{"id":6245,"date":"2015-03-17T14:58:53","date_gmt":"2015-03-17T14:58:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cardiffian.jomec.co.uk\/?p=6245"},"modified":"2015-03-17T14:58:53","modified_gmt":"2015-03-17T14:58:53","slug":"what-a-plaice-to-be-cardiff-is-worlds-first-sustainable-fish-city","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/2015\/03\/17\/what-a-plaice-to-be-cardiff-is-worlds-first-sustainable-fish-city\/","title":{"rendered":"What a plaice to be! Cardiff is world&#039;s first &#039;sustainable fish city&#039;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>CARDIFF&#8217;s latest accolade is certainly something to carp on about.<br \/>\nThe capital, which serves nearly four million sustainably sourced fish meals per year, has become the first \u201csustainable fish city\u201d in the world.<br \/>\nThis is according to campaign group, Sustainable Fish Cities, which consists of an alliance of not-for-profit organisations who work on sustainable seafood issues, such as the Marine Conservation Society (MCS) and the Marine Stewardship Council (MSC).<br \/>\nIn what has been described as a \u201clandmark commitment,\u201d the NHS Wales Shared Services Partnership (NWSSP) has agreed to remove all endangered fish from hospital food in Wales after taking Cardiff and the Vale University Health Board\u2019s lead.\u00a0This is in addition to current commitments from Cardiff University, University of South Wales, and all primary and secondary schools across the city.<br \/>\n<figure id=\"attachment_6254\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-6254\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"http:\/\/cardiffian.jomec.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/keithweb.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-6254\" src=\"http:\/\/cardiffian.jomec.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/keithweb-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"Local legend Keith the Fish\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-6254\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-6254\" src=\"http:\/\/cardiffian.jomec.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/keithweb-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"Local legend Keith the Fish\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" \/><\/noscript><\/a> Local legend Keith the Fish<\/figcaption><\/figure><br \/>\nRuth Westcott, Coordinator of Sustainable Fish Cities said: \u201cNHS Wales are showing fantastic responsibility and leadership with this commitment and I hope it will encourage other suppliers and contract caterers to follow suit.<br \/>\n\u201cSo far the majority of NHS caterers in the UK have not taken the pledge, which means that there is a danger that in many parts of the UK, taxpayer\u2019s money is being spent on products that are damaging our fisheries and oceans.<br \/>\n\u201cHowever, the pledge has already been adopted by caterers serving nearly four million meals per year in Wales, as part of a campaign led by Food Cardiff and the Sustainable Food Cities network, including nearly all Cardiff\u2019s primary and secondary schools, Cardiff University and the University of South Wales.\u201d<br \/>\nIndependent Cardiff fishmonger, Keith Twamley \u2013 or Keith the Fish to his customers \u2013 said: \u201cI don\u2019t sell tuna, monkfish or anything that is dying or is in danger of dying out.<br \/>\n\u201cI know what I am doing, I have been doing it since 1963. On top of that, I have this certificate from Food Cardiff, which tells my customers my fish are sustainably sourced.<br \/>\n\u201cMany supermarkets and some fishmongers source tuna which are unsustainably caught. They round them all up into a bay and slaughter them, and they are highly endangered.<br \/>\n\u201cThe recognition is good for Cardiff but there are hardly any fishmongers left unfortunately.\u201d<br \/>\nJonathan Adams, managing director of E. Ashtons Fishmongers, Cardiff Central Market, said: \u201cAlmost all of our fish has to be sustainably caught and traceable, and we wouldn\u2019t be doing our job if they weren\u2019t.<br \/>\n<figure id=\"attachment_6255\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-6255\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"http:\/\/cardiffian.jomec.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/marketfish.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-6255\" src=\"http:\/\/cardiffian.jomec.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/marketfish-300x233.jpg\" alt=\"Ashtons at Cardiff Market\" width=\"300\" height=\"233\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-6255\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-6255\" src=\"http:\/\/cardiffian.jomec.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/marketfish-300x233.jpg\" alt=\"Ashtons at Cardiff Market\" width=\"300\" height=\"233\" \/><\/noscript><\/a> Ashtons at Cardiff Market<\/figcaption><\/figure><br \/>\n\u201cOur customers are mainly hotels and restaurants and they want sustainable fish with marine conservation society logos, but the problem when you are affiliated with these organisations, the costs go up.<br \/>\n\u201cWe have had a conservation policy for about five years. It is quite important, and there is the responsible fishing scheme we are signed up to. Around 95 per cent of our fish are caught sustainably.<br \/>\n\u201cMy problem is people demand certain fish at certain times of year when it may not be sustainable to source them. So what do we do?\u201d<br \/>\nA University of South Wales spokesperson said: \u201cThe University is proud to support the Sustainable Fish Cities pledge.<br \/>\n&#8220;By joining this pledge we are committed to buy only sustainable seafood, and to protecting precious marine environments and fish stocks.<br \/>\n&#8220;Diners at the University&#8217;s many catering outlets can be cod-fident that we only reel in sustainable supplies and that this policy will remain firmly in plaice.&#8221;<br \/>\nAlthough Cardiff is not the only UK city to be awarded sustainable food city status, along with Brighton &amp; Hove, the London Borough of Lambeth, and Plymouth, Cardiff is the only city in the world to be awarded sustainable fish city status.<br \/>\nA Cardiff Council statement read: \u201cOn 17 March, Cardiff will become one of the first places in the UK to be awarded Sustainable Food City status, recognising pioneering work promoting healthy and sustainable food.\u201d<br \/>\nCardiff University refused to comment.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>CARDIFF&#8217;s latest accolade is certainly something to carp on about. 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