Television chef Gordon Ramsay has angered conservation groups after urging his viewers to eat a critically endangered species of fish.

Ramsay told a BBC presenter that skate, a critically endangered species, was a tasty replacement for cod. He told viewers there were “plenty of them” and told viewers to stay away from cod due to decreasing stocks.



A Greenpeace spokesman reacted to Ramsay’s comments yesterday. The spokesman said: “Gordon Ramsay should get his facts right. We are very concerned about the fishing of nonsustainable fish stocks and there have been a lot of problems with skate. We need celebrity chefs and people who are opinion-formers to be really clued up before they speak publicly about things like this. When a celebrity chef mentions a particular food, sales go up.”

Gordon Ramsay has not yet responded.

Gordon Responded pretty good I'd say

"It’s an over-fished species, “critically endangered” they tell me. Eat baby seal instead. It’s tastier and less likely to dry out during cooking. Oh, and in the future, don’t ask me what to eat. Figure it out for yourself. I’m a chef, not a life coach."