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Common name - Cockle
Scientific name - Cerastoderma edule
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Caught at sea   Shellfish
Choose cockles harvested by sustainable methods only such as licensed hand gathering. Avoid eating them during breeding season from March to...
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Common name - Cod, Atlantic Cod
Cod, Atlantic Cod (Gadus morhua)
Scientific name - Gadus morhua
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Caught at sea   White round fish
With the exception of cod from the northeast Arctic, Iceland and Baltic East, all other cod stocks in the northeast Atlantic are overfished,...
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Common name - Coley, Saithe
Scientific name - Pollachius virens
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Caught at sea   White round fish
Coley from the stock for combined sea areas North Sea, Skagerrak, West of Scotland and Rockall and the northeast Arctic stock are classified...
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Common name - Common dolphinfish or dorado or mahi mahi
Scientific name - Coryphaena hippurus
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Caught at sea   Oily fish
Dolphinfish are a relatively resilient, fast growing species; however the stock status worldwide is effectively unknown and there is effectively...
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Common name - Crab, brown or edible
Scientific name - Cancer pagurus
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Caught at sea   Shellfish
The vast majority of brown crabs in the UK are caught by potting. This is a low impact and relatively selective method of fishing, any bycatch...
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Common name - Dab
Scientific name - Limanda limanda
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Caught at sea   White flat fish
Dab are a relatively abundant species of flatfish which provide a more sustainable alternative to more vulnerable, longer-lived and overfished...
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Common name - Eel, European
Scientific name - Anguilla anguilla
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Farmed   Oily fish
European eel is not farmed like other aquaculture species, the process comprises of catching juvenile eels from the wild and growing them in...
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Common name - Flounder
Scientific name - Platichthys flesus
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Caught at sea   White flat fish
Flounder stocks are not formally assessed but abundance appears to be increasing. It provides a more sustainable alternative to more vulnerable,...
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Common name - Giant River Prawn
Scientific name - Macrobrachiumrosenbergii
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Farmed   Shellfish
The giant river prawn is also known as the giant freshwater prawn or freshwater scampi. Freshwater prawn farming occurs in many Asian countries,...
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Common name - Gurnard, Grey
Scientific name - Eutrigla gurnardus
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Caught at sea   White round fish
Grey gurnard is a fast growing fish and matures early at a large size. Avoid eating immature fish (less than 24cm) and fresh (not previously...
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