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Seafood Fortnight 5th - 21st September 2008
'Celebrating the Seafood Industry in the UK'

Seafood Fortnight is all about raising the profile of our seafood industry and encouraging consumers to eat at least two portions of fish a week through the recognised ‘2aweek’ message. This message is based on the Food Standards Agency’s recommendations that we should all be eating at least two portions of fish a week, one of which should be oil-rich such as herring, mackerel, tuna, trout or salmon as part of a healthy balanced diet.

Seafood Fortnight also gives us the opportunity to raise customer awareness of the importance of eating sustainably sourced species of fish while allowing us the opportunity to dispel the myth that ‘fish stocks are running dry’. With today’s continued correct management, the seas surrounding Scotland will remain stocked with some of the finest quality seafood you can find anywhere in the world. We passionately support our Scottish fishermen in their continued approach to the responsible fishing methods which guarantee a sustainable future for our industry and our seas.

Once again this year we have lots of things going on during Seafood Fortnight at Anstruther Fish Bar. We shall be showing customers how easy it is to eat ‘2 a week’ sustainably - through our regular fish tasting events from the wide variety of fish that we have available in store. Our ever popular children’s poster competition, special seafood offers and in-store promotions plus all the usual fun and games are there for everyone to enjoy. Come along and see for yourself.
Our customers are now recognising seafood as being an essential part of a healthy, balanced diet and are aware of the benefits of seafood as a low fat nutritious alternative to other protein foods.
Did you know, for instance, that:

•  The nation's favourite dish - Fish and Chips have less calories than other popular takeaways and a third less fat  than a Burger Whopper Meal!


•  Seafood provides an important source of protein, vitamins, minerals and omega-3 fatty acids


•  A fish supper is a completely natural meal with just three ingredients: FISH, POTATOES & BATTER You know  exactly what you are eating

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The Big Fish Supper
Anstruther Fish Bar Charity Fundraising Events June & July 2007

We have had a busy summer raising funds for The Fishermen’s Mission national charity event
“The Big Fish Supper” and have netted a fantastic £993 with two big fundraising events and hope to increase that amount with the games and competitions that are being organised for customers in Anstruther Fish Bar during national Seafood Week 5th – 12th October.

Charity Fish Suppers

We decided to do something unusual, not only to raise much needed funds for the Mission but also to raise customer awareness of the charity and highlight the much needed support the Mission provides fishermen and their families in the UK.

We contacted Mike Horn who organises an Open Sea Angling Competition in the East Neuk of Fife every year, to ask if they would be interested in donating their catch to the Fish Bar to help us raise funds for the Mission. A very windy Sunday resulted in a lower catch than previous years but we filleted and fried up the donations of cod and ling to hungry customers in the record time of 1 hour when we completely sold out. We raised £210 for the Mission in the process and now plan to make this an annual fundraising event and hope for better weather conditions next year.

Wear Your Wellies to Work Day

This was so much fun that we decided not just to wear them for one day, but kept them on from the Friday through to Sunday. Not just any old wellies of course – this gave us an excuse to treat ourselves to some really ‘cool’ ones! Given the wet summer we have had, some customers actually assumed the wellies were part of our normal uniform and thought they looked ‘cute’?!

A huge £783 was raised from customer donations in the Fish Bar and from the girls who volunteered to take their collecting buckets along the harbour front much to the delight of the tourists!

The day shift	The evening shift

Seafood week 2006

Oil-rich fish promotion day with samples of fresh mackerel, hot-smoked mackerel and fresh rainbow trout – Seafood Week October ‘06
Offering visitors (and potential customers!) to Anstruther a real ‘taste of Fife’ – fresh, prime quality local seafood