Switch the Fish & find what’s right for your dish

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* Australian Salmon are an oily, schooling species of fish found in coastal waters throughout southern Australia. They are well known to recreational beach fishers. They are related to Australian Herring (Tommy Ruff), rather than the orange-fleshed Atlantic Salmon. Do not confuse them with Australian-grown Atlantic Salmon, which is grown in Open-Pen Sea Cages in Tasmania. ** Snapper from Port Phillip Bay, Victoria, has been found to be sustainable by the Australian Conservation Foundation’s Sustainable Australian Seafood Assessment Program. Other stocks may be overfished. Two common species well loved by most Australian’s are Barramundi and cage aquaculture, has been identified as Snapper. Both are tricky, so we thought sustainable by the Sustainable Australian ability. we better have a closer look at them. Seafood Assessment Program (SASAP) Sustain due to its best practice management and

Snapper low environmental impact. o Snapper is caught by a range of fishing Decide what sits best with you methods throughout Australia, from the south of Qld right around to central WA. The different guides out there serve It is also imported from NZ. Most have different purposes and have varying

It’s been overfished in the past, and they core values at the heart of their o are in various states of recovery. The recommendations. It is the task of you as Victorian stock is currently the healthiest a consumer to find a group whose values and was accredited as sustainable by align with your own. the Sustainable Australian Seafood ... Choosing sustainable seafood isn’t black ted Assessment Program (SASAP) in 2011. ica and white, but it doesn’t have to be a mpl Co stressful experience either. Barramundi You may want to consider the origin of The Barramundi available to us in Australia what you purchase, and how it was fished ‘Sustainability’ is a very hard thing to define, comes from a range of sources. It may be or farmed. If in doubt, start by supporting especially when it relates to seafood. There imported farmed product, local wild, or Australian producers and go from there. are many different factors that need to be local farmed. So how are we to decide Never be afraid to ask questions, it’s the assessed, such as a species’ total biomass, which Barramundi we should be eating? only way seafood suppliers, retailers and breeding habits and migration routes, as The AMCS recommends that consumers the hospitality industry will know what well as the effects of fishing pressure on ‘Say No’ to imported farmed Barra as well their customers want. the broader ecosystem. And that’s just wild as local product that is the result of sea fisheries… Aquaculture is another kettle cage aquaculture, while advising that For more information on how to find, of fish entirely! No wonder that different you ‘Think Twice’ about local fish from choose and cook sustainable seafood, groups and individuals sometimes come the wild or land-based farms. However, check out goodfishbadfish.com.au to different conclusions about what is Cone Bay Barramundi, a product of sea sustainable and what isn’t.