score a fishery can attain. 1, 2 and 3 are recommended by Cornwall Good Seafood Guide.

This list is all of the fish and capture method combinations that are currently recommended as sustainable.

To view a full list of ratings please visit www.cornwallgoodseafoodguide.org.uk

SPECIES
FISHING METHOD
SCORE

AnchovyEngraulis encrasticolus
Ring Netting
3

Bass, SeabassDicentrarchus labrax
Demersal Trawl
Hook and line
3
3

Black SeabreamSpondyliosoma cantharus
Hook and line
3

BrillScophthalmus rhombus
Demersal Trawl
Gill Netting
Demersal Trawl
Beam Trawling
3
3
3
3

Cornish King CrabMaja brachydactyla
Potting
3

Cornish SardineSardinus pilchardus
Ring Netting
2

Cornish Sole, Megrim Lepidirhombus whiffogonia
Demersal Trawl
Beam Trawling
2
3

Crab, Brown, EdibleCancer pagurus
Potting
Potting
Gill Netting
3
3
3

Cuckoo RayLeucoraja naevus
Demersal Trawl
Gill Netting
Beam Trawling
3
3
3

DabLimanda limada
Demersal Trawl
3

Gilthead breamSparus auratus
Hook and line
3

HaddockMelanogrammus aeglefinus
Gill Netting
Beam Trawling
Demersal Trawl
3
3
3

HakeMerluccius merluccius
Demersal Trawl
Gill Netting
2
1

LingMolva molva
Demersal Trawl
Longlining
3
3

LobsterHommarus gammarus
Potting
3

Mackerel Scomber scombrus
Gill Netting
Ring Netting
Hook and line
3
3
2

Monkfish, black belliedLophius budegassa
Gill Netting
Demersal Trawl
Beam Trawling
3
2
3

Monkfish, whiteLophius piscatorius
Demersal Trawl
Gill Netting
Beam Trawling
2
3
3

MusselsMytilus edulis
Hand Collection
Farmed
2
1

Native OysterOstrea edulis
Sail and Oar
3

Pacific oysterMagallana gigas
Hand Collection
Farmed
1
1

PlaicePleuronectes platessa
Demersal Trawl
Beam Trawling
Demersal Trawl
Gill Netting
2
3
3
3

PrawnsPalaemon serratus
Potting
3

Queen ScallopMimachalmys varia
Sail and Oar
3

Red GurnardAspitrigla cuculus
Demersal Trawl
3

Red mulletMullus surmuletus
Demersal Trawl
Gill Netting
3
3

Sand SolePegusa lascaris
Demersal Trawl
3

ScallopPecten maximus
Diver Collected
3

Seaweed Various species
Hand Collection
Farmed
2
2

Small eyed rayRaja microocellata
Demersal Trawl
3

Sole, Dover sole Solea solea
Demersal Trawl
Beam Trawling
Gill Netting
Beam Trawling
Demersal Trawl
2
3
3
2
2

SpurdogSqualus acanthias
Demersal Trawl
Beam Trawling
Gill Netting
3
3
3

Thornback rayRaja clavata
Demersal Trawl
Gill Netting
Beam Trawling
3
3
3

Velvet crabNecora puber
Potting
3

Cornwall Good Seafood Guide is a project of Cornwall Wildlife Trust.

Cornwall Good Seafood Guide seafood ratings are underpinned and recognised by the Marine Conservation Society (MCS) Good Fish Guide. The first UK consumer guide to sustainable seafood. For more information visit www.fishonline.org.

Cornwall Good Seafood Guide is funded by, EU fisheries fund and MMO, Dewsign and our business supporters.

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