Haddock from the North Sea or the west of Scotland is no longer a sustainable option for a fish supper after a sharp decline in adults of breeding age, according to the Marine Conservation Society (MCS).
The charity has removed haddock caught in those areas from its recommended list of sustainable fish and is advising shoppers and diners to choose coley, pouting — a member of the cod family — or whiting instead.
North Sea haddock previously had a better rating than North Sea cod but the latter is recovering while the haddock stock is at “very high risk”, according to the latest scientific assessment.
Haddock and chips could be off the menu
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The haddock catch in the North Sea, west of Scotland and the Skaggerak strait off Norway, has more than halved