Fish4Life
Choose seafood responsibly - help protect our seas!
Overview
Fish4Life is a guide to sustainable fish consumption in Greece and across the Mediterranean. It aims to provide the public with clear, accessible information on which seafood is sustainable to consume and when. The platform offers detailed information on the status of each species (e.g. whether it is illegal or sustainable to consume), as well as its breeding season, during which consumption should be avoided.
It also provides guidance on the minimum legal size in Greece—the size below which it is illegal to catch or consume a species—as well as the minimum sustainable size, which reflects the recommended size for consumption based on reproductive maturity, allowing species to regenerate. In Greece, in many cases this can differ greatly from the legal limit.
Everyone can help combat overfishing by making responsible and health-conscious seafood choices. To protect future fish stocks, it is important to avoid consuming rapidly declining species and those caught using harmful or illegal methods such as spearfishing, drift nets, dynamite fishing, and other destructive practices. Instead, consumers are encouraged to choose seafood caught using more sustainable methods, such as traps or pole fishing.
Unfortunately, several species that are illegal to catch or consume can still be found on the Greek market and restaurants. Fish4Life helps you avoid these species and encourages you to report them when encountered.
Eat well & responsibly
Good to consume
Enjoy your meal but respect sustainable sizes and breeding seasons
Good choice – Consumption of this species is currently considered sustainable
Alien / Invasive – This species is not from this region and can have a negative impact on the ecosystem and threaten local biodiversity, so it is sustainable to eat
Choose carefully
Only consume when minimum sizes and breeding seasons are respected
Think before you eat – This species faces increasing pressures and should only be consumed responsibly
Fishstocks – Declining due to overexploitation
Do not consume
Absolutely avoid purchasing or consuming these species
Bad choice –Consumption of this species is unsustainable
Health concerns –Can accumulate dangerously high levels of toxic substances harmful to health
Fishstocks – Declining due to overexploitation
Illegal species – Fishing, selling and consumption of this species is illegal
Eat well & responsibly
Sustainable species – Enjoy your meal and respect sustainable sizes and breeding seasons.
Stocks are highly exploited
Consume responsibly – With this species it is imperative to always respect sustainable sizes and breeding seasons.
Illegal and/or overexploited species – Consumption of this species should absolutely
be avoided
Good choice
Consumption of this species is currently considered sustainable
Fishstocks
Declining due to overexploitation
Illegal species
Fishing, selling and consumption of this species is illegal
Invasive / Native
text for invasive – native
Can accumulate dangerously high levels of toxic substances detrimental to health
Consumption should be avoided, especially by pregnant and breastfeeding women as well as children and other sensitive groups.
