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Did you know that it is legal for seafood shops to sell orange roughy, even though it is a threatened species? Did you know that orange roughy live up to 150 years of age and don't reproduce until they are 25-30 years old?

Have you ever wondered how your scallops are caught or farmed? When you're buying seafood, do you ever feel like you're shopping in the dark because you just can't get the information you're looking for?

Our Seafood Fact pages shine the light on the murky fishing practices beneath the waves.
Anchovies are tan important food source for species like penguins and seals
 

 

 

 
 

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