Great Dorset Seafood
For wildlife for Dorset for you
The Great Dorset Seafood campaign 2011-14 aimed to promote a return to a healthy and productive marine environment through choices, sourcing and information.
The main achievements included:
Know Your Fish: a consumer guide on Dorset Wildlife Trust approved seafood and capture or production methods.
Fish Adviser: a smart-phone friendly Dorset seafood app available on iTunes, Android and Amazon.
Great Dorset Seafood Directory: an online directory of Dorset seafood retailers including celebrity chefs Mark Hix and Russell Brown, pledging "to supply and promote high quality, low impact seafood harvested from Dorset's coastal waters"
Dorset Fisher's Directory: an online directory of Dorset's inshore and low impact traditional fishers - demonstrating the provenance of Great Dorset Seafood.
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Campaign Achievements
The Great Dorset Seafood campaign ran 2011-14. Read about its achievements with retailers, fishers and consumers.
Dorset Food & Drink
Discover where to buy Dorset seafood and how to determine wihether it's fresh and caught locally.
Seafood Provenance
Understand why seafood traceability and labelling is important for the fishery and the consumer.
The Campaign
How did our campaign maintain the health and productivity of the marine environment?
The Dorset Fishery
Understand the management and legislation that governs inshore commercial fishing.
DWT & Fishing
Read our position statement on commercial fishing and how we define common seafood terms.