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Greenpeace comment on FSA weekly fish consumption advice review

Last edited 6 February 2008 at 1:00am
6 February, 2008

Commenting on today's Food Standards Agency announcement that it is to review its advice on weekly fish consumption and take environmental and sustainability concerns into account, Andy Tait, head of Greenpeace's biodiversity campaign, said:

"Fish stocks are in crisis across the globe and any advice related to fish consumption needs to face up to that reality.

"The current advice has a real impact on already over-exploited global fisheries so we welcome that it is now to be reviewed."

Article tagged as: fish, fish stocks, FSA, oceans, overfishing

Top chefs join Greenpeace to back sustainable seafood

Last edited 29 January 2008 at 2:53pm
29 January, 2008

Top chefs Raymond Blanc and Tom Aikens will be joining forces with Greenpeace tomorrow (30 January) to urge other chefs to use only sustainable seafood on their menus.

They'll also be urging food writers to drop unsustainably caught fish from their recipes.

And the campaign has already attracted the backing of multiple Michelin-starred Heston Blumenthal and Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall.

Article tagged as: chefs, fish, marine reserves, oceans, overfishing, press releases, seafood

Overfishing - emptying our seas

Last edited 11 November 2014 at 2:07pm

Many marine ecologists think that the biggest single threat to marine ecosystems today is overfishing. Our appetite for fish is exceeding the oceans' ecological limits with devastating impacts - and there is now estimated to be four times more global fishing capacity than there are fish left to catch.

Video: Stephen Appelby imagines the fate of the oceans without marine reserves

Article tagged as: bottom trawling, bycatch, extinction, fish, oceans, overfishing

Sustainable seafood: what fish can I eat?

Last edited 19 March 2012 at 1:36pm

If your supermarket, fishmonger or restaurant does not have a good policy on sourcing sustainable seafood, you will need to do the hard work yourself. Asking questions about your seafood sends a clear message to supermarkets and restaurants that people do care where their seafood comes from.

Is there something I haven't tried before?


Many stocks of the popular whitefish such as cod or plaice are in bad shape - there may be plenty on the shelves, but there are not many left in the sea. Try something new - ask staff at the fish counter for a good alternative to your usual choice. Some supermarkets are promoting these alternatives each month - look out for these options. If consumers reduce consumption and broaden their tastes, then the pressure on popular species can be reduced.

Article tagged as: fish, fish farming, oceans, supermarkets, sustainable seafood

Last edited 1 January 1970 at 1:00am
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Help protect the UK's whale, dolphin and porpoise populations!

Last edited 7 October 2002 at 8:00am
Bottlenose dolphin

Bottlenose dolphin

UK whale, dolphin and porpoise (collectively know as cetaceans) populations are under threat. You can help protect them by:

1. Writing to your MP expressing your concern about this problem and asking him/her to:

Article tagged as: bycatch, cetaceans, fish, fisheries, oceans

Nuclear contaminated seafood

Last edited 31 May 2000 at 8:00am
Publication date: 
22 March, 2007

Publication date: May 2000

Summary
Table showing individual radiation exposures due to consumption of Irish Sea fish and shellfish, 1991.

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Article tagged as: contamination, fish, nuclear, oceans, radioactivity

Nuclear contaminated seafood

Last edited 31 May 2000 at 8:00am
Publication date: 
22 March, 2007

Publication date: May 2000

Summary
Table showing the individual radiation exposures due to consumption of Irish Sea fish and shellfish, 1991.

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Article tagged as: fish, irish sea, nuclear power, oceans, radioactivity

Nuclear contaminated seafood

Last edited 31 May 2000 at 8:00am
Publication date: 
22 March, 2007

Publication date: May 2000

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Article tagged as: fish, nuclear, radiation, radioactivity

Nuclear contaminated seafood

Last edited 31 May 2000 at 8:00am
Publication date: 
22 March, 2007

Publication date: May 2000

Summary
Table showing the individual radiation exposures due to consumption of Irish Sea fish and shellfish, 1998.

Download the report:
Article tagged as: fish, nuclear, radiation