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Master Seafood List Legend: Ocean Wise, Sustainable Seafood Option Master Seafood List Legend: Ocean Wise, sustainable seafood option *only the green options are Ocean Wise recommended options Avoid, unsustainable choice Under review, still gathering information on the fishery Last Updated: February 4 2019 Eco-Certified, refer to the Recommendation to determine if it is Ocean Wise or not Eco- Farmed/ Type Certificatio Recommendation Variety Latin name MSC Fishery Name Harvest Method Region Wild n Abalone, Red, Japanese, Paua/Black, Abalone Ocean Wise Haliotis spp. Farmed Contained Production Systems Worldwide Tokobushi/Small, Perlemoen, Blacklip, Greenlip Ocean Wise Abalone Haliotis spp. Farmed Sea ranching Worldwide Haliotis laevigata, Greenlip, Western Australia Abalone MSC Ocean Wise Haliotis Wild Hand collection Australia Brownlip, Roe's Fishery conicopora, Haliotis roel Engraulis Unassociated purse seine, Anchovy Not Recommended European anchovy Wild Mediterranean Sea, Black Sea encrasicolus Midwater trawl Engraulis South West Atlantic - Argentina, MSC Not Recommended Anchovy Argentine anchovy Wild Midwater trawl anchoita Uraguay Engraulis Cantabrian Sea purse seine MSC Not Recommended European anchovy Wild Purse seine Bay of Biscay: Sub-area VIII encrasicolus anchovy Lophius Bottom Trawl, nephrops trawl, MSC Ocean Wise Anglerfish ISF Iceland anglerfish Wild Iceland Anglerfish piscatorius Danish seine, Longline Lophius MSC Not Recommended Anglerfish ISF Iceland anglerfish Wild Gillnet Iceland piscatorius Gooseneck Pollicipes Barnacle Ocean Wise Wild Hand harvest British Columbia barnacle polymerus Recirculating aquaculture Barramundi Ocean Wise Barramundi Lates calcarifer Farmed US system (RAS) Ocean Wise Barramundi Lates calcarifer Farmed Open net pen Van Phong Bay, Vietnam Not Recommended Barramundi Lates calcarifer Farmed Open net pen Australia, South Pacific Under Review Barramundi Lates calcarifer Wild Gillnet Australia Morone saxatilis Hybrid striped Recirculating aquaculture Bass Ocean Wise x Morone Farmed US bass system (RAS) chrysops Uncovered Pound Nets, Ocean Wise Striped bass Morone saxatilis Wild US Atlantic handlines, pole-and-line Not Recommended Striped bass Morone saxatilis Wild Set Gillnets US Atlantic Atlantic Seabass, Black Sea Black Perch, Centropristis Recirculating aquaculture Ocean Wise Farmed Worldwide Bass Chub, Rock Bass, striata system (RAS) Seabass, Tallywag Atlantic Seabass, Black Perch, Centropristis US Sourthern Mid-Atlantic, US Ocean Wise Wild Trap Chub, Rock Bass, striata Northern Mid Atlantic Seabass, Tallywag Atlantic Seabass, Black Perch, Centropristis Ocean Wise Wild Handline US Mid-Atlantic, US South Atlantic Chub, Rock Bass, striata Seabass, Tallywag aka Atlantic sea Centropristis Not Recommended Wild Bottom trawl US Atlantic bass striata Pomatomus Bluefish Ocean Wise Bluefish Wild Handline, Pole, Troll Northern Atlantic US saltatrix Pomatomus Not Recommended Bluefish Wild Bottom gillnet, Bottom trawl Northern Atlantic US saltatrix Antarctic butterfish, Hyperoglyphe Bottom longline, Bottom trawl, Bluenose Not Recommended Wild New Zealand deepsea trevalla, antarctica Midwater trawl bluenose seabass Smelt, smelt roe, Canada: Gulf of St Lawrence, North Capelin Ocean Wise Mallotus villosus Wild Purse seine masago Atlantic Smelt, smelt roe, Canada: Gulf of St Lawrence, North Not Recommended Mallotus villosus Wild Trap net, Tuck seine masago Atlantic Smelt, smelt roe, Purse seine, Trawls, Pelagic MSC Ocean Wise Mallotus villosus Wild Iceland masago Trawl Carp Ocean Wise Carp roe Cyprinus carpio Wild Trap nets, seine nets US Great Lakes Naturland Ocean Wise Carp Cyprinus carpio Farmed Various Worldwide Ictalurus Catfish Ocean Wise Channel catfish Farmed Pond US punctatus Clarias gariepinus, Recirculating aquaculture Ocean Wise Catfish Ictalurus Farmed Worldwide system (RAS) punctatus, Silurus glanis Ictalurus Not Recommended Channel catfish Farmed Pond, net pen China punctatus Pangasius, basa, sutchi catfish, Pangasiandon Not Recommended Farmed Pond Vietnam Mekong river fish, hypopthalmus striped catfish ASC Ocean Wise Catfish, Pangasius Pangasius spp. Farmed Various Worldwide Naturland Ocean Wise Catfish, Pangasius Pangasius spp. Farmed Various Worldwide Strongylocentrot Sea urchin roe, us Caviar/Roe Ocean Wise red sea urchin roe Wild Diver Canada droebachiensis, , uni S. franciscanus Shortnose Acipenser Recirculating aquaculture Ocean Wise Farmed Canada, New Brunswick sturgeon brevirostrum system (RAS) Acipenser Recirculating aquaculture Ocean Wise White sturgeon Farmed Sechelt, BC transmontanus system (RAS) Acipenser Not Recommended Atlantic sturgeon oxyrinchus Wild Large mesh bottom gillnet Quebec: St Lawrence River oxyrinchus Acipenser Not Recommended Lake sturgeon Wild Large mesh bottom gillnet Quebec: St Lawrence River fulvescens Polyodon Not Recommended Paddlefish Wild Drift gillnet Mississippi, US spathula Shovelnose Scaphirhynchus Not Recommended Wild Drift gillnet Mississippi River, US sturgeon platorhynchus Capelin, Smelt, Not Recommended smelt roe, Mallotus villosus Wild Purse seine; Midwater trawl Canada masago Acipenser Recirculating aquaculture Not Recommended White sturgeon Farmed Columbia River, US transmontanus system (RAS) Salvelinus Char Ocean Wise Arctic char Farmed Flow through system Canada, Iceland, US alpinus Salvelinus Recirculating Aquaculture Ocean Wise Arctic char Farmed Worldwide alpinus Systems (RAS) Salvelinus Ocean Wise Arctic char Wild Weir, Bottom gillnet Canada: Nunavut alpinus Chilean Patagonian Dissostichus Bottom longline; Bottom trawl; Prince Edward and Marion Islands, Not Recommended Wild Seabass toothfish eleginoides Various Chile Patagonian Dissostichus MSC Ocean Wise Macquarie Island toothfish Wild Trawl Macquarie Island toothfish eleginoides Patagonian Dissostichus Heard Island and McDonald MSC Ocean Wise Wild Bottom trawl, Bottom longline Heard Island and McDonald islands toothfish eleginoides Islands (HIMI) toothfish Patagonian Dissostichus MSC Ocean Wise Falkland Island toothfish Wild Longline Falkland Islands toothfish eleginoides Patagonian Dissostichus South Georgia Patagonian MSC Ocean Wise Wild Bottom longline Around the island of South Georgia toothfish eleginoides toothfish longline Patagonian Dissostichus MSC Not Recommended Macquarie Island toothfish Wild Bottom longline Macquarie Island toothfish eleginoides Patagonian Dissostichus Area around the islands of MSC Not Recommended SARPC Toothfish Wild Bottom longline toothfish eleginoides Kerguelen and Crozet Patagonian Dissostichus MSC Not Recommended Ross Sea Toothfish Longline Wild Bottom longline Ross sea toothfish eleginoides Spisula Clams Ocean Wise Atlantic surf clam Wild Hydaulic dredge US Atlantic solidissima Anadara spp., Clams, (Manila, Cyclina spp., Razor & Venus Merceneria spp., Clams, Cockles, Meretrix spp., Dredge, Hand harvest, Hand Ocean Wise Farmed Worldwide Littlenecks, Sinonvacula rake Steamers, Hard spp., Tapes Clams) spp., Venerupis spp. Panopea Ocean Wise Geoduck Farmed On-bottom culture British Columbia, Washington generosa Panopea Ocean Wise Geoduck Wild Stinger British Columbia, Washington generosa Mercenaria Massachusetts, North Carolina, Ocean Wise Hard clam Wild Hand rake, Hand harvest mercenaria Rhode Island Mercenaria Ocean Wise Hard clam Wild Hand rake Atlantic Canada mercenaria Northern quahog Mercenaria Massachusetts, New York, North Ocean Wise Wild Hand rake clam mercenaria Carolina, Rhode Island Ocean Wise Ocean quahog Arctica islandica Wild Hydraulic dredge US Atlantic Washington, Oregon, Quinault Ocean Wise Razor clam Siliqua patula Wild Hand harvest Nation Ocean Wise Razor clam Siliqua patula Wild Hand harvest Alaska & British Columbia Softshell/Steamer s clam (Fryer, Ocean Wise Ipswich & Mya arenaria Wild Hand rake, Hand harvest Maine, Massachusetts Longneck Clams, Steamers) Ocean Wise Softshell clam Mya arenaria Wild Hand rake Atlantic Canada Clearwater Seafoods Mactromeris MSC Ocean Wise Arctic surf clam Banquereau and Grandbanks Wild Hydraulic dredge Banquereau Bank, Grand Banks polynyma Arctic surf clam Spisula Atlantic surf clam US Atlantic Surfclam and MSC Ocean Wise solidissima, Wild Hydraulic dredge US Northeast Atlantic & Ocean quahog Ocean Quahog Arctica islandica Cerastoderma Clams and cockle Fishery MSC Ocean Wise Cockle Wild Hand harvest Ria de Arousa - Spain edule from Ria de Arousa Pullet carpet shell Venerupis Clams and cockle Fishery MSC Ocean Wise Wild Hand harvest Ria de Arousa - Spain clam pullastra from Ria de Arousa Grooved carpet Duditapes Clams and cockle Fishery MSC Ocean Wise Wild Hand harvest Ria de Arousa - Spain shell decussatus from Ria de Arousa Short-necked Ruditapes Clams and cockle Fishery MSC Ocean Wise Wild Hand harvest Ria de Arousa - Spain clam philippinarum from Ria de Arousa Razor clam fishery from Ria MSC Ocean Wise Razor clam Ensis arcuatus Wild Diver Ria de Pontevedra - Spain de Pontevedra ASC Ocean Wise Clams Multiple Species Farmed Various Worldwide Canadian Ocean Wise Clams Multiple Species Farmed Various Canada Organic Food Alliance Ocean Wise Clams Multiple Species Farmed Various Worldwide Shellfish Vietnam Ben Tre clam hand MSC Not Recommended Hard clam Meretrix lyrata Wild Hand harvest Ben Tre Province - Vietnam gathered MSC Ocean Wise Razor shell clam Ensis directus DFA Dutch North Sea ensis Wild Hydraulic dredge Netherlands Ruditapes The Poole Harbour Clam & MSC Not Recommended Manila clam Wild Pump scoop dredge Poole Harbour, England philippinarum Cockle Fishery Venetian Wild Harvested Veneto Marine District (Italy), MSC Not Recommended Striped clam
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