You Have the Power
Your consumer choices make a difference. Buy seafood from the green or yellow columns to support those fisheries and fish farms that are healthier for ocean wildlife and the environment.
The seafood in this guide may occur in more than one column based on how it is caught, where it is from, etc. Please read all columns and be sure to check labels or ask questions when shopping or eating out.
• Where is the seafood from?
• Is it farmed or wild-caught?
• How was it caught? If you’re not sure, choose something else from the green or yellow columns.
Best Choices are abundant, wellmanaged and caught or farmed in environmentally friendly ways.
Barramundi (US farmed)
Catfish (US farmed)
Clams (farmed)
Cod: Pacific (Alaska longline)
Crab: Dungeness, Stone
Halibut: Pacific
Herring: Atlantic/Sardines
Lobster: Spiny (Pacific Baja wild)
Mussels (farmed)
Oysters (farmed)
Pollock (Alaska wild)
Salmon (Alaska wild)
Scallops: Bay (farmed)
Striped Bass (farmed)
Sturgeon, Caviar (farmed)
Tilapia (US farmed)
Trout: Rainbow (US farmed)
Tuna: Albacore (US , British Columbia
troll/pole)
Tuna: Skipjack (troll/pole)
Good Alternatives
are an option, but there are concerns with how they’re caught or farmed—or with the health of their habitat due to other human impacts.
Clams (wild)
Crab: Blue*, King (US), Snow
Crab: Imitation/Surimi
Flounders, Soles (Pacific)
Lobster: American/Maine
Mahi mahi/Dolphinfish (US)
Octopus (Gulf of California)
Oysters (wild)*
Scallops: Sea (Canada and Northeast)
Shrimp (US farmed or wild)
Squid: Jumbo (Gulf of California)
Swordfish (US longline)*
Tuna: Bigeye, Yellowfin (troll/pole)
Tuna: canned light, canned
white/Albacore
Avoid
for now as these items are caught or farmed in ways that harm other marine life or the environment.
Chilean Seabass/Toothfish*
Cod: Atlantic
Corvina (Gulf of California)
Crab: King (imported)
Flounders, Soles (Atlantic)
Groupers*
Lobster: Spiny (Caribbean imported)
Mahi mahi/Dolphinfish (imported)
Monkfish
Orange Roughy*
Rockfish
Salmon (farmed, including Atlantic)*
Sea Turtles
Scallops: Sea (Mid-Atlantic)
Sharks*
Shrimp (imported farmed or wild)
Snapper: Red
Sturgeon*, Caviar (imported wild)
Swordfish (imported)*
Totoaba (Gulf of California)
Tuna: Albacore, Bigeye, Yellowfin
(longline)*
Tuna: Bluefin*
Key
Mid-Atlantic = North Carolina to New York Northeast = Connecticut to Maine Unless specified as from the Gulf of California, these are general species recommendations. * = Limit consumption due to concerns about mercury or other contaminants. Visit www.oceansalive.org/eat.cfm Some or all of this fishery is certified as sustainable to the Marine Stewardship Council standard. Visit www.msc.org
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