Ship 2 Shore 24 (ex Marynka) is our local seafood restaurant – also featuring a fish counter – sourcing fish from Eyemouth fish merchant D R Collin and Son
Iain Melville’s mobile fish van covers the following areas: Tue Blackness/Bo’ness, Wed Fauldhouse/Linlithgow, Thur Whitburn/Linlithgow, Fri Linlithgow. Fish is sourced from Peterhead & Aberdeen, and is from the Atlantic, with the exception of salmon and trout which is farmed. Contact 25 Station Rd, St Monans, Fife, tel 01333 730856 or 07764448462
J.R.Gowans mobile fish van is on the High Street (near Epulum) on a Sat, from 8am-2pm, selling a wide range of Scottish sourced fish – enquiries or pre-orders to John Gowans on 07985 468955
Various Scottish environmental groups are campaigning for stronger legislation to protect our seas and fish populations – the Save Scottish Seas website provides information on how to support a strong Scottish Marine Bill
The United Nations has concluded that climate change will have a severe effect on fish populations, with at least three quarters of key fishing grounds affected – the report In Dead Water addresses combined negative impacts on our oceans
This Guardian article provides good background reading on how we have arrived at currently depleted levels of fish, and ways which we could avoid the very real prospect of fish being off the menu altogether.
The Marine Stewardship Council is a global organisation, working with various partners to make seafood markets more sustainable, including certification via the blue MSC Label
The Association of Scottish Stillwater Fisheries is the trade association for commercial trout fisheries in Scotland. Its main roles are to promote and represent member interests, and to actively raise the professional standards of commercial fisheries in Scotland. Local fishing includes Bowden Springs (Linlithgow) as well as Bangour, West Calder & Livingston.