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Wreckfish and lines, US longlines) US lines, and marine life or the environment. the or life marine

Wahoo (US Atlantic) (US Wahoo Tuna: Yellowfin (free school, trolls, pole pole trolls, school, (free Yellowfin Tuna:

farmed in ways that harm other other harm that ways in farmed

Tuna: Skipjack (Pacific trolls, pole and lines) and pole trolls, (Pacific Skipjack Tuna: trolls, pole and lines, US longlines) US lines, and pole trolls,

Tuna: Yellowfin (longlines except US) US) except (longlines Yellowfin Tuna:

management or are caught or or caught are or management

Tuna: Albacore (trolls, pole and lines) and pole (trolls, Albacore Tuna: Tuna: Skipjack (free school, imported school, (free Skipjack Tuna:

Tuna: Skipjack (imported purse seines) purse (imported Skipjack Tuna:

they’re overfished, lack strong strong lack overfished, they’re Tilapia (Canada, Ecuador, Peru & US) & Peru Ecuador, (Canada, Tilapia Tuna: Albacore (US longlines) (US Albacore Tuna:

Tuna: Bluefin Tuna:

Sturgeon (US farmed) (US Sturgeon Trout: Rainbow/Steelhead (Chile farmed) (Chile Rainbow/Steelhead Trout: Take a pass on these for now; now; for these on pass a Take

pole and lines) and pole

Snapper: Mutton (US diving, handlines) diving, (US Mutton Snapper: Indonesia, Mexico & Taiwan) & Mexico Indonesia,

Avoid trolls, except (imported Albacore Tuna:

Shrimp (US farmed) (US Shrimp Honduras, Colombia, (China, Tilapia

Swordfish (imported longlines) (imported Swordfish

Salmon (New Zealand) (New Salmon Swordfish (US) Swordfish caught, farmed or managed. or farmed caught,

Squid (Argentina, China, India & Thailand) & India China, (Argentina, Squid

Rockfish (AK, CA, OR & WA) & OR CA, (AK, Rockfish Squid (Chile, Mexico, Peru & US) & Peru Mexico, (Chile, Squid

concerns with how they’re they’re how with concerns Shrimp (other imported sources) imported (other Shrimp

Pompano (US) Pompano Snapper (US) Snapper

Sharks

Buy, but be aware there are are there aware be but Buy,

Oysters (farmed & Canada) & (farmed Oysters & Honduras farmed) Honduras &

Sardines: Atlantic (Mediterranean) Atlantic Sardines:

Good Alternatives Good Mullet: Striped (US) Striped Mullet: Shrimp (Canada & US wild, Ecuador wild, US & (Canada Shrimp

Norway & Scotland) & Norway

Mahi Mahi (US handlines) (US Mahi Mahi Salmon (Canada Pacific & US) & Pacific (Canada Salmon

Chile, Atlantic, (Canada Salmon

farmed responsibly. farmed or caught and Lionfish (US) (US) Lionfish Oysters (US wild) (US Oysters

Pompano (imported) Pompano

Crawfish (US farmed) (US Crawfish pots and traps, HI) traps, and pots managed well they’re first; Buy

Orange Roughy Orange

Crab: Stone (US) Stone Crab: Spain & Portugal (Canada, Octopus

Best Choices Best

Octopus (other imported sources) imported (other Octopus Crab: King, Snow & Tanner (AK) Tanner & Snow King, Crab: Monkfish (US) Monkfish

Fold on grey lines

(imported) Mahi Mahi Cod: Pacific (AK) Pacific Cod: Mahi Mahi (Ecuador & US longlines) US & (Ecuador Mahi Mahi

1. Cut along outer black line 2. Choices. Best with beginning

Honduras & Nicaragua) & Honduras

Clams, Cockles, Mussels Cockles, Clams, Lobster: Spiny (Bahamas & US) & (Bahamas Spiny Lobster:

be sure to check them all— them check to sure be

Lobster: Spiny (Belize, Brazil, (Belize, Spiny Lobster: Catfish (US) Catfish Grouper: Red (US) Red Grouper:

more than one column. Please Please column. one than more Crawfish (China) Crawfish Bass (US hooks and lines, farmed) lines, and hooks (US Bass Crawfish (LA wild) (LA Crawfish

Crab (Argentina, Asia & Russia) & Asia (Argentina, Crab Barramundi (US & Vietnam farmed) Vietnam & (US Barramundi Conch (Belize, Nicaragua & US) & Nicaragua (Belize, Conch Many seafood items appear in in appear items seafood Many

Conch (imported) Conch Arctic Char (farmed) Char Arctic Branzino (Mediterranean farmed) (Mediterranean Branzino

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