Standard Page - 13 May, 2011
The more people who demand truly sustainable seafood from their retailers, the more incentive and pressure there is on industrial fisheries to provide sustainably caught fish.
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Ask your retailer these three questions to help protect our oceans and fisheries. |
| 1. What is it and where was it caught? This is the minimum a supplier should be able to tell you and will help you avoid red list species. |
| 2. How was it caught? A lot of fishing is not selective. This is specially true for bottom trawling, which is highly destructive. |
| 3. Do you have a policy for sourcing only truly sustainable seafood? Retailers have a responsibility to be part of the solution, not the problem. |
| * If they cannot answer these questions, let them know you'll be buying your seafood from a retailer that can. |
The red list
Use this list find out which fish to avoid. Available for download as a PDF [756kb].
What you can eat
Still hungry and wondering which fish you can buy? Check out the Australian Marine Conservation Society's Sustainable Seafood Guide.