Steve Pope wrote:

> Blinky the Shark > wrote:
>
>>Nancy Young wrote:
>
>>> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orange_roughy
>
>>I've been looking up orange roughys until I'm blue in the face; I'll
>>assume that that's like all the others, which warn of a predicament for
>>the species without using the established term "endangered".
>
> It's on the "avoid" list at Seafood Watch:
>
> http://www.montereybayaquarium.org/c...et.aspx?fid=54

Yes, that's been linked.

> Nancy's link shows that its conservation status is at the "vulnerable"
> level of "threatened", which is one step below endangered.

Right.

> See also:
>
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conservation_status
>
> for a definition of conservation status.

I didn't know there were two levels of "endangered". Thanks for that
link. Here's a recap of all the levels, in order:

Extinction
Extinct
Extinct in the Wild

Threatened
Critically Endangered
Endangered
Vulnerable
Threatened

Lower risk
Conservation Dependent
Near Threatened
Least Concern


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