Best Choices
abundant, well-managed and caught or farmed in environmentally friendly ways
Abalone (farmed)
Barramundi (US farmed)
Catfish (US farmed)
Clams, Mussels, Oysters (farmed)
Cod: Pacific (Alaska longline)†
Crab: Dungeness
Halibut: Pacific†
Lobster: Spiny (US)
Pollock (Alaska wild)†
Rockfish: Black (CA, OR)
Sablefish/Black Cod (AL†, BC)
Salmon (Alaska wild)†
Sardines
Scallops: Bay (farmed)
Shrimp: Pink (OR)†
Striped Bass (farmed)
Sturgeon, Caviar (farmed)
Tilapia (US farmed)
Trout: Rainbow (farmed)
Tuna: Albacore (US†, BC troll/pole), Skipjack (troll/pole)
White Seabass
Good Alternatives
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
Basa, Swai (farmed)
Clams, Oysters* (wild)
Cod: Pacific (trawled)
Crab: King (US), Snow, Imitation
Dogfish (BC)*
Flounders, Soles (Pacific)
Lingcod*
Lobster: American/Maine
Mahi Mahi/Dolphinfish (US)
Rockfish (AL, BC hook & line)
Sablefish/Black Code (CA, OR, WA)
Salmon (WA wild)*
Sanddabs: Pacific
Scallops: Sea
Shrimp (US farmed or wild)
Spot Prawn (US)
Squid
Sturgeon (OR, WA wild)*
Swordfish (US longline)*
Tuna: Bigeye, Yellowfin (troll/pole), canned light, canned white/Albacore*
Avoid
for now these items are caught or farmed in ways that harm other marine life or the environment
Chilean Seabass/Toothfish*
Cod: Atlantic
Crab: King (imported)
Dogfish (US)*
Grenadier/Pacific Roughy
Lobster: Spiny (Caribbean imported)
Mahi Mahi/Dolphinfish (imported)
Marlin: Blue*, Striped*
Monkfish
Orange Roughy*
Rockfish (trawled)
Salmon (farmed, including Atlantic)*
Sharks*
Shrimp (imported farm or wild)
Sturgeon*, Caviar (imported wild)
Swordfish (imported)*
Tuna: Albacore, Bigeye, Yellowfin (longline)*, Bluefine*
For more information and a comprehensive list, please visit www.seafoodwatch.org.
* Limit consumption due to concerns about mercury or other contaminants. Visit www.edf.org/seafood.
† Some or all of this fishery is certified as sustainable to the Marine Stewardship Council standard. Visit www.msc.org.