OUGD505 - Studio Brief 02 - Q&A Local fishmarkets

I decided to go to a local fish market and ask a few questions myself.

1: What sustainable fish do you sell?

2: Does anybody else ask any questions about the fish before they purchase them?
3: What are your most sold fish
4: As these fish farm raised or wild caught?

5: Do you know what specific fishing method was used to catch these fish?

6: How many order of fish do you get daily? Weekly?

7: Do more men or women buy from you?

S.Myers - Fresh and frozen. 

The gentlemen kindly agreed to take a few questions but was quite hesitant when I started asking questions. 

1: Haddock, cod, mackerel, herring. 

2: 1 in every 10,000.

3: Haddock, Salmon

4: A lot of his fish are mainly wild caught however a popular fish which is farmed is salmon.

5: Majority of his fish are line caught. 

6: He normally gets orders of fish every other day other than weekend. 

7: Woman 

Soon after I asked a few questions at S.Myers, I noticed how regularly orders of fish came through the market.  In the image above you see how the gentleman in white is bringing a delivery of fresh and frozen fish to the store. This clearly shows how little we are aware of the current situation of overfishing and the impacts it could cause in years to come. The gentleman had very little time so answered my questions quickly. 

1: Seabass, tuna, Turbot, Salmon

2: A few a week

3: Salmon, seabass, cod

4: Avoided the question

5: Wild caught

6: Avoided the question

7: Men

Tarbett's Fishmongers

I then went to Tarbett's Fishmongers, who were very easy to talk to and they were aware of the current situation of overfishing. Although they were aware of overfishing they also stated that this is a business and they rely on fish in order to earn an income. They were very flexible with answering questions and it was even difficult to write everything down.

Me asking the gentleman questions inside Tarbetts Fishmongers stall.  

1: Wild sea bass, mackerel, as many line caught fish as possible. 

2: Not as much in this store however, in his other store (outside of the Leeds) more people tend to ask about sustainable fish. 

3: Seabass and crabs

4: A lot of his fish are both line caught and farmed. His sea bass and salmon are farmed whilst his tuna is line caught. 

5: He says he can get up to 200kg a day of fish. 

6: It is about 50/50 men to women ratio, however if he had to say one it would be women.