Well - I have my copy of Australia's Sustainable Seafood Guide from the Austrlian Marine Conservation Society. I recommend you get a copy yourself - they're just 10 bucks and they come with a little pocket sized guide to take with you shopping or when you get that fish 'n chips craving.
They've divided the fishies into 3 categories. Say No, Think Twice, and Better Choice.
The bad news is that there's an awful lot we shouldn't be eating and include both wild fish that are overfished or are of significant conservation concern, and also aquaculture species that are grown in sea cage aquaculture which they say adds additional stress to our coasts and oceans.
Here's the list of what they say NOT to buy. I'll put the 'Think Twice' and 'Better Choice' species on separate posts.
Blue Warhou - also called black trevally, sea bream, snotty trevalia (why'd you want to eat a snotty fish anyway?), and Tasmanian trevally.
Broadbill Swordfish - also called Swordfish.
Commercial Scallop - also called king scallop, southern scallop, Tasmanian Scallop.
Eastern Gemfish (Hake) - also called hake, king couta, kingfish.
Orange Roughy - Also called deep sea perch, sea perch.
Oreo - Deep sea dory, spotted dory, dory
Redfish - also called nannygai, red snapper.
Shark (Flake) - species include school, whalers, dogfish, tiger hammerheads, wobbegongs, skates, stingrays and chimeras.
Silver Trevally - also called sand trevally, silver bream, white trevally.
Southern Blue-fin Tuna - also called tuna.
Atlantic Salmon - also called salmon, smoked salmon.
Barramundi - also called barra, giant perch, silver barramundi.
Mulloway - also called butterfish, jewfish, king jewfish, kingfish, river kingfish.
Ocean Trout - also called brown trout, rainbow trout, sea trout.
Snapper (Pink) - also called pink snapper, cocknet, red bream, squire.
Yellow-tail Kingfish - also called kingfish, tasmanian yellow tail, kingie, yellow-tail.
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Great to post this. I have the pocket guide in my purse but still easy
ReplyDeleteto forget or compromise - right now we have hake in the freezer
(bought as 'pescado' from a Portuguese deli, had to look it up on the
internet to figure out what it is).
I remember that muscles are in the better choice list, I think
calamari too - but will wait for the posting to check on these. Still
v difficult in the local vietnamese - run fish shops to make inquiries
about the origin of the fish. Better at the likes of de Costi but they
are also a chain store which has its own negatives (plus more
expensive).
Mani