FISHING SHOPPERS ADVISED TO TAKE ETHICAL LINE WHEN CHOOSING FISH SPECIES SAYS THE GUARDIAN NEWSPAPER

The Food Standards Agency already advises eating one portion of white and one of oily fish a week - fresh, frozen or tinned. Fish provides protein and vitamins, and oily fish has omega-3 fatty acids, which give protection against heart disease. But the agency warns against eating too much because of pollutants - particularly from oily varieties - which can build up in the body. Women of childbearing age and those who are breastfeeding are warned not to eat more than two portions a week and to avoid shark, swordfish and marlin because they can carry high levels of methylmercury. Read more.....