The Marine Conservation Society (MCS), whose annual Good Fish Guide made headlines last year when it removed some Scottish crab and lobster stocks from its ‘recommended’ list, due to possible interactions with cetaceans, published its 2023 update last week. For…
Creel fisheries told: ‘You need an FMP’ The Marine Conservation Society (MCS) announced last week updates to its Good Fish Guide, a long-established publication that has often made waves with some of its broad-brush assessments of fish available to UK…
Record stocks ‘disprove claims of overfishing’ Scottish industry leaders have hit out angrily at calls by a coalition of leading green groups for the Scottish government to reduce bottom trawling and introduce a raft of other restrictive measures to fight…
The Marine Conservation Society (MCS) has urged consumers to turn away from cod and haddock in favour of eating what it says are more sustainable but less popular species such as herring, dab, Cornish hake and mackerel. This is despite…
Scottish industry blasts Marine Conservation Society. Above: SFSAG haddock has held MSC accreditation since 2010. The Scottish industry is furious at advice to the public that North Sea and west of Scotland haddock stocks are at risk and consumption should be…
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