Just a reminder that the fish in the box may not have been caught in Ireland

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  1. >We work closely with our fish suppliers to bring you great tasting fish, processed to the highest-quality standards and fully traceable back to the **Irish** boat.  Green Isle Foods has an important role to play in the sustainable development of the Irish fishing industry and the protection of our waters.  To that end, we are participating in the Bord Iascaigh Mhara Fishery Improvement Project (FIP) to improve fishery sustainability for Irish Haddock, Whiting and Hake. 

    Long aul trip from the Bering Sea

  2. whatever about the origin, the price difference for this ‘brand’ is insane. the dunnes/aldi version beside it tastes the exact same to me and half the price

  3. Is it just me that wouldn’t mind if they used farmed fish instead?

    I feel like fresh fish (no matter where it’s caught) is much more problematic.

  4. Reminds me of that time I went to India Today in Christchurch vicinity, ordered lamb chops which was noted as “Irish Lamb” and the waitress told us they had run out of it and their order was embargoed in UK due to “brexit”

  5. Seems like an unnecessarily long journey for fish to get to an island.

    Did they have extra carbon taxes they needed to spend before the end of the year or what?

  6. Ive ordered from a place called gannets fish mongers in galway in the past,they do deliveries to your door and their focus is on sustainable fishing, not necessarily form Irish seas they just focus on making sure anything they sell is caught fairly.

    Who knows if they’re really true to their word but the fish is delicious at least. I can’t stomach Donegal catch anymore.

  7. Donegal catch, got some of their cod recently in batter…. Put it on a baking tray but fuck me the amount of liquid that came off it was mank…. Back to Captain Birdseye it is…

  8. It may not have been caught in Polish waters either. Fish is regularly processed in lower cost factories within the EU.

  9. Launched in the 90’s , the largest fishing vessel ever built was originally Irish registered.
    This is worth a read for an insight into the controversies that followed, not an in-depth article by any means but a decent brief overview that hits all the main points.

    To think that they bitched and moaned about a problem of their own causing all the while plundering anything that swam in West African waters still sickens me to this day. Shameful & sickening carry on that still does not get the attention it deserved.

    [Atlantic Dawn – The Ship From Hell](https://britishseafishing.co.uk/atlantic-dawn-the-ship-from-hell/)

  10. Cod caught off the coast of Scotland is shipped to China for processing (filleting), then shipped back to Scotland for sale. Because it’s cheaper to ship it than hire labor to fillet it in Scotland, apparently.

  11. Alaskan Pollock is what is in most breaded white fish and the majority of your chippers and restsurants. Its a farmable species. Sorry to break the news but Cod are nearly all gone.

  12. >Donegal Catch: Trawler Fresh Atlantic Salmon

    This translates as:

    >Donegal

    English firm Northern Foods, based in UK

    >Catch: Trawler

    Farmed fish

    >Fresh

    when frozen

    >Atlantic Salmon

    name of variety, farmed in the Pacific (Chile)

    So, basically everything is a lie on these packets.

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