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BEST CHOICES
Amaebi/Spot Prawn (BC)
Awabi/Abalone (US farmed)
Gindara/Sablefish/Black Cod (AK, BC)
Ikura/Salmon roe (AK wild)
Iwana/Arctic Char (farmed)
Iwashi/Pacific Sardines (US)
Izumidai/Tilapia (US farmed)
Kaki/Oysters (farmed)
Kani/Crab: Dungeness, Stone
Katsuo/Bonito/Skipjack Tuna
(troll/pole)
Masago/Smelt Roe (Iceland)
Mirugai/Giant Clam/Geoduck (wild)
Muurugai/Mussels (farmed)
Sake/Salmon (AK wild)
Sawara/Spanish Mackerel (US)*
Shiro Maguro/Albacore Tuna
(troll/pole, BC and US)
Suzuki/Striped Bass (farmed or wild*)
Uni/Sea Urchin Roe (Canada)
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G O O D A LT E R N A T I V E S AVOID
Amaebi/Spot Prawn (US) Ankimo/Monkfish Liver
Ebi/Shrimp (US, Canada) Ankoh/Monkfish
Gindara/Sablefish/Black Cod Ebi/Shrimp (imported)
(CA, OR or WA) Hamachi/Hiramasa/Yellowtail
Hirame/Karei/Flounders, Soles (imported, farmed)
(Pacific) Hirame/Karei/Flounders, Soles,
Hotate/Sea Scallops Halibut (Atlantic)
Izumidai/Tilapia (Central & South Hon Maguro/Bluefin Tuna*
America farmed) Izumidai/Tilapia (Asia farmed)
Kani/Crab: Blue*, King (US), Snow Kani/Crab: King (imported)
Kanikama/Surimi/Alaska Pollock Kodai/Tai/New Zealand Snapper
Kodai/Tai/New Zealand Snapper (trawled)
(bottom longline) Maguro/Tuna: Bigeye◆ *, Yellowfin◆ *
Maguro/Tuna: Bigeye, Yellowfin Sake/Salmon (farmed, including
(troll/pole) Atlantic)*
Masago/Smelt Roe (Canada) Shiro Maguro/Albacore Tuna
Sake/Salmon (wild, WA* and north of (imported)◆ *
Cape Falcon, OR) Tai/Red Snapper
Shiro Maguro/Albacore Tuna (Hawaii)◆ * Tako/Octopus
Squid Toro/Tuna: Bigeye◆ *, Bluefin*,
Tai/Red Porgy (US) Yellowfin◆ *
Unagi/Freshwater Eel (farmed)
Toro/Tuna: Bigeye, Yellowfin (troll/pole)
Uni/Sea Urchin Roe (CA) Uni/Sea Urchin Roe (Maine)
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Best Choices are abundant, well-
managed and caught or farmed in
environmentally friendly ways.
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.
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Avoid for now as these items
are overfished or caught or farmed
in ways that harm other marine life
or the environment.
Key
AK = Alaska BC = British Columbia
CA = California OR = Oregon
WA = Washington
◆ Indicates longline-caught
* Limit consumption due to concerns
about mercury or other contaminants.
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ENVIRONMENTAL DEFENSE FUND
Seafood may appear in more than one column
oceans.
supporting healthy, abundant
friendly practices, you’re
farmed using environmentally
By purchasing fish caught or
the problem.
farming practices only add to
Destructive fishing and fish
seafood to meet the demand.
import over 80% of our
fished and, in the U.S., we
fish we enjoy eating are over-
many populations of the large
seafood is increasing. Yet
Worldwide, the demand for
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