What kind of fish to eat when you go to make dinner, go out to sushi, or to a restaurant? here's a quick cheat-sheet for ya.
The best choices are abundant, well-managed and caught or farmed in environemtnally friendly ways.
Best Choices:
- Spanish Mackerel*
- Prawn
- Black cod
- Pacific halibut
- Bay scallops
- wild Salmon roe
- Arctic char
- Sardine
- Tilapia (US farmed)
- Oysters (farmed)
- Imitation crab (AK pollock)
- Skipjack tuna
- Smelt roe (iceland)
- Giant clam/geoduck (wild)
- murugai/Mussels (Farmed)
- Salkmon (AK Wild)
- Albacore Tuna
- Striped Bass (farmed or wild)*
- Sea urchin roe
Good Alternatives: these are a great option, but there are concerns with how they're caught or farmed or with the health of their habitat due to other human impacts.
- Spot prawn (US)
- Shrimp (US, farmed or wild)
- Black Cod (CA, OR, WA)
- Yellowtail (US Farmed)
- Flounders, SOles (Pacific)
- Sea scallops (Canada, US)
- Blue Crab*, King (US, Snow
- Imitation Crab (except AK pollock)
- Skipjack tuna (Hawaii)
- Tuna: Bigeye, Yellowfin (troll/pole)
- Smelt row (Canada)
- Salmon (WA wild)*
- Albacore Tuna (Hawaii)*
- Sea Urchin Roe (CA)
AVOID:
Avoid for now as these items are caught or farmed in ways that harm other marine life or the environment.
- Monkfish liver
- Monkfish
- Shrimp
- Yellowtail (Australia or Japan, farmed)
- Halibut, Soles, Flounder (Atlantic)
- Bluefin Tuna*
- Salmon Roe (farmed, including Atlantic)
- Crab:King (imported)
- Tuna:Bigeye*, yellowfin*
- Salmon (farmed, including Atlantic*)
- Albacore tuna (imported)*
- Red snapper
- Octopus
- Bluefine, Bigeye and yellowfin Tuna*
- Freshwater eel
- Sea urchin roe (Maine)
*Limit consumption due to concerns about mercury or other chemicals.
Make Choices for Healthy Oceans
You Have the Power! Your consumer choices make a difference. Buy seafood from the "best choices" list to support those fisheries and fish farms that are healthier for ocean wildlife and the environment.
