This is the Green list of fish, the most sustainable.
SASSI Seafood guide – GREEN – BEST CHOICE
Sustainable stock and legal to buy, healthy and well managed stock, can handle fishing pressure
Anchovy
Angelfish (Atlantic pomfret)
Bluefish (bluenose)
Blueskin (trawl soldier)
Blue Hottentot
Butterfish
Chub Mackerel (makriel)
Dorado (dolphinfish, mahi-mahi)
Gurnard
Hake (stockfish)
Harder (mullet) – Buy only Harder caught in the sea, not estuaries
Horse Mackerel (maasbanker)
Hottentot
Jacopever
John Dory
Monkfish
Mussels
Octopus
Oysters
Panga
Queen Mackerel (Natal snoek)
Sand Soldier (red tjor-tjor)
Santer (soldier)
Sardine (Pilchard)
Snoek
South Coast rock lobster
Squid (Calamari, tjokka)
Steentjie
Tuna – Not bluefin – pole caught is better
West Coast Rock Lobster (West Coast Crayfish)
White Stumpnose
Yellowtail
Whenever buying fresh or frozen fish always asked the following:
What is it? Where is it from? How was it caught?
Unsure what you are buying or ordering in a restaurant, “FishMS”, simply text the name of the fish to 0794998795 and you will get a message if you should whether tuck in, think twice or avoid completely
