Cooking for Conservation Guide to Restorative Species
Thank you for your interest in cooking with restorative seafood. Kelp and bivalves are considered restorative because they clean and filter the oceans as they grow, while often providing additional ecosystem services such as habitat creation, climate change mitigation, and nutrient sequestration.
Which restorative species are Ocean Wise recommended?
Farmed
Bivalves
All species of farmed clams, cockles, mussels*, oysters, & scallops are Ocean Wise recommended.
*With the exception of: Mussel, Mediterranean Mytilus galloprovincialis - Farmed - Companhia de Pescarias do Algarve - rope grown off-bottom culture - FAO Area 27 (Atlantic, Northeast)
Clams • Mussels, Mediterranean Mytilus • Clams, Asian Corbicula fluminea galloprovincialis • Clams, Blood Scapharca broughtonii • Mussels, New Zealand Green Perna • Clams, Chinese Razor Sinonovacula canaliculus constricta Oysters • Clams, Hard Meretrix lusoria • Oysters, Chilean Crassostrea chilensis • Clams, Japanese Carpet Shell Venerupis • Oysters, Eastern Crassostrea virginica spp. • Oysters, Edible Ostrea edulis • Clams, Japanese Corbicula Corbicula • Oysters, Kumamoto Crassostrea gigas japonica kumamoto • Clams, Lyrate Hard Meretrix lyrata • Oysters, New Zealand Rock Crassostrea • Clams, Northern Quahog Mercenaria glomerata mercenaria • Oysters, Pacific Crassostrea gigas • Clams, Pacific Geoduck Panopea generosa • Oysters, Portuguese Crassostrea angulata • Clams, Pacific Littleneck Protothaca Scallops staminea • Scallop, Atlantic Calico Argopecten gibbus • Clams, Razor Sinonovacula spp. • Scallop, Nucleus Argopecten nucleus • Clams, Softshell Mya arenaria • Scallop, Pacific Calico Argopecten • Clams, Venus Cyclina sinensis ventricosus Cockles • Scallop, Peruvian Argopecten purpuratus • Cockle Anadara spp. • Scallop, Queen Chlamys opercularis • Cockle, Basket Clinocardium nuttallii • Scallop, Reddish Chlamys rubida • Cockle, Blood Arca granosa • Scallop, Sea Placopecten magellanicus • Cockle, Common Cerastoderma edule • Scallop, Spiny Chlamys hastata • Cockle, New Zealand Austrovenus stutchburyi Mussels • Mussel, Mediterranean Mytilus trossulus • Mussels Perna spp. • Mussels, Blue Mytilus edulis • Mussels, Chilean Mytilus chilensis
Seaweeds
All species of farmed seaweeds grown anywhere in the world are Ocean Wise recommended.
Including: Arame, Asian Kelp, Hijiki, Horsetail, Ito-wakame, Japanese Kelp, Kelp, Kizami-wakame, Kombu, Nambu wakame, Nori, Ogonori, Sugar Kelp, Wakame, Winged Kelp
(Porphyra spp. ou Pyropia spp., Saccharina japonica, Undaria pinnatifida, Gracilaria spp., Saccharina latissima, Laminaria digitata, Alaria esculenta, Sargassum fusiforme, Eisenia bicyclis, Monostroma spp. and Ulva spp., Eucheuma denticulatum, Kappaphycus striatum, Kappaphycus alvarezii)
Wild
Bivalves
Many sources of wild bivalves are Ocean Wise recommended; however, this is dependent on the harvest region and method. Please check recommendations for wild species on our Master Seafood List.
Seaweeds
Ocean Wise currently recommends two sources of wild seaweed.
• Bull Kelp Nereocystis luetkeana – hand implements – Canada - British Columbia, Northeast Pacific Ocean • Giant Kelp Macrocystis pyrifera – hand implements – Canada - British Columbia, Northeast Pacific Ocean
For more information about our recommendations, or if you have questions about restorative species, please visit https://seafood.ocean.org/seafood/ or contact [email protected]