Our ignorance about fish is off the scale

Our ignorance about fish is off the scale at least two-fifths of Britons only eat fish in batter or breadcrumbs, according to a survey by a seafood organisation.

Do you know Pollock from pollock or a collie from a coley? If you don’t you are not alone as new research reveals that Britons struggle to name common fish, while two-fifths admit that they have “only ever eaten it in batter or breadcrumbs”.

Over half of those surveyed had no idea that a John Dory was a spiny fish; 12% mistakenly thought “he” was a famous poet, according to the Marine Stewardship Council poll.

Garden hake and ‘poet’ John Dory: our ignorance about fish is off the scale

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