Where to buy sustainable fish

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1. Buy locally caught fish
2. Look at the label
3. Buy fish in season
4. Improve your fish recipe repertoire
5. Learn more about buying, storing and preparing fish

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Where to buy local and sustainably caught fish

FISH

What: the retail outlet for Brighton and Newhaven Fish Sales. They stock fresh fish and shellfish caught by their fleet of boats as well as frozen fish from elsewhere.
Where: Hove Lagoon
Opening times: Mon – Sat, 8am – 4pm

Fish Galore

What: A wholesale fish and seafood outlet based in central Hove, offering fresh local fish and seafood, as well as frozen products.
Where: 6 Kings Mews, Hove BN3 2PA
Opening times: Monday – Saturday, 9am – 4pm. Also delivering 6 days a week across Sussex. (Tel: 01273 323 216)

HISBE

What: hiSbe (how it Should be) is an independent supermarket only selling fish that are not on the MCS “fish to avoid list” and are completely traceable and free from unnecessary chemicals or dyes.
Where: 20-21 York Place, Brighton, BN1 4GU
Opening times: daily 9am – 7pm

Hove Fish Shack
What: A fish shack with plastic-free policy offering a mix of fresh, frozen fish, shellfish and seafood products.
Where: Hove Beach, BN3 4GP
Opening times: 7 days, 10am – 4:30pm. Also offering delivery: orders made before 9am Monday – Saturday will be delivered the same day (Email: [email protected] Tel: 01273 323216).  Delivery in the Hove area.

MCB Seafoods

What: MCB Seafoods sells only as a wholesaler to food businesses. 20 boats land directly to them and they are all under 10m in length. They take sustainability seriously, signing up to both the Ghost Gear Initiative and the Sustainable Seafood Coalition.
Where: 5 Endeavour Works, Beach Road, Newhaven, BN9 0BX

Sea Haze

What: Locally caught fish from the Fishing Quarter’s own fishmonger Neil Messenger. Fresh stock caught that day from his family’s boats. On the beach between the two piers.
Where: 207 Kings Rd Arches (on the beach by the fishing museum)
Opening times:  7 days a week

The Sussex Peasant

What: A mobile farm shop selling locally caught fish along with 100% pasture fed meat, seasonal Sussex grown fruit and veg, locally produced cheese and a range of other local products.
Where: Various locations across Brighton & Hove
When: Fridays 9-5pm
St Georges Church, Kemptown
St Ann’s Well Gardens,  Nizel Avenue
St Andrews Church, Church Road, Hove  

Saturdays 9-4pm:
Pepper Pot: Queens Park, Tower Road
Preston Park, North Car Park
Hove Park,  where the Droveway meets Goldstone Crescent

Sundays 9-3pm :
The Chimney House, 28 Upper Hamilton Road
Stoneham Park, Poets Corner, Marmion Road

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