Webchat with Waitrose fish experts, Mon 22 June, 1-2pm

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As some of you may already know, our friends at Waitrose are sponsoring the film The End of the Line, which is all about ocean sustainability and the dangers of over-fishing.

And on Monday (22 June, 1-2pm), Quentin Clark and Neil Nugent from Waitrose will be joining us for a live webchat all about fish.

Neil is an executive chef at Waitrose and will no doubt have lots of lovely fish recipes up his corporate sleeve. Quentin is Waitrose's fish buyer and knows all there is to know about responsible fishing (and fish-eating).

We hope you'll join us for the chat on Monday but, as ever, if you can't (or you can't wait), please post your advance questions here.

ahhh, nigel was sweet (visions of quentin getting increasingly wound up with nigel running round interjecting lovely recipes with pinenuts!! )

WOW soph am seriously impressed. I agree I think you had the a bit flustered, not what they were expecting at all!

the classic thing is that as a direct result of the publicity surrounding 'the end of the line' M&S have withdrawn all tuna except skipjack. pret a manger are not going to do tuna sandwiches anymore. this is huge stuff.

quentin offered us some fair trade prawns....bit lame? (he's lucky i didn't get onto the heinousness of farmed tropical prawns!!!!)

Presumably Daisy knows what she's in for though?

Well I hope they feel they got their money's worth anyway.

Hard to know who to believe on the subject of safety in farmed salmon - the independent peer-reviewed scientific study, or the fishmonger that's trying to flog the fish

damn those pesky independent studies

it's dh not me. unfortunately he couldn't make the webchat.

i have to live with him bending my ear about it every day so it was nice to be able to actually do something (small).

shit have just realised it's neil not nigel. that's not very good. won't endear me to them (bit late for that).

apologies neil.

unstrung pmsl.

i expect some poor PR minion will get their heads bitten off for not researching how these webchats have been known to go.

you've got to engage properly that's the thing. flippin whatsisface, erm, judge from britains got talent, piers morgan did REALLY well in the end cause he took it on the chin and gave back.

tony parsons was very good

and Alan Johnson

yes. agreed he was.

thingy goldsmith didn't even come on she got so much stick prior.

yes he was good too.

get germaine greer on. i would faint.

OK, just read it, and talk about avoidance, we buy stuff from our local lobster fisherman who line fishes while out, so it could be absolute hit andmissabout what he gets.

I do not MNHQ have not stickied DG's live webchat TOMORROW

note

DG??

Daisy Goodwin

Bah, didn't answer either of my questions. Didn't seem to achieve a lot in the hour really.

Do let us know how you get on with your further contact sophable.

I see you found out who she is sophable

Was completely unaware of that one. Am guessing DG hasn't paid for the chat then

no he's not further contacting me (referred me to waitrose.com!!!) he's further contacting lupusina...allegedly. clearly she's going to cut and paste it onto here right?

equally she's going to let us know if he hasn't been in touch by the end of the week (which should be easily sufficient).

Sophable, to quote him, he did say

"Please feel free to contact me through the Waitrose forum www.waitrose.com and I can pick up any discussion treads with you through that."

So you may get some answers. I'm not exactly holding my breath though.

I meant via the Waitrose forum soph. Can't imagine you not following up on this, given how passionate you are about it.

Oh yes, do not fear. I am waiting to report back with baited breath...

that was very lame, referring you to Waitrose.com