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Sustainable Seafood

1 minute read

Learn how ocean-friendly fishing helps protect our seas and wildlife, economies and livelihoods, and helps provide safe food as part of a healthy diet

Getting started

Be sure to read our getting started guide first. The guide tells you how our lessons have been designed to be used, and gives you a breakdown of the features included in each one.

1. Seafood investigators

This lesson introduces the idea of what 'sustainable' means and how this impacts the food we eat.

Your group will investigate what our most-common seafood species are, where they come from, and use the Good Fish Guide to check their sustainability rating.

Shoal of Tuna in the Mediterranean Sea Guido Montaldo

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1. Seafood investigators (ages 7-11) Lesson plan

2. Fishing methods

Learn more about modern fishing methods in this games-led lesson. Explore some of the ways we catch fish in the UK and the management measures aimed at making seafood more sustainable.

Fishing boats on beach in Beer Devon Marcin Jucha

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2. Fishing methods (ages 7-11) Lesson plan

3. Fish farming

This lesson explores what aquaculture is and how fish farming works here in the UK, looking at the lifecycle of salmon, fish farm management and community viewpoints.

Fish farm from the air Pasta Design

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3. Fish farming (ages 7-11) Lesson plan

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