About Us

Good Catch provides practical information and events for chefs, caterers and restaurateurs, making it easier for them to serve more sustainable seafood.

Good Catch is a joint project of the Marine Conservation Society (MCS), the Marine Stewardship Council (MSC), SeaWeb’s Seafood Choices and Sustain: the alliance for better food and farming - helping restaurants and caterers to navigate the often complex subject of seafood sustainability. 

Good Catch materials and activities include:

Website

The Good Catch website is designed to be the first port-of-call for improving your seafood sustainability. The easy-to-access website gives practical information to get you started on your journey and directs you on to other relevant resources and organisations. 

Fish Flash e-bulletin

The periodic e-bulletin from Good Catch helps you stay up-to-date on the latest seafood sustainability advice, events, news and issues.

Publications

Good Catch creates clear communication resources for chefs, caterers and restaurateurs. The most recent publication, Good Catch...the essentials, pulls together core information on seafood sustainability issues and presents steps to take on the pathway to improvement. Good Catch...the essentials builds on the well-received Good Catch Manual –- a rough guide to seafood sustainability for chefs, restaurateurs and caterers (released September 2008) which was the first publication designed to help the UK catering sector make sustainable seafood choices.

Workshops and Field Trips

Workshops include practical sessions such as tastings and kitchen demos to help attendees understand the issues of seafood sustainability and build good practice into their businesses. Field trips are an opportunity to directly connect with fishermen and fish farmers, as well as fellow chefs, and be informed and inspired about sustainable fishing and farming techniques used in UK waters.

Influencing and Promoting Best Practice

The Good Catch partner organisations aim to encourage seafood sustainability progress and increase awareness in key areas of the catering sector. Examples of how this is promoted include sponsorship of the Good Catch Award at the National Fish and Chip Awards and supporting young chefs and catering colleges through the UK Young Seafood Chef of the Year Competition.