The Marine Conservation Society “Good Fish Guide”, published by MCS, has been "immortalised" in song, as a single to be released by the band Stornoway on April 4th. MCS says it''s not just a catchy tune - “Good Fish Guide” has an upbeat message of hope for anyone concerned about declining fish stocks and the welfare of our seas.
Brian Briggs from the band is a conservationist and general fish lover, and wrote the Good Fish Guide song whilst on a field trip in Pembrokeshire. “I was trapped at the back of a lecture series on evolutionary genetics, and might have died from confusion if I hadn’t spent the time staring at the MCS Good Fish Guide that was stuck up on the wall. I spent three days reorganising fish names into a rhyming, alliterating tongue-twister, and the next three months trying to learn it by heart”.
The “Good Fish Guide” song is available to download from eTunes and iTunes with all profits donated to MCS. It also features on Stornoway’s EP “On the rocks”, which is available from the same websites and on CD from Truck, Rough Trade, and directly from www.myspace.com/stornoway. The CD will contain a free wallet-sized copy of the MCS Good Fish Guide.
MCS has also produced an online guide to buying eco-friendly fish at www.fishonline.org. The website provides information for 150 species of seafood, with revised lists of ‘Fish to Eat’ with a clearer conscience, and ‘Fish to Avoid’ from unsustainable and damaging fisheries. A handy Pocket Good Fish Guide has also been produced, and is available free from MCS.
