More and more people are choosing seafood because it's seen as a healthy food choice. But the burgeoning demand comes at a price: some of our most prized fish species are fast depleting. According to the UN Food and Agriculture Organisation, 75% of commercial fish stocks are fully- or over-exploited.

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Choose fish species that aren't in danger of extinction next time you're in the supermarket or restaurant. These include: anchovy, angelfish, bluefish, blueskin, blue hottentot, butterfish, chub mackerel, dorado, gurnard, hake, harder, horse mackerel, hottentot, jacopever, John Dory, monkfish, mussels, octopus, oysters, panga, queen mackerel, sand soldier, santer, sardine, snoek, south coast rock lobster, squid, steentjie, tuna (all except bluefin tuna), west coast rock lobster, white stumpnose and yellowtail.

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