The Marine Stewardship Council (MSC) unveils its latest Ocean Cookbook, showcasing delicious and sustainable seafood recipes from chefs worldwide. The South African edition highlights locally-sourced whitefish from the MSC-certified hake trawl fishery.
The Marine Stewardship Council ( MSC ), the ocean not-for-profit responsible for the world’s leading sustainable seafood ecolabel, has launched its Ocean Cookbook 2025. The free digital cookbook brings together chefs from all over the world to create a collection of healthy, delicious everyday recipes that tell a sustainability story about the seafood we all love.
The South African rendition of the cookbook features whitefish – that is, hake, haddock, and cape whiting – as locally available whitefish alternatives found in South African supermarkets and sourced from the MSC-certified hake trawl fishery. The South African hake trawl fishery has been certified to the MSC’s Fisheries Standard since 2004 and was the first hake fishery in the world to meet this gold standard for fisheries sustainability. With the theme ‘Good for You and the Ocean Too’, the cookbook is the centrepiece of the MSC’s main awareness campaign at the start of the year, traditionally a time for healthy and more environmentally conscious eating. The Ocean Cookbook also highlights how easy it is to cook nutritious, sustainable and affordable seafood at home. ‘The ocean is vital to human life on our planet,’ says Louanne Mostert, Marketing and Communications Manager for MSC.‘We rely on it for our oxygen intake, climate regulation, and it is home to such wonderful biodiversity.’‘One such small act is to support sustainable fishing practices by choosing products carrying the blue MSC label when shopping for seafood,’ added Mostert. Included in the choice of recipes are grilled fish kebabs and a mouthwatering fish burger by Swedes, Malin Nordblom and Stina Algulin; a fish potpie to feed the family by Polish chef Madame Edith; a healthy spin on classic fish and chips by Kati Pohjanmaa, a Finnish chef; and Chef Naledi’s popular and light hake tacos and coconut hake dishes. ‘Cooking has always been an act of love for me and hake is such a versatile, sustainable and quick-to-cook ingredient.’ ‘My entire family enjoys eating whitefish. I am proud to present the MSC’s Ocean Cookbook for a third year in a row.’ ‘It conveys a message I resonate with and features recipes ideal for simple suppers, school lunchboxes, and more,’ she adds
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