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14 Fish You Should Consider Never Eating
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1. Atlantic Cod
The problem with Atlantic cod has less to do with your health, and everything to do with the environment and the fish population. Atlantic cod has been fished heavily for a thousand years, and in the late 1990s, the fishery collapsed. Fishing for Atlantic cod has been dramatically reduced since then, but the species has struggled to rebound. Scientists agree that the collapse of the fishery has fundamentally changed the North Atlantic food web, and the species is now considered vulnerable to extinction [3].
2. Atlantic Flatfish (halibut, flounder, and sole)
This is another case of overfishing and general waste. Commercial fisheries have what is referred to as “wasted bycatch”, which is when a fish or other marine species are caught unintentionally while catching other fish. US fisheries throw about 2 billion lbs of wasted bycatch overboard every year. This is equivalent to about half a billion meals! The California gillnet fishery, which targets halibut, has been identified as one of the worst, and if you’ve eaten halibut in the US it likely came from this operation [4].
3. Caviar
Caviar are the eggs of the Beluga Sturgeon, an ancient fish that can live for one hundred years. Its eggs are highly sought after and can be sold for thousands of dollars a pound. Because of this, this special fish is now highly vulnerable to extinction [5]. The same goes for many other types of Sturgeon as well.
4. Chilean Bass
In terms of the environment, this is another species that has been highly over-fished. In addition to that, its high mercury content poses a health risk to humans [6].
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