Don't buy wild-caught salmon, British shoppers told

British consumers are being urged by a marine charity to avoid buying and eating wild-caught salmon because of concerns about depleted stocks resulting from overfishing.

In the Marine Conservation Society’s (MCS) update of its sustainable seafood guide, wild-caught Atlantic salmon remains on the ‘danger list’ along with some whiting – often suggested as a good alternative to cod and plaice. But the new ratings reveal better news for mackerel, herring and halibut as stocks are improving.

Other tea-time favourites have mixed fortunes. Cod from both the east and west Baltic get a cautionary rating, while North-east Arctic haddock and mackerel from the EU and Norway are all back on the ‘Fish to Eat’ list.

North Sea cod, however, remains a fish to avoid. Given cod’s popularity, the MCS urges shoppers to stick to cod from Marine Stewardship Council-certified fisheries in the north-east Arctic, Iceland or eastern Baltic.

http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2014/sep/25/wild-salmon-fish-seafood-guide-mackerel

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