Knowing what you should and shouldn’t be buying when it comes to seafood can be confusing. Conflicting reports on things you should and shouldn’t eat, what you should maybe be eating, the list changes depending on the country (fishing practices, over fishing, what’s available)…Here is a simple guide to what you should and definitely should not be eating:

No

Atlantic Salmon
Barramundi (sea caged)
Blue Warhou
Broadbill Swordfish
Commercial Scallop
Deepsea Perch
Eastern Gemfish
Flake
Gemfish
Hake
Kingfish
Mulloway
Ocean Trout
Orange Roughy
Oreo
Redfish
Shark (flake)
Silver Trevally
Snapper (pink)
Southern Blue-fin Tuna
Swordfish
Yellow-tail Kingfish

Yes

Abalone
Australian Salmon
Blue Mussel
Blue Swimmer Crab
Bream
Calamari
Crayfish
Cuttlefish
Flathead
King George Whiting
Leatherjacket
Mullet
Mulloway – wild fishery
Octopus
Oysters
Squid
Trevally
Western Rock Lobster
Yellow-tail Kingfish

For more information visit www.amcs.org.au

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