The Guardian is reporting that mackerel have been taken off the "fish to eat" list:
For years it has been trumpeted as a popular sustainable fish, renowned for its health benefits and favoured by celebrity chefs.
But the UK's biggest marine charity, the Marine Conservation Society (MCS), has removed mackerel from its "fish to eat"
list recommending that it should only be consumed occasionally, like
monkfish and plaice. The society is advising consumers to eat herrings
or sardines instead.
The MCS says international arguments
about quotas mean mackerel is no longer a sustainable choice.
Overfishing led to the suspension of the north-east Atlantic stock's
Marine Stewardship Council certification as a sustainable fishery.
There
has been an increasingly bitter three-year dispute between Iceland and
the EU – mainly the UK – over who has the right to land the
once-plentiful fish.
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