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Orange roughy

Orange roughy
Recommended servings per month
Contaminant | Men | Women | Kids 6-12 | Kids 0-5 | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Orange roughy | Mercury | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
Eco details:
- Orange roughy mature at a very slow rate and live extremely long lives. Intensive exploitation in past decades has greatly decreased populations.
- Management in New Zealand and Australia is good, but unregulated landings by other countries continue.