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Common name - Salmon, Atlantic
Scientific name - Salmo salar
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Caught at sea   Oily fish
Generally stocks of wild Atlantic salmon are severely depleted. There may be several reasons for this, not least overfishing. Other factors may...
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Common name - Salmon, Atlantic
Scientific name - Salmo salar
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Farmed   Oily fish
When buying farmed salmon, the best choice to make is organic certified. Organic Certification Standards for salmon farming set comprehensive...
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Common name - Sardine, European pilchard
Scientific name - Sardina pilchardus
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Caught at sea   Oily fish
Sardines or pilchards (sardine being below 15cm and pilchard above) are caught in the northeast Atlantic, central eastern Atlantic and the Mediterranean...
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Common name - Scallop, King
Scientific name - Pecten maximus
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Caught at sea   Shellfish
Scallops (Pecten maximus) constitute a significant component of UK fisheries, being third highest by value and landings (2009). In some areas...
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Common name - Shark, general
Scientific name - Selachimorpha
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Caught at sea   White round fish
Sharks are vulnerable to exploitation because they are slow growing, long lived, and have low reproductive capacity. World-wide, sharks are being...
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Common name - Shark, porbeagle
Scientific name - Lamna nasus
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Caught at sea   White round fish
Sharks are vulnerable to exploitation because they are slow growing, long lived, and have low reproductive capacity; these factors and the high...
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Common name - Shark, tope
Scientific name - Galeorhinus galeus
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Caught at sea   White round fish
Tope is considered highly vulnerable to over-exploitation because they are slow growing and long lived with a low reproductive capacity. Tope...
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Common name - Skate, common
Scientific name - Dipturus batis
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Caught at sea   White flat fish
Common skate is assessed as Critically Endangered by IUCN - World Conservation Union and is also listed by OSPAR as a threatened and declining...
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Common name - Skate, longnosed
Scientific name - Dipturus oxyrinchus
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Caught at sea   White flat fish
Although little is known about the stock status or biology of longnose skate, it is likely to be highly vulnerable to over-exploitation given...
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Common name - Skate, Norwegian or Black
Scientific name - Dipturus nidarosiensis
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Caught at sea   White flat fish
In general, skates and rays are inherently vulnerable to overfishing due to slow growth rates, late maturation and low fecundity. In addition,...
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