The Marine Conservation Society has warned businesses against sourcing mackerel caught by midwater trawl in the northeast Atlantic. In the latest update to its Good Fish Guide, it reveals that ...

Mackerel has now been added to the organisation’s “red list” of fish due to over-fishing in the Atlantic. This is because there has been no international agreement on quotas for fishing for mackerel ...

Stocks of Northeast Atlantic mackerel are "under immense pressure", says NGO's "Good Fish Guide", advising UK retailers to source North Sea herring or sardines from Cornwall instead. In the spring ...

Mackerel from the Northeast Atlantic is no longer considered a sustainable seafood option, according to the Marine Conservation Society (MCS), the Guardian reported. Once considered a responsible ...

"It is no surprise to see more and more calls for an end to this dearth of leadership." The Marine Conservation Society (MCS) recently downgraded Northeast Atlantic mackerel caught by midwater ...

This spring’s update to the Good Fish Guide sees Northeast Atlantic mackerel caught by midwater trawl move from a 3 to a 4, recommending that businesses do not source it. Mackerel caught in this way ...

The Marine Conservation Society (MCS) has issued the 2025 spring update to its Good Fish Guide, which has seen Northeast Atlantic mackerel caught by midwater trawl move from a 3 to a 4 rating, and the ...

According to the latest Good Fish Guide update, most mackerel fished in the northeast Atlantic now falls below sustainability standards because of overfishing, with stocks ‘nearing a breaking point’. ...

The charity warns that once-sustainable mackerel is in “such decline” that Northeast Atlantic stock caught by midwater trawl – which makes up most of what supermarkets and restaurants sell ...

“It comes to economic development for the local community,” he said. However, the latest continued promotion of Scottish mackerel in Japan has come amid warnings from the Marine Conservation Society ...