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October Fish Alert: Avoid These 7 Fish to Prevent Serious Dangers and Protect Marine Life
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News18•01-10-2026, 10:31
October Fish Alert: Avoid These 7 Fish to Prevent Serious Dangers and Protect Marine Life
- •Avoid consuming 7 specific fish species in October as it is their crucial breeding season.
- •Marine biologists Pooja Rathore, Mayuresh Gangal, Chetana Purushottam, and Samuel John advise against eating these fish.
- •Surmai (Kingfish), small Indian sardines, certain lobsters, Indian white shrimp, Wolf Herring, Snakehead, and Silver Pomfret are on the 'do not eat' list for October.
- •Eating these fish during their breeding period disrupts reproduction, depletes fish stocks, and harms marine ecosystems.
- •Conservation groups like 'Know Your Fish India' monitor marine fish life cycles and provide these recommendations to maintain ecological balance.
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Surmai is in its peak breeding season during October, so consuming it disrupts reproduction and harms future fish populations.
Marine conservation organizations advise avoiding Indian white shrimp on India's west coast in October, November, and December, as this period serves as their main breeding season.
The Maharashtra government declared Silver Pomfret the state fish to accelerate specific breeding and ecosystem recovery processes, because consuming them from September through November puts immense pressure on their existence.
