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Sustainable Seafood celebrated at MSC UK’s annual awards ceremony oodservice sustainability champions hailed for
customers identify sustainable fish and seafood, but also
their outstanding achievements
recognising and rewarding efforts made by fishermen to
Anstruther Fish Bar, in Fife, Scotland has won MSC UK Foodservice Champion of the
ensure our oceans remain healthy. Congratulations! The winners’ award was designed and manufactured
Year in the sustainable seafood organisation’s annual
using
awards ceremony.
3D. It will be made in collaboration with Fishy
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Cornish-based
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The fish and chip shop, which became the world’s first
Filaments, who recycle fishing nets from the MSC
MSC certified chippy in 2009, was honoured for being a
certified hake fishery in Cornwall into engineering
trailblazer in the UK with many restaurants going on to
grade nylon filament. Fishy Filaments’ innovative harbour-
follow in their footsteps. They celebrated 12 years of
side recycling technology was invented in Cornwall and saves
serving sustainable seafood after getting recertified in
about 98% of carbon emissions when compared to
March this year.
using equivalent virgin material. MSC will be unveiling
The MSC UK annual awards, now in their 8th year, were streamed for a second-year running from the National Marine Aquarium, Plymouth on October 7, 2021.
the unique awards on the day in October, which will be designed by local artist Charlotte Dawe. MSC UK ambassador, acclaimed restaurateur, chef and
Direct Seafoods won Fresh Fish Foodservice Supplier
author, Mitch Tonks, was on the expert judging panel along
of the Year while Brakes and M&J scooped Foodservice
with CJ Jackson, chief executive of Billingsgate Seafood
Wholesaler of the Year. Alison Smith, from Anstruther Fish Bar, said: “We are so thrilled to be named as MSC Foodservice Champion for
School, Marcus Coleman chief executive of Seafish and Dr Eleanor Adamson, Fisheries Programme Manager at the Fishmongers’ Company.
2021 at the MSC UK Awards. Anstruther Fish Bar was the first ever MSC certified fish and chip shop in the UK and
About the MSC UK awards
we have now been certified for 12 years. It’s a real honour
The MSC UK Awards celebrate outstanding achievements
to be recognised for our ongoing commitment to ensuring
and
performance
fish and chips for future generations. We will continue to
and
seafood, across
put sustainability at the heart of our business.”
industry spectrum.
in
the the
area of sustainable entire
UK
fish
business and
Loren Hiller, MSC UK &Ireland Commercial Manager, said: “Congratulations to Anstruther Fish Bar for this very well-deserved award. MSC certified fish and chip shops play a vital role in educating their customers and in ensuring every Fish Friday is a sustainable one. Anstruther are fantastic representatives, not just for the industry, but consumers too. By using the blue MSC ecolabel on their menu, they are not only helping 22
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