Fish Species: Ratings

Our seas are filled with a variety of fish, all of which have their own unique biology, breeding habits and life-cycles. Learning more about the fish you put in your mouth, and the methods fishers employ to catch these fish will help you become a better consumer.

Key

- best choice - good choice ok choice - bad choice

Fish species

Albacore Tuna
Alfonsino
Anchovy
Arrow Squid
Barracouta
Bigeye Tuna
Black Cardinalfish
Blue Cod
Blue Mackerel
Blue Moki
Bluenose
Blue Shark
Blue Warehou
Butterfish/Greenbone
Cockles
Dark Ghost Shark
Eels
Elephant Fish
Flatfish
Frostfish
Garfish
Gemfish
Grey Mullet
Groper
Hake
Hoki
Jack Mackerel
John Dory
Kahawai
Kina
Kingfish
Leatherjacket/Creamfish
Ling
Lookdown Dory
Mako Shark
Moonfish

Orange Roughy

Oreos/Deepwater Dory

Oysters - Bluff/Nelson

Pacific Bluefin Tuna

Packhorse Lobster/Crayfish

Paddle Crabs

Pale Ghost Shark

Paua

Pilchard

Porbeagle Shark

Queen Scallops

Red Cod

Red Gurnard

Red Snapper

Ribaldo

Rig Shark/Lemonfish

Rock Lobster/Crayfish

Rubyfish

Scallops

Scampi

School shark

Sea perch

Silver Warehou

Skates

Skipjack Tuna

Snapper

Southern bluefin tuna

Southern Blue Whiting

Spiny Dogfish

Sprats

Stargazer/Monkfish

Swordfish

Tarakihi

Trevally

Trumpeter

White Warehou

Yellow-eyed Mullet

Yellow Fin Tuna