Seafood Week has officially begun!
Deputy Mayor David Hasthorpe and Conservative colleagues attended the Fishing Heritage Centre, Grimsby, yesterday for the first event of many.
Seafood Week is an annual campaign from Seafish, the public body supporting the £10bn UK seafood industry, as part of its work to encourage people to eat more seafood more often.
The week of celebration has been organised in partnership with North East Lincolnshire Council and the area’s processors and sellers.
Yesterday, Alfred Enderby’s Ro-Ro boat was outside the Heritage Centre serving PGI status smoked haddock fishcakes.
From Tuesday, October 8, the centre will be serving free seafood samples from smoked haddock fishcakes to prawns, fish fingers, and mackerel. There will also be a display of seafood products that are produced in the North East Lincolnshire area and some net braiding demonstrations.
Other activities at the centre include:
· Net making (11am, Saturday 5 October, Tuesday 8 October, Thursday 10 October)
· Guided tour with Ron Telford (11am, Sunday 6 October)
· Guided tour (3pm, Wednesday 9 October)
· Guided tour (11am, Friday 11 October)
Guided tours are limited to the first 20 people on a first come, first served basis.
Other businesses promoting seafood over the week include:
· Ashbourne Hotel, North Killingholme and its sister hotel The Brackenborough, Louth: Daily species specials.
· Healing Manor Hotel, Healing: A North Sea seafood platter on the menu all week.
· Premier Seafood, Riby Street, Grimsby: Seafood samples for customers to try and Fiver Fest.
· The Tale of Two, Cleethorpes: Daily seafood specials and revamping the main menu with more seafood.
Now in its fifth year, Seafood Week aims to encourage the consumption of seafood everywhere – whether it’s cooked and enjoyed at home, in a café or restaurant, or at the local fish and chip shop – and to promote the fantastic variety of species available in the UK and celebrate the health benefits of this delicious protein source.
This year’s campaign will run from 4-11 October with activity delivered from Seafish’s consumer brand Fish is the Dish. People can get involved and join the Seafood Week conversation online by tagging @fishisthedish using the hashtag #seafoodweek.
To find out more about Seafood Week, click here.
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