'Concerning news': Marine Conservation Society confirms drop in sustainability rating for key fisheries

clock • 3 min read
Credit: iStock
Image:

Credit: iStock

Latest Good Fish Guide 2025 offers consumers, retailers, and policymakers latest science-backed advice for embracing and promoting sustainable fishing practices

Increasing pressure on UK fish stocks has seen North Sea herring and key regions for cod and haddock downgraded on the Marine Conservation Society's (MCS) traffic light rating system, in an update that...

To continue reading this article...

Join BusinessGreen

In just a few clicks you can start your free BusinessGreen Lite membership for 12 months, providing you access to:

  • Three complimentary articles per month covering the latest real-time news, analysis, and opinion from Europe’s leading source of information on the Green economy and business
  • Receive important and breaking news stories via our daily news alert
  • Our weekly newsletter with the best of the week’s green business news and analysis

Join now

 

Already a BusinessGreen member?

Login

Author spotlight

Amber Rolt

View profile
More from Amber Rolt

National Trust and Admiral insurance team up for natural flood prevention partnership

'Largest ever': Amazon's latest electric truck order hits the roads

More on Supply chain

Whistleblowers fear meat and dairy growth plans will lead to 'full scale breach' of emissions pledges
Supply chain

Whistleblowers fear meat and dairy growth plans will lead to 'full scale breach' of emissions pledges

Many meat and dairy companies have announced climate goals, but insiders are privately warning a growth 'at all costs' culture still takes priority and is leading to severe food security, health, and planetary impacts

Stuart Stone
Stuart Stone
clock 04 November 2025 • 6 min read
Global Briefing: US and Japan ink critical minerals and rare earths supply deal
Supply chain

Global Briefing: US and Japan ink critical minerals and rare earths supply deal

Plus: G20's widening 'CDR gap', IKEA's largest solar project in India, and a 'world first' deep mine carbon storage project in Georgia

Stuart Stone
Stuart Stone
clock 31 October 2025 • 14 min read
Waitrose ploughs further £1m into regenerative farming projects
Supply chain

Waitrose ploughs further £1m into regenerative farming projects

Supermarket backs two new regenerative farming initiatives to help farmers in its supply chain accelerate nature-friendly farming practices

Amber Rolt
clock 31 October 2025 • 3 min read