....and while we're on the subject, how do we know what fish to buy nowadays? I remember ten + years ago people saying that we should eat monkfish because it was going to waste while other fish were being exterminated; now I gather that monkfish is endangered!
I gather that we should eat line-caught rather than netted fish and should prefer that from Icelandic waters rather than the North Sea. So I went to Waitrose yesterday to get their 'line-caught, Icelandic' cod (the first for months) only to see the next line ... 'air-freighted for freshness'! You can't win
I'm also totally confused about fish from farther afield - where are the sustainable fishing grounds, the sustainable species, how are these fish transported &c?? Anyone know a reliable source of information?
Cheers, Paul
PS: did anyone read the bizarre thing about prawns a few months ago? Findus catch prawns off Scorland, take them to land to freeze, ship them to Thailand, defrost them for shelling, re-freeze them to ship back to Scotland for redistribution over UK .........