Make Smart Seafood Decisions for Today and Tomorrow
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Ranking Codes Fish Best Choice Some Concerns Avoid Green = Yellow = Some Red = Arctic Char Farmed Recommended Best Choice Some Concerns Avoid Best Choice Concerns Avoid Barramundi Farmed, Closed Sys (US), Farmed, Closed Sys (Australia) Farmed, Open Sys (All) Australis (Vietnam) Best Choice seafood is Some Concerns seafood Avoid seafood items from well managed, abundant, should be consumed this list for now. They come Basa/Pangasius (Vietnam/Cambodia) and caught or farmed in infrequently, or when a from farmed or wild sources Catfish Farmed (US) environmentally sustainable green choice is not available. with a combination of Chilean Seabass (All) ways. There are concerns with critical problems—habitat abundance, management, damage, lethal impacts Clams /Mussels Farmed Wild or impacts on habitat or on other species, critically Atlantic Cod Hook and Line (Russia, Hook and Line (US Georges Bank All Other (Canada/US) other marine life. low populations, or poor Iceland) & Canada exc Georges Bank), management. Trawl (Russia, Iceland) Pacific Cod Longline, Pot, Hook and Bottom Trawl (US/BC) (Russia/Japan) Line (Alaska) Crab Snow (Alaska, Gulf of St. Dungeness (US/Canada), King King (Russia), Jonah (US/ Your choice for healthy oceans Lawrence), Stone (Florida/ (US), Snow (Rest of Canada) Canada) US Atlantic) Your Seafood Choices are Part of the Solution. Flounder/Sole Several options exist across all colour categories, please visit SeaChoice.org for more detail Choosing green-listed “Best Choice” and avoiding red-listed seafood helps support responsible fishing and farming practices. Haddock Bottom Longline (Canada), Handline, Trawl (US Gulf Bottom Trawl (US Georges Bank/ of Maine) Vote with your wallet and reward seafood providers who are doing Canada/Iceland), Handline (US the right thing. This helps ensure enough fish remain in the ocean Georges Bank) for years to come. Halibut Pacific(MSC Certified), Atlantic Atlantic (Trawl) (MSC Certified, Farmed) Download our free iPhone app: search “SeaChoice” in the app store. Lingcod Troll (Canada), Bottom Longline, Trawl (Canada), Hook Longline, Trawl (US) and Line (US) Learn about seafood health issues at edf.org/seafoodhealth. Learn about MSC & other third party certifications at msc.org & SeaChoice.org. Lobster Spiny (Mexico) American (Canada/US), Spiny (US, Spiny (Brazil) Bahamas) Mackerel King (US), Spanish (US), Atlantic (US) How To Use This Card Atlantic (Canada) Mahi Mahi Troll/Pole (US Atlantic) Longline and Other (US) Longline (Imported) The table on the reverse ranks seafood as Best Choice, Some Concerns or Avoid. Depending on where the fish was caught or Oysters All what gear was used, some species may show up in more than one Pollock Atlantic, Pacific (Alaska) column. Additional information is included to assist you in making a Rockfish/Pacific Several options exist across all colour categories, please visit SeaChoice.org for more detail better choice. Canadians want their seafood to be properly labelled Snapper to help make these smart choices. If your seafood supplier doesn’t Sablefish All Gear (Alaska), Pot (US All Gear (Canada), Longline, Trawl know the answers, keep asking so they know that this information is West Coast) (US West Coast) important to customers. Salmon Wild (Alaska), Closed Wild (BC, Washington, Oregon) Open Net Pen A few important questions to ask: Containment Farmed Farmed (All Regions) (Worldwide) • What species is this? • Where was it caught or farmed? • Is this seafood wild or farmed? • How was it caught or farmed? Sardines Pacific (Canada/US) . Atlantic (Mediterranean) Scallops Farmed Off Bottom, Wild Farmed Dredge, Wild (All Other) (Weathervane – Alaska, Avoid these red-listed: Try these alternatives: Pink – BC, Spiny – BC) Shark/Skate Dogfish, Spiny (US) Dogfish, Spiny (Canada Pacific) (All Other) Chilean SeaBass/Monkfish Sablefish Shrimp/Prawns Spot (BC), Selva, Farmed All Other (Canada/US), Farmed (All Other) Yellowfin Tuna Pacific Albacore (BC/US) Closed System (US), Infrequent Exchange (Thailand), Northern (Alaska-Trawl, Pink (Oregon), White (Ecuador) Open Net Farmed Salmon Land Farmed Atlantic Salmon Atlantic Canada-Trap) or Arctic Char Squid Humboldt (Mexico) Shortfin, Longfin (US Atlantic), Created in collaboration with Market (California) Swordfish Harpoon/Handline (Canada/ Longline (US), Harpoon/Handline Longline (International) SeaChoice Member Organizations: US Atlantic, Hawaii) (West/Central Pacific) Tilapia Farmed (US, Ecuador) Farmed (China, Taiwan) Trout, Rainbow Farmed (US), Land Based Farmed Open Net (Canada) Farmed (Canada) Tuna, Albacore (Canada/US Pacific) Longline (Hawaii), Pole/Troll Longline (International), (International) All Gear (Mediterranean) Tuna, Bigeye Pole/Troll (US Atlantic) Pole/Troll (International), Longline (Ahi) Longline (US Atlantic) (Int’l/Hawaii) .org Tuna, Bluefin (All) Tuna, Canned Albacore Chunk White Albacore Chunk White Pole/Troll Chunk Light/White (All (Canada/US Pacific),Skip - (International) exc. Pole/Troll) jack FAD Free (Western/ Central Pacific) Make smart seafood Tuna, Skipjack Pole/Troll Longline (US Atlantic/Hawaii) Purse Seine/Longline (International) decisions for today Tuna, Pole/Troll (US) Pole/Troll (Int’l), Longline (US Purse Seine/Longline Version: 11/2014 Version: Yellowfin (Ahi) Atlantic/Hawaii) (International) and tomorrow For more information on these and other species, please visit SeaChoice.org.