P O C K E T BEST CHOICES

SEAFOOD Abalone (farmed) Scallops, bay (farmed)

SELECTOR


Barramundi (U.S.)
Catfish (U.S.)
Caviar/sturgeon (farmed)



Shrimp, pink (Oregon)
Shrimp (U.S. farmed)
Spot prawn (Canada)
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Char, Arctic (farmed)
Clams (farmed)


Squid, longfin (U.S.)
Striped bass (farmed)
Tilapia (U.S.)
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Clams, softshell
Cod, Pacific (bottom longline) Trout, rainbow (farmed)
Crab, Dungeness Tuna, albacore (Canada, U.S.)
Crab, stone Tuna, skipjack (pole/troll)
Crawfish (U.S.) Tuna, yellowfin (U.S. pole/troll)
Halibut, Pacific Wreckfish
Lobster, spiny (Australia, Baja, U.S.)
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Mackerel, Atlantic
Mahimahi (U.S. pole/troll)
Fish choices that are good
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Mullet (U.S.)
Mussels (farmed) Indicates fish high in heart-healthy
for you and the ocean
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Oysters (farmed)
Pollock, Alaska
omega-3s and low in contaminants.

• Sablefish/black cod (Alaska,

   Canada)
www.edf.org/seafood

•• Salmon (Alaska wild)

Salmon, canned pink/sockeye
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Cover image: “Endangered Ocean”
Sardines (U.S.) ©2008 www.marianosher.com
The same kind of fish may appear on
more than one list of choices, depending
OK CHOICES WORST CHOICES
on where it comes from, whether it was
caught or farmed, and the type of fishing
Basa/swai/tra/Vietnamese catfish Caviar/sturgeon (imported wild)
gear used. To learn more about choosing
ocean-friendly fish, visit


Clams (wild)
Cod, Pacific (trawl)
• Chilean seabass

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Cod, Atlantic
Crab, blue Crab, king (imported)
www.edf.org/seafood Crab, king (U.S.) Crawfish (China)
Crab, snow/tanner Flounder/sole (Atlantic)


Flounder/sole (Pacific)
Haddock (hook-and-line)
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Grouper
Haddock (trawl)
Herring, Atlantic Halibut, Atlantic
Lobster, American/Maine Mahimahi (imported longline)
Mahimahi (U.S. longline)
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Monkfish

Oysters (wild)
Sablefish/black cod (CA, OR, WA)
• Orange roughy

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Rockfish (Pacific trawl)

Salmon (Washington wild)
Scallops, sea (Canada, U.S.)
•• Salmon, farmed or Atlantic
Shark
This guide is produced in col­labora­tion Shrimp (U.S. wild) Shrimp/prawns (imported)
with the Monterey Bay Aquarium. Shrimp, northern (Canada, U.S.) Skate
Squid (except U.S. longfin)
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Snapper, red or imported
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www.seafoodwatch.org
Swordfish (U.S.) Swordfish (imported)
Tilapia (Latin America) Tilapia (Asia)
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Updated: 07/01/2009
Tuna, yellowfin (U.S. longline) Tuna, bigeye (longline)
Tuna, canned light Tuna, yellowfin (imported longline)
©2009 Environmental Defense Fund
• Tuna, canned white/albacore • Tuna, bluefin

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Printed on recycled paper (30% postconsumer),
processed chlorine-free.  Indicates fish high in mercury or PCBs.