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How The Royal Navy is helping to restore native oysters

Sep 4, 20243 min read

An unlikely collaboration between the Royal Navy and a native oyster restoration project is aiming to help restore oyster populations and improve water quality in the Solent, Hampshire.

September in season spotlight: cuttlefish

Aug 30, 20243 min read

From September to around April, the port of Brixham, Devon sees a huge number of cuttlefish landed, most of which is exported overseas.

The Whelk quest ends – in the most unlikeliest of places

Aug 24, 20244 min read

A few years ago I embarked on a quest to discover a magical, wonderful, or even just half-decent, Whelk recipe. The quest is over!

‘Plymouth Fish Finger’ to showcase lesser-known fish species

Aug 23, 20242 min read

A fish finger made from lesser-know species of fish such as dogfish and pouting has been launched in Plymouth.

Forgotten old map reveals mussel power

Aug 21, 20244 min read

Affordable, plentiful – delicious, we all know mussels are great. However, thanks to a recently discovered historic map, it turns out that mussels are also good for the health of our oceans.

Seafood we love: Sayyadieh (Fishermen’s Dish)

Aug 20, 20244 min read

Being an unfashionable fish, it can be tricky sometimes to find a recipe for the humble grey mullet – but in Sayyadieh (Fishermen’s Dish) from the cookbook Falastin, we’ve found a humdinger.

Season’s first bluefin tuna landed in South West

Aug 16, 20242 min read

The first of this season’s bluefin tuna has started appearing in fishmarkets in the South West of England.

Time to celebrate the start of herring season

Aug 15, 20243 min read

Affordable, easy to prepare, easy to cook and incredibly good for us – it’s time to celebrate the start of this year’s main North Sea herring season.

Crab and lobster ‘best practice’ welfare guide released

Aug 12, 20243 min read

A best practice guide for handling and dispatching of live crustaceans such as lobster and crab has been released by the UK seafood industry.

Quality Cornish seafood coming to a Morrisons near you

Aug 8, 20242 min read

Supermarket chain Morrisons has opened the UK’s largest fish freezing centre in Cornwall which it says will help bring the ‘freshest fish for customers’ to its stores nationwide.

Growing awareness of ecolabel campaign

Aug 6, 20243 min read

More than half of seafood consumers in the UK now recognise the Marine Stewardship Council’s (MSC) blue ecolabel campaign.

August in season spotlight: sardines

Aug 3, 20242 min read

When it comes to cooking fish, sardines are one of the easiest – and most delicious. And August, sardines are bang in season.