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Complete List of Seafood Eco-RatingsWhich fish are safe for you and the oceans?

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Fish Eco-Best Eco-OK Eco-Worst

Abalone All farmed abalone

Alewife No eco-recommendation, but there is health information.

Anchovies There are no eco-recommendations for this fish.

Arctic Char Char, Arctic

(farmed)

Barramundi

U.S.

Barramundi from

U.S.

Bluefish No eco-recommendation, but there is health information.

Catfish Catfish from U.S. Basa/swai/tra

Caviar Farmed caviar Imported wild caviar

Wild paddlefish caviar

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Wild white sturgeoncaviar from Oregon andWashington

Chilean seabass

All Chilean sea bass

Clams Farmed clams Softshell clam

Wild clams

Cod AK cod caught by

longline U.S. Pacific cod caught

by trawl Atlantic cod

Crab

Dungeness crab

Stone crab

Blue crab Jonah crab

King crab from U.S. Snow crab Southern tanner crab

Imported king crab

Crawfish Crawfish from U.S. Crawfish (imported)

Croaker No eco-recommendation, but there is health information.

Eels No eco-recommendation, but there is health information.

Flounder Flounder/sole from the

Pacific Ocean

Summer flounder

Flounder/sole from theAtlantic Ocean (except

Summer flounder)

Grouper

Black grouper from theU.S. Gulf of Mexico

Red grouper from theU.S. Gulf of Mexico

All grouper except redand black from the U.S.Gulf of Mexico

Haddock U.S. haddock

caught by hook andline

U.S. haddock caught bytrawl

All Icelandic haddock

Hake Red hake Silver hake

White hake

Halibut Pacific halibut

caught in Alaskaand Canada

Greenland turbot California halibut

caught by hook and lineor trawl

Atlantic halibut California halibut

caught by set gillnet




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Herring Atlantic herring

Hoki There are no eco-recommendations for this fish.

Lingcod All lingcod

Lobster Caribbean spiny

lobster from U.S. Spiny lobster

American/Mainelobster

Imported Caribbeanspiny lobster

Mackerel No eco-recommendation, but there is health information.

Mahimahi Mahimahi from

U.S. caught bytroll/pole

Imported mahimahicaught by troll/pole

Mahimahi from U.S.caught by longline

Imported mahimahicaught by longline

Marlin No eco-recommendation, but there is health information.

Monkfish No eco-recommendation, but there is health information.

Mullet Striped mullet

Mussels Farmed mussels

Opah All opah

Orange roughy All orange roughy

Oysters Farmed oysters Wild oysters

Paddlefish Farmed paddlefish Wild paddlefish

Perch, yellow Yellow perch from

Lake Erie

Yellow perch fromLake Huron or Lake

Ontario

Pollock Atlantic pollock

from Norwaycaught by gillnet orpurse seine

Alaska pollock (U.S.) Atlantic pollock from

Canada or the U.S. Atlantic pollock from

Iceland caught bygillnet

Atlantic pollock fromIceland caught byDanish seine or trawl




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Atlantic Pollock fromNorway caught byDanish seine or trawl

Pompano Florida pompano

Rockfish Rockfish caught by

hook and line Rockfish caught by

trawl

Sablefish/BlackCod

Sablefish fromAlaska or Canada

Sablefish fromCalifornia, Oregon orWashington

Salmon Canned salmon Wild salmon from

Alaska

Wild salmon from

Washington Wild salmon fromCalifornia

Wild salmon fromOregon

Farmed or Atlanticsalmon

Sardines Pacific sardines

from U.S.

Scallops Farmed bay

scallops Sea scallops from the

U.S. and Canada

Sea bass, black All black sea bass

Sea Urchin Sea urchin from

Canada Sea urchin from

California Sea urchin from Maine

Seatrout Weakfish

Shad No eco-recommendation, but there is health information.

Shark All shark

Shrimp Pink shrimp from

Oregon Spot prawns from

Canada

Farmed shrimp fromU.S.

Northern shrimp fromU.S. and Canada

Spot prawns from U.S. Wild shrimp from U.S.

Imported shrimp andprawns




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Skate All skate

Smelt There are no eco-recommendations for this fish.

Snapper Mutton snapper Yellowtail snapper

Imported snapper

Red snapper Silk snapper Vermilion snapper

Sole Flounder/sole from the

Pacific Ocean Summer flounder

Flounder/sole from theAtlantic Ocean (exceptSummer flounder)

Squid Longfin squid from

U.S. Squid (excluding U.S.)

Striped bass Farmed striped

bass

Sturgeon

Farmed white sturgeon Wild white sturgeon

from Oregon andWashington

Atlantic sturgeon Imported wild sturgeon

Swordfish Swordfish from U.S. Imported swordfish

Tai snapper New Zealand tai

snapper caught bybottom longline

New Zealand taisnapper caught byDanish seine and bottomtrawl

Tilapia Tilapia from U.S. Tilapia from Latin

America Tilapia from Asia

Tilefish Tilefish from the mid-Atlantic

Tilefish from the Gulf ofMexico/South Atlantic

Trout Farmed rainbow

trout

Tuna Albacore from U.S.

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Yellowfin from theU.S. Atlanticcaught by troll/pole

Blackfin tuna from theAtlantic caught bytroll/pole

Canned light tuna Canned white/albacore Imported

bigeye/yellowfin caughtby troll/pole

Blackfin tuna form theAtlantic caught bylongline or purse seine

Bluefin tuna Imported

bigeye/yellowfin tuna

caught by longline

Wahoo All wahoo

Walleye All walleye

Wolffish No eco-recommendation, but there is health information.

Wreckfish All wreckfish

= Indicates fish high in heart-healthy omega-3 fatty acids and low in environmental contaminants

= Indicates fish high in mercury or PCBs

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