But how much do you know about your favourite fish?

INDISCRIMINATE FISHING has left over three quarters of the world’s commercial fish species either overexploited or fully depleted – including cod, tuna, halibut and swordfish – and in South Africa the situation is no less grave. What was once seen as an answer to the world’s food crisis, is now being carelessly frittered away. Some marine habitats are so damaged by fishing that many species are unable to replenish their stocks to previous levels, and many other species like dolphins, turtles and birds – the unfortunate bystanders – are incidentally killed, if not red listed, in the process.