Nutrition

fish that's not endangered

Save The Planet, Eat These Fish

Sustainable fish

Make sure you do the right thing for the environment and only eat fish on this list!

Top Choice: Green List
These are species that are from relatively healthy and well-managed populations that can sustain current fishing pressure. Some green species are not targeted by any particular fishery, but are managed as a sustainable bycatch. These species are recommended as the most sustainable choices available.

Anchovy
Angelfish
Bluefish
Blueskin seabream
Bonito
Butterfish
Dorado
Gurnard
Hake
Harders
Horse mackerel
Hottentot
Hottentot (blue)
Jacopever
John Dory
Mackerel
Monkfish
Mussel, black
Mussel, brown
Mussel, Mediterannean
Octopus
Oysters
Panga seabream
Queen mackerel
Rock lobster (South coast)
Rock lobster (Tristan da Cunha)
Rock lobster (West coast)
Sand soldier
Santer seabream
Sardine
Snoek
Squid
Steentjie seabream
Stumpnose (white)
Tuna (longfin)
Tuna (skipjack)
Tuna (yellowfin)
Yellowtail

Orange List
These species may be legally sold by registered commercial fishers and retailers. However, an increased demand for these could compromise a sustainable supply, due to one or more of the following reasons:

- The species may presently be rare because they are overfished.
- The fishery that catches them may damage the environment through the method used and/or high bycatch.
- The biology of the species makes it vulnerable to overfishing, or it may not have been adequately studied, but it is suspected that it will be unable to sustain heavy fishing pressure based on information for related species.
- Consumers are encouraged to consider the implications of these choices.

Billfish
Carpenter seabream
Dageraad seabream
Elf
Englishman seabream
Geelbek
King mackerel
King soldierbream
Kingklip
Kob (dusky)
Kob (squaretail)
Kob, silver
Langoustines
Poenskop
Prawns (deep-water)
Prawns (shallow-water)
Rock lobster (Natal deep-sea)
Rockcods
Roman seabream
Scotsman seabream
Sharks
Skates and rays
Slinger seabream
Snappers and Jobfish
Sole (East coast)
Sole, (west coast)
Steenbras (red)
Stumpnose (red)
Swordfish
Tuna (bigeye)
Tuna, southern bluefin