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New Ratings

Species Scientific Name Location Method Rating Justification

U.S. - Western Atlantic Spanish mackerel caught in the U.S. Atlantic with drift gillnets is rated a Mackerel, Scomberomorus GOOD Central Atlantic Drift gillnets Good Alternative due to a red Other Species score, a yellow Management score Atlantic Spanish maculatus ALTERNATIVE Ocean and green Target Species and Habitat scores.

U.S. - Western Gillnets and Atlantic Spanish mackerel caught in the U.S. Atlantic with gillnets and entangling Mackerel, Scomberomorus GOOD Central Atlantic entangling nets nets is rated a Good Alternative due to a red Other Species score, yellow Atlantic Spanish maculatus ALTERNATIVE Ocean (unspecified) Management and Habitat scores and a green Target Species score.

U.S. - Western Gillnets and Atlantic Spanish mackerel caught in the U.S. Gulf of Mexico with gillnets and Mackerel, Scomberomorus Central Atlantic GOOD entangling nets entangling nets is rated a Good Alternative due to a red Other Species score, Atlantic Spanish maculatus Ocean: Gulf of ALTERNATIVE (unspecified) yellow Management and Habitat scores and a green Target Species score. Mexico

U.S. - Western Gillnets and King mackerel caught in the U.S. Atlantic with gillnets and entangling nets is rated Scomberomorus GOOD Mackerel, King Central Atlantic entangling nets a Good Alternative due to a red Other Species score, yellow Management and cavalla ALTERNATIVE Ocean (unspecified) Habitat scores and a green Target Species score.

U.S. - Western King mackerel caught in the U.S. Gulf of Mexico with cast nets is rated a Best Scomberomorus Central Atlantic BEST Mackerel, King Cast nets Choice due to green Target Species and Habitat scores and yellow Other Species cavalla Ocean: Gulf of CHOICE and Management scores. Mexico

Updated Ratings

Species Scientific Name Location Method Previous Rating Updated Rating Justification

Mediterranean and European anchovy caught in the Adriatic Sea with midwater Anchovy, Engraulis Midwater GOOD Black Sea: Adriatic AVOID trawls has been downgraded to an Avoid due to red Target European encrasicolus trawls ALTERNATIVE Sea Species, Other Species and Management scores.

Species Scientific Name Location Method Previous Rating Updated Rating Justification

Mediterranean and European anchovy caught in the Adriatic Sea with purse Anchovy, Engraulis GOOD Black Sea: Adriatic Purse seines AVOID seines has been downgraded to an Avoid due to red Target European encrasicolus ALTERNATIVE Sea Species, Other Species and Management scores.

The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Black seabream caught by U.K. fleets in the English Channel Handlines and Bream, Spondylisosoma Northern Ireland - GOOD with handlines and hand-operated pole and lines has been hand-operated AVOID Black Seabream cantharus Northeast Atlantic ALTERNATIVE downgraded to an Avoid due to red Other Species and pole and lines Ocean: Management scores. English Channel

The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Black seabream caught by U.K. fleets in the English Channel Bream, Spondylisosoma Northern Ireland - GOOD Set gillnets AVOID with set gillnets has been downgraded to an Avoid due to Black Seabream cantharus Northeast Atlantic ALTERNATIVE red Other Species and Management scores. Ocean: English Channel

Norway lobster caught in Kattegat Bay with bottom trawls Nephrops Northeast Atlantic GOOD Lobster, Norway Bottom trawls AVOID has been downgraded to an Avoid due to red Other Species norvegicus Ocean: Kattegat Bay ALTERNATIVE and Management scores.

Norway lobster caught in Kattegat Bay with traps (called Nephrops Northeast Atlantic GOOD Lobster, Norway Traps AVOID “creels”) has been downgraded to an Avoid due to red norvegicus Ocean: Kattegat Bay ALTERNATIVE Other Species and Management scores.

Atlantic Spanish mackerel caught in the U.S. Atlantic with U.S. - Western Mackerel, Scomberomorus BEST BEST cast nets remains a Best Choice due to yellow Other Species Central Atlantic Cast nets Atlantic Spanish maculatus CHOICE CHOICE and Management scores and green Target Species and Ocean Habitat scores.

Atlantic Spanish mackerel caught in the U.S. Atlantic with U.S. - Western encircling gillnets has been downgraded to a Good Mackerel, Scomberomorus Encircling BEST GOOD Central Atlantic Alternative due to a red Other Species score, a yellow Atlantic Spanish maculatus gillnets CHOICE ALTERNATIVE Ocean Management score and green Target Species and Habitat scores.

Species Scientific Name Location Method Previous Rating Updated Rating Justification

Atlantic Spanish mackerel caught in the U.S. Atlantic with U.S. - Western Handlines and handlines and hand-operated pole-and-lines has been Mackerel, Scomberomorus BEST GOOD Central Atlantic hand-operated downgraded to a Good Alternative due to a red Other Atlantic Spanish maculatus CHOICE ALTERNATIVE Ocean pole-and-lines Species score, a yellow Management score and green Target Species and Habitat scores.

Atlantic Spanish mackerel caught in the U.S. Gulf of Mexico U.S. - Western with encircling gillnets has been downgraded to a Good Mackerel, Scomberomorus Central Atlantic Encircling BEST GOOD Alternative due to a red Other Species score, a yellow Atlantic Spanish maculatus Ocean: Gulf of gillnets CHOICE ALTERNATIVE Management score and green Target Species and Habitat Mexico scores.

Atlantic Spanish mackerel caught in the U.S. Gulf of Mexico U.S. - Western Handlines and with handlines and hand-operated pole-and-lines remains a Mackerel, Scomberomorus Central Atlantic GOOD GOOD hand-operated Good Alternative due to a red Other Species score, a yellow Atlantic Spanish maculatus Ocean: Gulf of ALTERNATIVE ALTERNATIVE pole-and-lines Management score and green Target Species and Habitat Mexico scores.

King mackerel caught in the U.S. Atlantic with handlines and U.S. - Western Handlines and hand-operated pole-and-lines has been downgraded to a Scomberomorus BEST GOOD Mackerel, King Central Atlantic hand-operated Good Alternative due to a red Other Species score, a cavalla CHOICE ALTERNATIVE Ocean pole-and-lines yellow Management score and green Target Species and Habitat scores.

King mackerel caught in the U.S. Atlantic with trolling lines U.S. - Western Scomberomorus BEST GOOD has been downgraded to a Good Alternative due to a Mackerel, King Central Atlantic Trolling lines cavalla CHOICE ALTERNATIVE red Other Species score, yellow Management and Habitat Ocean scores and a green Target Species score.

King mackerel caught in the U.S. Gulf of Mexico with U.S. - Western encircling gillnets has been downgraded to a Good Scomberomorus Central Atlantic Encircling BEST GOOD Mackerel, King Alternative due to a red Other Species score, a yellow cavalla Ocean: Gulf of gillnets CHOICE ALTERNATIVE Management score and green Target Species and Habitat Mexico scores.

Species Scientific Name Location Method Previous Rating Updated Rating Justification

King mackerel caught in the U.S. Gulf of Mexico with U.S. - Western Handlines and handlines and hand-operated pole-and-lines remains a Good Scomberomorus Central Atlantic GOOD GOOD Mackerel, King hand-operated Alternative due to a red Other Species score, a cavalla Ocean: Gulf of ALTERNATIVE ALTERNATIVE pole-and-lines yellow Management score and green Target Species and Mexico Habitat scores.

Black marlin caught in the North Pacific with drifting Drifting Marlin, Black Istiompax indica North Pacific Ocean AVOID AVOID longlines remains an Avoid due to red Other Species and longlines Management scores.

Black marlin caught in the South Pacific with drifting Drifting Marlin, Black Istiompax indica South Pacific Ocean AVOID AVOID longlines remains an Avoid due to red Other Species and longlines Management scores.

Black marlin caught in the Western and Central Pacific with Western and Central Drifting Marlin, Black Istiompax indica AVOID AVOID drifting longlines remains an Avoid due to red Other Species Pacific Ocean longlines and Management scores.

Blue marlin caught in the North Pacific with drifting longlines Drifting Marlin, Blue Makaira nigricans North Pacific Ocean AVOID AVOID remains an Avoid due to red Other Species and Management longlines scores.

Blue marlin caught in the South Pacific with drifting longlines Drifting Marlin, Blue Makaira nigricans South Pacific Ocean AVOID AVOID remains an Avoid due to red Other Species and Management longlines scores.

Blue marlin caught in the Western and Central Pacific with Western and Central Drifting Marlin, Blue Makaira nigricans AVOID AVOID drifting longlines remains an Avoid due to red Other Species Pacific Ocean longlines and Management scores.

Striped marlin caught in the North Pacific with drifting Drifting Marlin, Striped Kajikia audax North Pacific Ocean AVOID AVOID longlines remains an Avoid due to red Target Species, Other longlines Species and Management scores.

Species Scientific Name Location Method Previous Rating Updated Rating Justification

Striped marlin caught in the South Pacific with drifting Drifting Marlin, Striped Kajikia audax South Pacific Ocean AVOID AVOID longlines remains an Avoid due to red Target Species, Other longlines Species and Management scores.

Striped marlin caught in the Western and Central Pacific with Western and Central Drifting Marlin, Striped Kajikia audax AVOID AVOID drifting longlines remains an Avoid due to red Target Pacific Ocean longlines Species, Other Species and Management scores.

Opah caught in the North Pacific with drifting longlines Drifting Opah Lampris guttatus North Pacific Ocean AVOID AVOID remains an Avoid due to red Other Species and Management longlines scores.

Opah caught in the South Pacific with drifting longlines Drifting Opah Lampris guttatus South Pacific Ocean AVOID AVOID remains an Avoid due to red Other Species and Management longlines scores.

Opah caught in the Western and Central Pacific with drifting Western and Central Drifting Opah Lampris guttatus AVOID AVOID longlines remains an Avoid due to red Other Species and Pacific Ocean longlines Management scores.

Blue shark caught in the North Pacific with drifting longlines Drifting Shark, Blue Prionace glauca North Pacific Ocean AVOID AVOID remains an Avoid due to red Other Species and Management longlines scores.

Blue shark caught in the South Pacific with drifting longlines Drifting Shark, Blue Prionace glauca South Pacific Ocean AVOID AVOID remains an Avoid due to red Target Species, Other Species longlines and Management scores.

Shortfin mako shark caught in the North Pacific with drifting Shark, Drifting Isurus oxyrinchus North Pacific Ocean AVOID AVOID longlines remains an Avoid due to red Other Species and Shortfin Mako longlines Management scores.

Shortfin mako shark caught in the South Pacific with drifting Shark, Drifting Isurus oxyrinchus South Pacific Ocean AVOID AVOID longlines remains an Avoid due to red Target Species, Other Shortfin Mako longlines Species and Management scores.

Species Scientific Name Location Method Previous Rating Updated Rating Justification

Shortfin mako shark caught in the Western and Central Shark, Western and Central Drifting Isurus oxyrinchus AVOID AVOID Pacific with drifting longlines remains an Avoid due to red Shortfin Mako Pacific Ocean longlines Other Species and Management scores.

Crimson jobfish snapper caught in Hawaii with handlines and Handlines and Snapper, Pristipomoides U.S. - Hawaii, Eastern GOOD BEST hand-operated pole-and-lines has been upgraded to a Best hand-operated Crimson Jobfish filamentosus Central Pacific Ocean ALTERNATIVE CHOICE Choice due to a yellow Other Species score and green scores pole-and-lines for all other criteria.

Interim Updates

Report Title and URL Notes

California and Oregon Brown This assessment was reviewed for any significant stock status and fishery management updates on August 5, 2020. No updates were found Rock, Red Rock and Yellow Rock that would indicate the current overall ratings are no longer accurate. Crab Seafood Watch Report

Updates to the October 2014 Black Seabream Report were made on August 5, 2020. The overall recommendations for black seabream caught in the U.K. bottom gillnet and handline fisheries were downgraded to “Avoid.” Changes are due to new information on stock status and lack of recovery for Atlantic cod, a species retained in these fisheries. France and United Kingdom Black

Seabream Seafood Watch Report Updates to the report included a downgrade for Factor 3.1.2 from “Moderately Effective” to “Ineffective” in the following fisheries: bottom trawl (France), bottom trawl (U.K.), bottom gillnet (U.K.), and handline (U.K.). This was due to the long-term depleted status and generally declining abundance and increasing fishing mortality for Atlantic cod in these fishery areas.

Report Title and URL Notes

Updates to the April 2014 Main Hawaiian Islands Deep 7 Bottomfish Multi-species Complex Report were made on August 5, 2020. The overall recommendation for the crimson jobfish (a.k.a., pink snapper, Opakapaka) handline fishery in Hawaiian Islands upgraded to “Best Choice.” This change was due to new information on status of this stock as well as Hawaiian grouper (Hapu'u).

Updates included: Hawaiian Islands Grouper and • C1: Upgraded from “High” to “Moderate” concern (C1.2) for the Hawaiian grouper fishery due to an updated stock assessment Snapper (Deep 7 Bottomfish showing stock abundance and fishing mortality for the Deep 7 complex was at sustainable levels, and Hawaiian grouper was Multi-Species Complex) Seafood upgraded from “near threatened” to “least concern” by IUCN in a recent assessment. Upgraded from “Moderate” to “Low” Watch Report concern (C1.2 and 1.3) for pink snapper fishery due to information in the most recent stock assessment specific to this species that indicated abundance and fishing morality were at sustainable levels. • C2: Upgraded from “High” to “Moderate” concern (C1.2) for all fisheries due to upgrades described for C1 above (as each fishery catches all Deep 7 complex species) as well as the new stock assessment for grey snapper (Uku) that indicated the stock was not overfished and overfishing was not occurring.

Louisiana Crayfish Seafood Watch This assessment was reviewed for any significant stock status and fishery management updates on August 5, 2020. No updates were found Report that would indicate the current overall ratings are no longer accurate.

Report Title and URL Notes

Updates to the April 2014 Atlantic Sardine and European Anchovy in the Mediterranean and Black Seas Report were made on August 5, 2020. The overall recommendations for European anchovy caught by purse seine and midwater trawl in the Adriatic Sea were downgraded to “Avoid.” This change was due to new information on stock status and lack of management success in constraining fishing pressure.

Updates included: • C1: Upgraded from “Moderate” to “Low” concern (C1.2) and from “High” to “Moderate” concern (C1.3) for European anchovy caught in purse seine and midwater trawls in Northern Spain. Downgraded from “Moderate” to “High” concern (C1.3) for European anchovy caught in purse seine and midwater trawls in the Adriatic Sea. Downgraded from “Moderate” to “High” concern (C1.2) for Atlantic sardine caught in purse seine and midwater trawls in the Adriatic Sea. Upgraded from “High” to “Moderate” concern (C1.3) for Atlantic sardine caught in purse seine and midwater trawls in the Gulf of Lion. Upgraded from Mediterranean and Black Seas: “High” to “Moderate” concern (C1.3) for European anchovy caught in purse seine and midwater trawls in the Straight of Sicily. Atlantic Sardine and European Downgraded from “Moderate” to “High” concern (C1.3) for Atlantic sardine caught in purse seine and midwater trawls in the Anchovy Seafood Watch Report Straight of Sicily. Upgraded from “High” to “Moderate” concern (C1.3) for European anchovy caught in purse seine and midwater trawls in the Alboran Sea. Upgraded from “Moderate” to “Low” concern (C1.3) for European anchovy caught in purse seine and midwater trawls in the Aegean Sea. Downgraded from “Moderate” to “High” concern (C1.3) for Atlantic sardine caught in purse seine and midwater trawls in the Aegean Sea. Upgraded from “High” to “Moderate” concern (C1.3) for European anchovy caught in purse seine and midwater trawls in the Ligurian Sea. • C2: Downgraded from “Moderate” to “High” concern (C1.3) for horse mackerel caught in purse seine and midwater trawls in the Mediterranean and Black Seas. • C3: Downgraded from “Moderate” to “Very High” concern (C3.1) for European anchovy and Atlantic sardine purse seine and midwater trawl fisheries in the Adriatic Sea. Upgraded from “Very High” to “High” concern (C3.1) for European anchovy and Atlantic sardine purse seine and midwater trawl fisheries in the Aegean Sea.

Report Title and URL Notes

Updates to the August 2014 Norway Lobster Report were made on August 5, 2020. The overall recommendations for Norway lobster caught by bottom trawl and trap in Kattegat Bay fisheries were downgraded to “Avoid.” These changes are due to new information on stock status and lack of recovery for Atlantic cod, a species retained in these fisheries.

Updates included: • C1: Upgraded from “Moderate” to “Low” concern (C1.2 and 1.3) for Scotland bottom trawl and trap fisheries due to an updated stock assessment showing abundance and fishing mortality of Norway lobster was at sustainable levels in this area. Upgraded from “High” to “Moderate” concern (C1.3) for Celtic Sea bottom trawl fishery due to an updated stock assessment showing fishing mortality of Norway lobster was at sustainable levels for eight of ten stocks in this area, two of which were fluctuating around FMSY (with overfishing occurring for one stock and one stock unknown). • C2: Upgraded from “Moderate” to “Low” concern (C2.2) and “High” to “Moderate” (C1.3) for France Bay of Biscay bottom trawl fishery due to a new stock assessment indicating the northern stock of European hake was not overfished and fishing mortality has been fluctuating around FMSY in recent years. Upgraded from “High” to “Moderate” concern (C2.3) for Spain and Portugal Northeast Atlantic Norway Lobster bottom trawl fisheries due to a new stock assessment indicating fishing mortality is unknown for the southern stock of European Seafood Watch Report hake, but relative fishing pressure has been fairly consistent in recent years. Downgraded from “Moderate” to “High” concern (C2.3) for Scotland trap fishery due to new stock assessments indicating fishing mortality was above sustainable levels for at least three species in the “benthic inverts” category. Removed “finfish” category from C2 main species for Scotland trap fishery due to new information indicating catch of finfish species was negligible in this fishery. Downgraded from “Low” to “Moderate” concern (C2.3) for Kattegat Bay trap fishery due to low but continued harvest of depleted Atlantic cod stocks. Upgraded from 0.75 to 0.85 (C2.4) for Scotland and Kattegat Bay trap fisheries due to fewer discards of Norway lobster, but continued high bait use. Upgraded from 0.75 to 0.9 (C2.4) for Kattegat Bay trawl fishery due to fewer discards of Norway lobster. • C3: Upgraded from “Moderate Concern” to “NA” (C3.1.2) for France Bay of Biscay fishery due to a new stock assessment indicating the northern hake stock is not depleted and a lack of any species of concern caught by the fishery. Upgraded from “Moderate Concern” to “NA” (C3.1.2) for Scotland trap fishery due to removal of “finfish” category from main species, and lack of any species of concern caught in the fishery. Downgraded from “Moderately Effective” to “Ineffective” (C3.1.2) in the following fisheries: Scotland bottom trawl, Kattegat Bay bottom trawl, Kattegat Bay trap, Celtic Sea bottom trawl, and North Sea bottom trawl. This was due to the long-term depleted status and generally declining abundance and increasing fishing mortality for Atlantic cod in these fishery areas.

Weathervane Scallop Seafood This assessment was reviewed for any significant stock status and management updates to the fishery on August 5, 2020. No updates were Watch Report found that would indicate the current overall ratings are no longer accurate.