Seafood Seasonality
Beautiful quality. Day after day after day. Year after year.
We only buy what’s in season and what’s sustainable. But it’s not just the seasons that affect the quality of our seafood. Environmental and oceanographic factors all play a role too.
This chart gives you a rough rule of thumb for what to buy and when, but please phone us to discuss the day’s landings and get our up to the minute advice. Click >>HERE<< to download our seasonality chart.
Seasonality Chart
| Poor Availability | Varying Availability | Good Availability | Q | Time of best quality (species without any 'Q's are of consistent quality all year round) |
| Item | Form | Alternatives | J | F | M | A | M | J | J | A | S | O | N | D | |
| Cornish Fresh Fish | |||||||||||||||
| Anchovies | Round, Cold Water, Oil rich | Sardine, Herring | |||||||||||||
| Brill | Flat, Coldwater | Turbot | |||||||||||||
| Cod Whole | Round, Coldwater | Haddock, any other cod like species | Q | Q | Q | Q | |||||||||
| Cuttle Fish | Cephalopods | Squid | Q | Q | Q | Q | |||||||||
| Dabs | Flat, Cold water | Plaice | |||||||||||||
| Dover Sole | Flat, Cold water | Lemon Sole | Q | Q | Q | Q | Q | Q | Q | ||||||
| Grey Mullet | Round Coldwater | Sea Breams | |||||||||||||
| Gurnard | Round, Coldwater | Any cod-like species | Q | Q | Q | Q | Q | ||||||||
| Haddock | Round, Coldwater | Any cod-like species | Q | Q | Q | Q | Q | Q | |||||||
| Hake | Round, Coldwater | Any cod-like species | |||||||||||||
| Herring | Round, Coldwater, Oil rich | Mackerel | |||||||||||||
| John Dory | Round, Coldwater | Unique | |||||||||||||
| Lemon Sole | Flat, Cold water | Dover Sole, Plaice, Witch | Q | Q | Q | Q | |||||||||
| Line Caught Wild Seabass | Round, Warm Water | Grey Mullet, Red Mullet | |||||||||||||
| Mackerel | Round, Cold Water, Oil rich | Herrings | |||||||||||||
| Monkfish | Unique, Coldwater | Langoustines (for flavour) | Q | Q | Q | Q | Q | Q | Q | ||||||
| Octopus | Cephalopods | Squid, Cuttlefish | |||||||||||||
| Plaice | Flat, Cold water | Lemon Sole, Flounder, Dab, Megrim | Q | Q | Q | ||||||||||
| Pollack | Round, Coldwater, Cod-like | Any cod-like species | |||||||||||||
| Red Mullet | Round, Warm water | Bream, Mackerel | |||||||||||||
| Sand Sole | Flat, Cold water | Lemon Sole, Flounder, Dab, Megrim | |||||||||||||
| Sardines | Round, Coldwater, Oil rich, small | Herrings | Q | Q | Q | Q | Q | Q | Q | ||||||
| Skate Wings | Flat, Cold water | Unique | |||||||||||||
| Squid | Cephalopods | Cuttlefish, Octopus | Q | Q | Q | Q | Q | Q | |||||||
| Turbot | Flat, Cold water | Brill | |||||||||||||
| Whiting | Round, Coldwater | Any cod-like species | |||||||||||||
| Farmed Fish | |||||||||||||||
| Gilt Head Seabream | Round, Warm water | Snappers, Emperor, Sea Bass | Q | Q | Q | ||||||||||
| Halibut | Flat, Cold water | Turbot, Brill | |||||||||||||
| Farmed Sea Bass | Round, Warm water | Gilthead Bream | Q | Q | Q | Q | Q | Q | Q | Q | |||||
| Salmon and Sea Trout | |||||||||||||||
| Glenarm Organic Salmon | Round, Cold/Fresh water, Oil rich | Sea Trout, Pacific Salmon | |||||||||||||
| Loch Duart Salmon | Round, Cold/Fresh water, Oil rich | Sea Trout, Pacific Salmon | |||||||||||||
| Farmed Norwegian Seatrout | Round, Cold/Fresh water, Oil rich | Loch Duart Salmon, Pacific Salmon | |||||||||||||
| Cornish Shellfish and Scallops | |||||||||||||||
| Offshore St Austell Bay Mussels | Molluscs | Clams | Q | Q | Q | Q | Q | Q | |||||||
| Live Cock Crabs | Crustacean | Q | Q | Q | Q | Q | Q | Q | Q | ||||||
| Crabmeat Fresh Brown Hand Picked | Crustacean | Q | Q | Q | Q | Q | Q | Q | Q | ||||||
| Crabmeat Fresh White Hand Picked | Crustacean | Q | Q | Q | Q | Q | Q | Q | Q | ||||||
| Canadian Lobster | Crustacean | Native Lobster, Langoustine | |||||||||||||
| Native Cornish Lobsters | Crustacean | Canadian Lobster | |||||||||||||
| Porthilly Oysters | Molluscs | Native Oysters | |||||||||||||
| Palourde Clams | Molluscs | Cockles | |||||||||||||
| Looe Bay Half Shell Scallops | Molluscs | Q | Q | ||||||||||||
| Orkney Hand Dived Scallops | Molluscs | ||||||||||||||
| From Other Markets | |||||||||||||||
| Bream – Wild Pink | Round, Warmwater | Sea Bass | Q | Q | Q | ||||||||||
| Loin – Swordfish | Round, Warmwater, Oil rich, Game | Unique | |||||||||||||
| Loin – Tuna Yellow Fin | Round, Warmwater, Oil rich, Game | Unique | |||||||||||||
