Tuesday, 11 January 2011

SASSI Seafood guide – ORANGE – CAUTION

Here is the ORANGE list for SASSI, its not really recommended to buy or sell any of these fish, they are not as sustainable.

SASSI Seafood guide – ORANGE – CAUTION
Species flag as orange are either Rare or Overfished, as well as limited information available on their population and the way they sustain, please refrain to buy by all means, our children tomorrow need to see these fish alive not as a fossil in a museum.
Please exercise caution whenever buying and always query provenance, these species are rare from overfishing and cannot sustain current fishing pressure.
Their extinction could cause particularly severe environmental damage or has high bycatch
Abalone – Not farmed
Bluefin Tuna
Carpenter (Silverfish, Silver)
Dageraad
Elf (Shad) – no sale in Kwazulu – Natal
Englishman
Geelbek (Cape Salmon)
King Mackerel (Couta, Cuda)
King Soldier Bream
Kingklip
Kob (Kabeljou, Dusky, Silver, and Squaretail Kobs)
Langoustines – Local Trawled
Marlins
Poenskop (Black Musselcracker)
Prawns – Local Trawled
Red Steenbras (Copper Steenbras)
Red Stumpnose (Miss Lucy)
Rockcods – All except Potato and Brindle Bass)
Roman (Red Roman)
Scotsman
Sharks – All except those on Red list
Skates and Rays
Slingers
Snappers – All except River Snapper
Sole – Local
Swordfish