Links

Sourcing sustainable seafood

On the MSC website you can find out the following:

Information on Fish & Kids pilot partners

Brakes
www.brake.co.uk/

Surrey Commercial Services www.myschoollunch.co.uk/surrey/parents/aboutus/

Our oceans, food chains, fish, plants and animals

www.arkive.org
The world's centralised library of films and photographs of the U.K. and the world's endangered species and habitats - freely accessible to all online for private research and internal educational purposes.

www.bbc.co.uk/nature/blueplanet
Loads of information about the oceans and their inhabitants.

www.bbc.co.uk/schools/revisewise/science/living
Interactive activity and fact sheet on food chains.

www.ocean.udel.edu/extreme2002/creatures
University of Delaware website for children showing a variety of weird and wonderful abyssal sea creatures.

www.nmm.ac.uk/upload/package/52/index.html
Your Ocean is a website aimed at KS2 but is accessible for younger children too.

Information about sustainable fish and fishing

www.msc.org
Marine Stewardship Council website; information for consumers about where to buy MSC labelled fish, plus information about the MSC for the fisheries and businesses.

www.fishonline.org
Information on all types of fish plus an indication of sustainability for each species. Detailed information on methods of fishing.

www.mcsuk.org
A UK charity dedicated to protecting the marine environment and wildlife.

www.seafoodchoices.com
Global trade association promoting responsible use of the ocean's resources.

www.oceansatlas.org
Information on types of fishing; search using keywords artisanal, industrial, subsistence or recreational.

www.greenfacts.org/fisheries/index.htm
Global fishing statistics provided by the Food and Agriculture organisation.

Eco-labels and responsible consumption

www.defra.gov.uk/environment/consumerprod/pdf/shoppers-guide.pdf
Defra's free, user friendly "shopper's guide" to environmental labels.

www.defra.gov.uk/farm/policy/sustain/procurement/index.htm
Public Sector Food Procurement Initiative (PSFPI)- help to procure food in a manner that promotes sustainable development, raises standards of husbandry, removes barriers to small and local suppliers and increase consumption of healthy food.

eng.msc.org
See the 'where to buy' page to help with your shopping.

www.fsc.org
The Forest Stewardship Council promotes responsible management of the world's forests by using an eco-label.

www.soilassociation.org
The Soil Association is the UK's largest organic certification body.

www.ncc.org.uk
National Consumer Council, tries to drive change to suit the needs of consumers.

www.eco-labels.org
USA based search engine for information on different eco-labelling systems

Health benefits of eating fish

www.seafoodtraining.org
Introduce and educate children about fish and fishmongering.

www.thesuperhumans.com
Seafish website for children to explain the health benefits of eating fish.

www.seafish.org
Promotes the UK seafood industry -works with fishermen, processors, suppliers, retailers etc.

Sustainable food systems - improve your school meals

www.fishandkids.org
get sustainable fish into your school!

www.soilassociation.org
See Food for Life campaign for practical guidance on getting healthy and sustainable
food into schools.

www.sd-commission.org.uk
search 'Double Dividend' to find a report on Best Practice delivery of school meals. 'Promoting good nutrition and sustainable consumption
through healthy school meals'

www.sustainweb.org
The alliance for better food and farming. Plenty of information on food issues surrounding health and sustainability.

www.feedmebetter.com
Jamie Oliver's campaign website aiming to improve school meals.

www.schoolfoodtrust.org.uk
Transforming school food and food skills to improve health and education.

www.foodinschools.org
DH and DfES initiative to help schools implement a whole school approach to food education and healthy eating.

International environmental organisations

www.panda.org
World Wildlife Fund for Nature, look for information under the global marine programme. Good facts and figures.

www.wwf.org.uk
World Wildlife Fund for Nature website focussing on UK issues and campaigns.

www.greenpeace.org/international
Plenty of information on unsustainable use of the seas in the 'Save
our Seas' campaign area.

www.greenpeace.org.uk
Information on the Greenpeace campaigns in the UK.

www.projectaware.org
Charity set up to help conserve the underwater environment through education, advocacy and action.


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