{"id":6181,"date":"2014-09-26T12:34:00","date_gmt":"2014-09-26T11:34:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/worldfishing.nfdtesting.uk\/icefish-conference\/2014\/09\/26\/mackerel-a-fish-to-eat-once-again\/"},"modified":"2014-09-26T12:34:00","modified_gmt":"2014-09-26T11:34:00","slug":"mackerel-a-fish-to-eat-once-again","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.worldfishing.net\/icefish-conference\/news\/industry-news\/mackerel-a-fish-to-eat-once-again\/","title":{"rendered":"Mackerel a \u2018Fish to Eat\u2019 once again"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The MCS is the second organisation to confirm that confidence in the sustainability for North East Atlantic mackerel has returned. In June the International Council for the Exploration of the Seas (ICES) reissued its 2014 advice to reveal the stock is at Full Reproductive Capacity and catches by the UK fleet are classified by ICES as Harvested Sustainably.<\/p>\n<p>Ian McFadden, chairman of the Scottish Pelagic Processors Association (SPPA), said: \u201cThis is great news for the mackerel fishing and processing industries; wider economy; and consumers.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe reclassification of mackerel as a fish consumers can eat regularly, without threatening the sustainability of the stock, is testament to the seven North East Atlantic fisheries, which came together to agree a management plan to safeguard the sustainability of the mackerel stock. Mackerel stocks spawn and spend most of their time within European waters and recent studies have shown the stocks are currently approaching their highest known levels.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMackerel is once again a sustainable, affordable fish that is high in Omega 3 and extremely healthy.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Mackerel is the UK\u2019s largest fishery, worth around \u00a3500 million and employing over 2,000 people.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>According to the MCS, mackerel from the UK, Europe and Norway is once again a \u2018good choice\u2019 for consumers. But the MCS says that mackerel from other countries should be avoided \u2013 Icelandic and Faroese mackerel are the least sustainable choices.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[],"sponsor":[],"class_list":["post-6181","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-industry-news"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.worldfishing.net\/icefish-conference\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6181","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.worldfishing.net\/icefish-conference\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.worldfishing.net\/icefish-conference\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.worldfishing.net\/icefish-conference\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.worldfishing.net\/icefish-conference\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6181"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.worldfishing.net\/icefish-conference\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6181\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.worldfishing.net\/icefish-conference\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6181"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.worldfishing.net\/icefish-conference\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6181"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.worldfishing.net\/icefish-conference\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6181"},{"taxonomy":"sponsor","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.worldfishing.net\/icefish-conference\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/sponsor?post=6181"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}