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
Season’s first bluefin tuna landed in South West
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
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
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
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
More than half of seafood consumers in the UK now recognise the Marine Stewardship Council’s (MSC) blue ecolabel campaign.
Vote for your 2024 seafood product of the year
Dreaming of the scent of sizzling sardines lifting up off a white-hot barbeque into the still air of a hot summer’s evening? Then dream no more seafood-loving chums, Cornish sardine season is underway!
2024 Cornish sardine season underway
Dreaming of the scent of sizzling sardines lifting up off a white-hot barbeque into the still air of a hot summer’s evening? Then dream no more seafood-loving chums, Cornish sardine season is underway!
Rejoice: Poole clam and cockle season underway
It’s the most wonderful time of the year famously sang Andy Williams. However, had the American singer been born in Poole, Dorset then he probably would have been singing about the opening of the clam and cockle season, and not yuletide fun.
A hidden benefit of eating mussels revealed
High in protein and low in fat, the humble (and affordable) mussel is an underappreciated and unloved seafood superstar. However, in addition to its benefits to us as a vitamin-rich food source, new research has revealed that farmed mussels also play a key role in improving the health of our oceans.