The report outlines the health pros and cons of eating fish, summarises the environmental damage caused by both industrial fishing and fish farming, and lays bare the contradictions in government policy at both UK and EU level.

Contents

1) The boundless oceans?
Over-fishing is the culprit

2) Fish and health
Omega-3 fatty acids
Omega-3s - hold the anchovies?
Pollution in the fish we eat
Special advice for pregnant women
Look at the label
Marine Stewardship Council labelling
Organically farmed fish

3) Fishing and the marine environment
Declining stocks
Ocean ecology
Ghost fishing
National Parks in the sea?

4) Fish farming
Green around the gills
Feeding farmed fish
Fish farms and environmental damage
Wildlife under threat
The impact of farmed fish on wild populations
Sustainability on a half shell
Prawns and mangroves

5) Jobs in the fishing industry

6) The European Union Common Fisheries Policy
The TAC system
Improving EU policies
Fishing in foreign waters

7) What can you do?
Want to get political?
A guide to healthy and sustainable fish

Where to go for more information
Useful organisations
Recommended reading

References