Avoid Eating Endangered Fish
By becoming aware of which wild fish are being harvested to the brink of extinction, we can start to alter our fish eating and buying habits and cease plundering an invisible ecosystem that is in a state of serious decline and stress. Also, becoming aware of the impact of caged fisheries on our estuaries, bays, oceans, pond systems and wetlands will help us make informed choices next time we are at the fish mongers.
Do it now!
Contact & join the Australian Marine Conservation Society and get a copy of Australia's Sustainable Seafood Guide (with a foreword by Tim Winton).
In the meanwhile...
Fish species least endangered and a better choice for eating
- Australian Salmon
- Blue Swimmer Crab (Crab, Sand crab, Bluey, Blue manta crab)
- Bream
- Calamari, Cuttlefish, Octopus, Squid
- Flathead
- King George Whiting (Black whiting, South Australian whiting, Spotted whiting)
- Leatherjacket (Ocean Jacket, Seine boat jacket, Silver flounder, Chinaman, Yellow Jacket, Triggerfish, Butterfish)
- Mullet (Blue-tail, Fan-tail, Flicker, Umping, Nano, Sand, Yellow-eye)
- Mulloway (Butterfish, King Jewfish, Kingfish, River kingfish)
- Trevally
- Western Rock Lobster (western Australian crayfish, Western cray)
- Whiting (Sand, Eastern school, Western school, Stout (Winter), Trumpeter, Western Trumpeter, Yellowfin)
- Yellow-tail Kingfish (Kingfish, Tasmanian yellowtail, Kingie, Yellowtail)
- Abalone
- Blue Mussel (Mussel)
- Crayfish (marron, redclaw, yabby)
- Oysters
Why this action is important
Establishing a sustainable balance in our harvesting of wild fisheries in the near future is essential to ward off the possibility of species collapse, and the ramifications this may have on our ocean, estuary and river ecosystems. To treat the ocean as a "magic pudding" while defiling the rivers and estuaries where fish breed and spawn is to live in a fool's paradise. Associated actions
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