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Ocean-friendly cuisine: sustainable recipes from Britain's finest chefs

Moules mariniere a la Raymond Blanc

Moules marinière à la Michelin-starred Raymond Blanc

Let's face it, even if you're Raymond Blanc, buying the right fish these days is not so simple.

And right now many of our traditional favourites, from cod to tuna, are disappearing rapidly from the seas due to overfishing and the effects of climate change. Bottom-trawling boats are sailing farther and fishing deeper than ever before, hauling in hordes of fish with heavy, weighted nets that tear up the ocean bottom. Read more »

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Guardian: A fishy business

Don't let depleted stocks deter you from eating seafood altogether. These exclusive recipes from three top chefs prove sustainable species can be just as tasty as more familar fish.

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London Sushi Awards ban endangered bluefin

sushi award entries by Thomas Lu

Entries at the Milan Sushi Awards earlier in the year (image by Thomas Lu, licensed under Creative Commons Attribution 2.0)

Working at Greenpeace often means that I find myself in some unusual places - inside a nuclear power station, atop an aeroplane or in a palm oil factory. But I certainly never expected to find myself at an international sushi awards ceremony.

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Seafood See Life: help us spread the word!

Seafood See Life is our vibrant new network bringing together influential people, organisations and businesses that want to be part of a positive wave of change for our oceans.

If you're a chef, restaurateur or food writer, you can help us spread the word by grabbing one of our banners to use on your blog, website or MySpace page. It's easy, simply copy the code from the text field below the banner you would like display, and insert it into your web page.

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Mark Derry: Loch Fyne Restaurants

Loch Fyne MD Mark Derry

Since we started out a decade ago, we have striven to only serve fish from sustainable sources, adopting the strong ethical stance of Loch Fyne Oysters who remain our main supplier. This year is Loch Fyne Restaurants' tenth anniversary.

Loch Fyne Restaurants is proud to join Seafood See Life and promote the use of sustainable fish. The restaurant sector - with a few exceptions – has been slow to take responsible fish sourcing seriously, and from an industry perspective it's easy to understand why. Fish sells well.

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Richard Ord: Colmans of South Shields

Richard Ord of Colmans Fish Restaurant, South Shields

Colman's in South Shields has been described as "the nearest thing to an eco-chippy you're likely to find", a fish and chip restaurant which only serves wild fish from sustainable grounds, uses additive-free vegetable oil and sends its waste fat to be made into bio-fuel. Noted for its welcoming atmosphere, Colman's has featured regularly for the past few years in the Times' Top 10 UK Fish and Chip Shops, and was voted Best UK Takeaway at the BBC Food and Farming Awards 2007.

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Jellyfish and chip supper?

Mauve stinger and chips, anyone?

A new report by the Institute of Marine Sciences at the National Research Council in Barcelona links the rapid growth of jellyfish populations throughout the world's oceans to overfishing of their natural predators such as tuna and as a result of global warming.

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Try our sustainable fish recipes from top chefs

Loch Fyne's oysters in oatmeal

Some of the nation's finest chefs and restaurateurs have agreed to share their favourite fish recipes with us to encourage us all to eat only sustainable seafood, and to show their support for the campaign. Thanks guys, much appreciated!

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'Eco-chippy' sets new standards for sustainable fish and chips

Colman's fish restaurant owner and key Seafood See supporter Richard Ode

Colman's in South Shields has been described as "the nearest thing to an eco-chippy you're likely to find", a fish and chip restaurant which only serves wild fish from sustainable grounds, uses additive-free vegetable oil and sends its waste fat to be made into bio-fuel. Noted for its welcoming atmosphere, Colman's has featured regularly for the past few years in the Times' Top 10 UK Fish and Chip Shops, and was voted Best UK Takeaway at the BBC Food and Farming Awards 2007.

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Seafood See Life supporters: Raymond Blanc

Raymond Blanc, Chef Patron of the Michelin starred Le Manoir aux Quat' Saisons in Oxfordshire

Acknowledged as one of the finest chefs in the world, Raymond Blanc's commitment to sustainably sourced seafood led him to sign up as a supporter of Seafood See Life right from day one, and to be a guest speaker when the the campaign launched with an event at Old Billingsgate fishmarket earlier this year.

Why is sustainability so important to him? "Protecting the diversity of fish in our seas is as important as looking after wildlife on land. Those of us who are passionate about cooking and serving seafood will be equally passionate about using only sustainable species, as the fish we cook and eat now will determine what we have in the future."