Skip to main contentSkip to navigation Close dialogue1/1 Next image Previous image Toggle captionSkip to navigation Traditionally caught mackerel in the Outer Hebrides. Scientists say the catch in the north-east Atlantic should be cut by 70% to safeguard the species. Photograph: Murdo MacLeod/The Guardian View image in fullscreen Traditionally caught mackerel in the Outer Hebrides. Scientists say the catch in the north-east Atlantic should be cut by 70% to safeguard the species. Photograph: Murdo MacLeod/The Guardian Waitrose suspends sale of mackerel because of overfishingSupermarket chain says it will point customers to herring and other species to protect threatened Atlantic stocks Waitrose has become the first UK supermarket to suspend the sale of mackerel because of overfishing and will start pointing customers toward herring and other species.The Marine Conservation Society warned last year that stocks were at breaking point owing to overfishing, and it downgraded mackerel from a three to a four on its five-point Good Fish Guide sustainability scale.Kerry Lyne, of the MCS, praised Waitrose’s move, saying: “To keep favourites like mackerel on the menu, we need support right across the supply chain with fishing kept within sustainable limits.”Supermarkets could help UK shoppers eat more sustainable local fish – study Read moreA University of East Anglia study published in January urged supermarkets to encourage customers to expand their fish diet…
Published: February 26, 2026 5:36 pm
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