Pisces-RFR searches for better, more sustainable, fisheries by:

1. Evaluating the state of the stocks landed for consumption; the proportion discarded or otherwise undesirable (i.e how selective is the fishery?); and the wider environmental impact (i.e. habitat impact, fuel consumption etc.). All three of these are assessed on a five point scale from worst to best practice. We do not merge or average these scores.
   

1. For UK fisheries the evaluation involves three steps;
   

2. – we review data from the body responsible for providing regional stock assessments,
   

3. – we then gather information on local stock conditions from a variety of sources,
   

4. – we then go out onto individual boats and document their fishing practices, and see if this results in further adjustments to the score.
   

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6. The fish currently in a restaurant's portfolio may come from anywhere in the world. For these we can carry out step one and – to the extent possible – step two.
   

The results can be read as our rating of a fishery. We neither endorse fisheries or act as an accreditation body: the evaluation of a fishery on these pages does not represent an endorsement by Pisces-RFR.