The Monterey Bay Aquarium Seafood Watch program creates science-based recommendations ®®that help consumers and businesses make ocean-friendly seafood choices. Carry this pocket Monterey Bay Aquarium Seaf oo dWatc h guide with you and share it with others to help spread the word. T o
u s e
BEST CHOICES GOOD ALTERNATIVES AVOID
Support Ocean-Friendly Seafood y o
Abalone (US farmed) Cod: Pacific (US trawl) Chilean Seabass/Toothfish u
* r
Best Choices are well-managed and Arctic Char (farmed) Crab (US) & Snow Crab (Canada) Cobia (Asia, Belize) p caught or farmed in ocean-friendly ways. o Barramundi (US) Flatfish (Canada & US) Cod: Pacific (Japan & Russia) c k
Bass: Striped (US hook & line, farmed) Halibut: California Crab: Red King (Russia) e
* t
Good Alternatives are also an option, Catfish (US) Lingcod * Lobster: Spiny (Brazil) g but be aware that there are concerns u i
Clams, Mussels, Oysters (farmed) Lobster Mahi Mahi (imported) d
with how they’re caught or farmed. e
Cod: Pacific (US) Mahi Mahi (US) Marlin: Blue :
*
Crab: Dungeness Monkfish (US) Marlin: Striped * 2 1
these items for now. They may . . Avoid C Halibut: Pacific (US) Pangasius/Basa/Swai Orange Roughy * F o be overfished, or caught or farmed in u l Lobster: Spiny (CA, FL & Mexico) Pollock: Alaska (US) Rockfish/”Pacific Snapper” (trawl) t d
ways that harm other wildlife or their a
Rockfish: Black (US hook & line) Prawn: Spot (US wild) Salmon (farmed including Atlantic) o l o habitats. n n Sablefish/Black Cod (AK & Canada) Sablefish (CA, OR & WA wild) Sharks * g g r Salmon (AK) Salmon (CA, OR & WA wild) Shrimp (imported) e o y * Limit consumption due to concerns u
Sardines: Pacific (Canada & US) Scallops (wild) Skates (US Atlantic) t l e
about mercury content. i n
Scallops (farmed) Shrimp (Canada & US wild) Snapper: Red (US) r e Visit edf.org/seafoodhealth b s
Seabass: White (US hook & line) Squid Sturgeon, Caviar (wild) l a
Shrimp: Pink (OR) Sturgeon, Caviar (US farmed) Swordfish (imported) * c k
Tilapia (Ecuador & US farmed) Swordfish (US) Tuna: Albacore , Bigeye , Bluefin , l * * * * Contaminant information provided by: i n
Trout: Rainbow (US farmed) Tilapia (China & Taiwan) Canned *, Skipjack, Tongol, Yellowfin * e ENVIRONMENTAL DEFENSE FUND Canned Tuna, Light: Skipjack (troll, Tuna: Bigeye (troll, pole & US Atlantic pole), Yellowfin (US troll, pole) longline *) Canned Tuna, White: Albacore Tuna: Tongol, Yellowfin (troll, pole)
(Canada & US troll, pole) Yellowtail: California Seafood may appear in more than one column
. r e p a p d e l c y c e r n o d e t n i r P . d e v r e s e r s t h g i r l l A . 3 01 2 ©
3 1 0 2 g n i r p S
n o i t a d n u o F m u i r a u q A y a B y e r e t n o M e h t o t d e t i d e r c
e r a e d i u g s i h t n i s n o i t a d n e m m o c e r d o o f a e s e h T
e d i u G d o o f a e S
! r e t t e b e h t , d o o f a e s
m u i r a u q A y a B y e r e t n o M t s a o C t s e W y l d n e i r f - n a e c o r o f k s a t a h t
e l p o e p e r o m e h T . h c t a W d o o f a e S
. s n a e c o
C N O M L A S K O O N I H t u o b a s d n e i r f r u o y l l e T . 3
t n a d n u b a , y h t l a e h g n i t r o p p u s
e r ’ u o y , s e c i t c a r p y l d n e i r f . t h g u a c - d l i w r o d e m r a f s a w
y l l a t n e m n o r i v n e g n i s u d e m r a f t i r e h t e h w d n a m o r f s e m o c
r o t h g u a c h s i f g n i s a h c r u p y B d o o f a e s r u o y e r e h w k s a
, d o o f a e s y u b u o y n e h W . 2
TCH A
W . m e l b o r p e h t
o t d d a y l n o s e c i t c a r p g n i m r a f
. s t n a r u a t s e r d n a s e r o t s
r e t t i w T r o k o o b e c a F n o s u n i o j r O •
h s i f d n a g n i h s i f e v i t c u r t s e D
n i l e b a l - o c e e u l b l i c n u o C
e t i s e l i b o m r u o n O •
. d n a m e d e h t t e e m o t d o o f a e s
p i h s d r a w e t S e n i r a M
p p a e e r f r u o n O •
r u o f o % 0 8 r e v o t r o p m i ®
e h t r o f k o o l r O . t s i l w o l l e y e h t
t a e n i l n O • g r o . h c t a w d o o f a e s
d o o f Sea e w , . S . U e h t n i , d n a d e h s i f
, e l b a l i a v a n u f i , r o t s i l n e e r g
: s u t i s i v t s i l e t a d - o t - p u
- r e v o e r a g n i t a e y o j n e e w h s i f
e h t m o r f d o o f a e s e s a h c r u P . 1
t s o m d n a e t e l p m o c e h t e e s o T
e g r a l e h t f o s n o i t a l u p o p y n a m
t e Y . g n i s a e r c n i s i d o o f a e s
: s p e t s y s a e e e r h t n i
. s t s i t n e i c s r u o m o r f e l b a l i a v a e r o m
r o f d n a m e d e h t , e d i w d l r o W
d o o f a e s y l d n e i r f - n a e c o t r o p p u S
s d e r d n u h e v a h e w , e d i u g s i h t n o
m u i r a u q A y a B y e r e t n o M
s n o i t a d n e m m o c e r e h t o t n o i t i d d a n I ? r e t t a M s e c i o h C e c n e r e f f i D
d o o f a e S r u o Y o D y h W A e k a M n a C u o Y e r o M n r a e L