In article .net>,
Blinky the Shark > wrote:

> Miche wrote:
>
> > In article .net>,
> > Blinky the Shark > wrote:
> >
> >> Bob Terwilliger wrote:
> >>
> >> > Lou wrote:
> >> >
> >> >> I've got orange roughy thawing for dinner and I think I'd like
> >> >> to deep fry them and make hush puppies.
> >> >
> >> > I'm not generally a tree-hugger and I rarely get preachy, but were you
> >> > aware
> >> > that orange roughy is endangered?
> >>
> >> Is there a "best source" you can provide for a list of endengered species?
> >> What organization is actually the final authority on these? Or can
> >> anybody that loves chihuahuas put up a website about their "endangered"
> >> status and if enough people believe...really believe...they (the
> >> chihuahuas!) will become so?
> >
> > Here's the New Zealand list:
> >
> > http://www.forestandbird.org.nz/best...cies/index.asp
>
> Thanks, Miche.
>
> It's interesting that while they rank it as one of the worst fish to use,
> their warnings don't contain the word "endangered".

That's because "endangered" has a very specific meaning. The Forest and
Bird list talks about how close to sustainability the fishery is.
Notice there are no green (fully sustainable) fisheries in NZ waters.

Miche

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