Why sustainable seafood?
We are taking fish out of the sea faster than they can be replenished - and we are running out of fish. The problem is not just how many fish we are catching, but how we are catching them.
Some fishing methods take far more fish than we actually use, discarding unwanted, young, dead fish back into the sea.
Some fishing activities can seriously damage our marine habitats and kill other sea life, impacting marine mammals, sea birds and the entire marine ecosystem.
Nearly half of all our seafood is now farmed, but sadly, farming the most popular fish uses more fish as food than it actually creates.
Find out more about MCS' work with Government, industry and consumers in our fight to protect our seas from overfishing at Fisheries - work we do.
What can you do?
1. Consult the MCS supermarket survey and chose your fishmonger with due consideration for their sustainability seafood resourcing.
2. Always ask your fishmonger, "Is this seafood from a sustainable source?".
3. Join MCS and support our work, Fishing For Our Future.
4. Watch the DVD film "The End of the Line" and tell your friends to watch it too...
