London's best places to buy sustainable fish
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By Charmaine Mok
Posted: Thu Jun 25 2009 -
Time Out has trawled the streets to find the best London fishmongers for guilt-free catch – you won't find bluefin tuna in these places
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As Nature Intended
201 Chiswick High Rd, W4 2DR (8742 8838). Turnham Green tube. Branches in Balham and Ealing Broadway.
An ambitious organic food chain that receives fresh fish from Cornwall-based supplier Edwards Fishmongers. Co-founder Jamie Edwards is a firm advocate of improving commercial fishing methods for the good of the ocean – and for fishmongers. Look out for the farmed salmon here.
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Chelsea Fishmonger
10 Cale St, SW3 3QU (7589 9432). Sloane Square tube then 19, 22 bus.
Rex Goldsmith focuses on sustainability as well as quality. Soft inshore and non-destructive fishing methods (such as hook-and-line) are preferred. Brill, overfished in the North Sea, is therefore sourced from the waters off Britain’s south-west.
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Covent Garden Fishmongers
37 Turnham Green Terrace, W4 1RG (8995 9273). Turnham Green tube.
CGF’s cod is sourced from Iceland where stocks are more sustainable than in other Atlantic waters. Ditto for its Icelandic haddock – which are overfished off the west of Scotland and the south-west – and Icelandic plaice, overfished off the west of Ireland.
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Whole Foods Market
63-97 Kensington High St, W8 5SE (7368 4500). High St Kensington tube.
At this Kensington flagship, you’ll find Marine Stewardship Council-certified 'fish to eat' such as Alaskan salmon, South African hake (avoid European hake, which has already been depleted and is fished at unsustainable levels). Read more
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Abel & Cole
If there are no suitable fishmongers near you, you can order online. Abel & Cole’s farmed salmon (avoid wild Atlantic varieties) and trout are both on the Marine Conservation Society’s 'fish to eat' ‘list. The company also consults the MCS’s Sustainable Fish Buying Policy. Read more
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10 comments
You've overlooked the FANTASTIC Loch Fyne Fishmongers in Wimbledon. It might sound all chainy but it stands apart from the restuarants and their fish is as sustainably sourced as it is actually possible. They have a wonderful supplier in Helford, Cornwall, a small family run business who head out at 4 in the morning and have fish in london later that day - and they are passionate about using the most sustainable fishing practices. Trust me, I've been on the boat, you don't get better.
Fin and Flounder in Broadway Market, nice one Mona! As for Billingsgate, the issue is with sustainable fish and I'm not sure that's gonna happen down there.. Cheers everyone!. We can now eat fish in east London! Oh 'appy days are here again! Tra la laa, gor blimey, apples and pairs, warm mi cockles etc etc xx
Why not just go to the source, Billingsgate Seafood Market. This is where all the fishmongers get their produce.
Off the back of a TV programme? But this is dated 2009 so they must have got in there before Hugh?
The reason they dont write pieces like this properly is that it intended purpose is to draw in traffic and improve SEO to the Timeout web site off the back of interest created around some other event (in this case a TV show).
If youre going to do this at least write comprehensive content.
Cheers guys, sorry in so gor blimy guv!
Pete checkout Fin and Flounder in the East.
right with Pete, have a look to the east guys London is not only Chelsea or Ken!
These are all in the west. Of course, we don't eat fish in the East. Sort it out mate!
I found this link to one of your five best places. I am going to visit them as they sound very responsible.
http://www.thechelseafishmonger.com/sustainability.h tm