Fishing Season

Because fishes breed at different times of the year. Make the switch and choose alternative seafood while your favorite fishes breed. Help them breed and survive so that you can continue to eat your favorite seafood treats year after year. See below for alternate seafood options this month. Eat the right fish!

Season Calendar 2023

Safe to eat!
Catch from the West Coast of India

Engraved Catfish

Engraved Catfish
ALSO KNOWN AS
Malayalam: Kelithi
Kannada: Galiyi
RECOMMENDED SIZE
30 cm

BREEDING SEASON
Mar, Apr, May, Jun, Jul, Aug
DESCRIPTION
This catfish regularly migrates between freshwater and the sea. It's spines can sting and should be handled with care.

Pickhandle Barracuda

Pickhandle Barracuda
ALSO KNOWN AS
Malayalam: Cheelahoo
Kannada: Kandai
Gujarati: Bhungar
Marathi: Badri,
RECOMMENDED SIZE
> 55 cm

BREEDING SEASON
Apr, May, Jun Jul
DESCRIPTION
It is best to avoid eating these ferocious, opportunistic predators who hunt solitarily. As a result of being on top of the food chain however, they concentrate toxins in their body and some barracudas have been known to cause food poisoning.

Black Pomfret

Black Pomfret
ALSO KNOWN AS
Malayalam: Karuvoli
Kannada: Thondrotte
Gujarati: Halwa
Marathi: Halwa
RECOMMENDED SIZE
> 22 cm

BREEDING SEASON
Jun, Jul, Aug, Sep
DESCRIPTION
Adults live along the coast with muddy substrate. They feed near the bottom during daytime and near the surface at night.

Indian Halibut

Indian Halibut
ALSO KNOWN AS
Gujarati: Dataro
Marathi: Box Lep
RECOMMENDED SIZE
> 39 cm

BREEDING SEASON
Sep, Oct
DESCRIPTION
This oval shaped flatfish has both eyes on one side of its body. It lives in sandy bottoms and hence is targetted using the destructive fishing technique of bottom trawling. Usually brown or grey coloured, sometimes with 4 dark cross bars.

Torpedo Scad

Torpedo Scad
ALSO KNOWN AS
Malayalam: Para
Kannada: Gondiu
Gujarati: Pira Bangda
Marathi: Pivla Bangda
RECOMMENDED SIZE
> 22 cm

BREEDING SEASON
Mar, Apr, May, Jun, Jul
DESCRIPTION
This predatory fish is found in schools, near the surface of the water column. It is often caught far offshore and prefers warm water.

Croaker

Croakers
ALSO KNOWN AS
Malayalam: Kora
Kannada: Goli, Kuddali
Gujarati: Dhoma
Marathi: Dhoma
RECOMMENDED SIZE
> 23 cm

BREEDING SEASON
Jul, Aug, Sep, Oct
DESCRIPTION
These fish live in the sea and spawn in estuaries. Their swim bladders are used by the Chinese for surgical sutures.

Lesser Tigertooth Croaker

Lesser Tigertooth Croaker
ALSO KNOWN AS
Malayalam: Kora
Kannada: Goli, Kuddali
Gujarati: Dhoma
Marathi: Dhoma
RECOMMENDED SIZE
> 22 cm

BREEDING SEASON
Apr, May, Jun, Jul
DESCRIPTION
This is a strictly marine croaker, which is carnivorous and feeds mainly on crustaceans.