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Sustainable Seafood September

Buy Blue, Protect Dinner this month to help protect your favourite seafood dishes and support healthy oceans

Our favourite seafood dishes deserve a future

From seaside fish and chips to fish pie recipes passed down through generations, seafood is part of how we cook, discover and celebrate. 

Dishes can comfort us, bring us together, connect us to our past, and inspire us to try something new.

When we choose seafood with the blue MSC ecolabel, we're helping protect the seafood dishes we love and support healthy oceans for generations to come.

Buy Blue, Protect Dinner. Because sustainable fishing helps keep your favourites on the menu.

Our favourite seafood dishes deserve a future

Dishes worth protecting: 2026 collection

Seared tuna steaks
Prep time
15 mins
Cooking Time
20 mins
Tuna pasta bake
Prep time
15 mins
Cooking Time
30 mins
Spicy prawn cocktail
Prep time
5 mins
Cooking Time
10 mins
Mussels with white wine
Prep time
20 mins
Cooking Time
10 mins

Ocean to plate: sustainable North Sea herring

The Scottish herring industry bounced back after collapsing in the 1970s. Following this remarkable comeback, families like the Wisemans are now able to fish sustainably.

Thanks to careful management, herring is still on our plates now and for generations to come. Give this recipe for smoked kipper kedgeree a go!
Ocean to plate: sustainable North Sea herring

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Celebrating the seafood we love

Find out how sustainable fishing helps keep your favourite seafood dishes - like these classics - on the menu for many dinners to come

Sustainable seafood recipes

Sustainable seafood recipes

Get your taste buds tingling with this collection of sustainable seafood recipes that feature an array of species available in the UK and Ireland. Why not give the Super Seafoods a try if they're not normally part of your diet. 

3

billion people rely on seafood as an important protein source

1/3

of fish stocks around the world are being fished beyond sustainable limits

49

different MSC certified species available in the UK and Ireland

1500+

MSC certified products in the UK and Ireland

What fish should you eat across the UK & Ireland?

The big five species, cod, haddock, salmon, tuna and prawns, make up 80% of the fish and seafood we eat as a nation. However, some other species, that have been caught closer to home, make great swaps for the big five if you want to try something new. 
What fish should you eat across the UK & Ireland?