Something different on the table
But this year my aim is to be less focussed on catching snapper for the table. I love a feed of snapper, but worryingly low stock levels of popular eating fish due to unsustainable commercial fishing practices has got me thinking about what fish I eat.
Tarakihi is one such fish, with east coast stocks at just 16% of virgin biomass when 40% is considered the minimum sustainable level. Snapper is far and away the most accessible catch where I live in Auckland, but it too is under pressure from overharvesting. It is thought snapper stock levels in the Hauraki Gulf are slowly building, but the biomass is still well below where it should be, so it wouldn’t hurt to give snapper a bit of rest.
Most of the fish eaten in New Zealand is caught commercially, with the
