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Click Here to Provide Feedback on Our Reports (https://seafoodwatch.org/about-us/assessment-request-form) September 2021 Seafood Watch Recommendations 1 Common Name Scientific Name Wild or Farmed Country State or Territory Management Unit Body of Water Method Report Title Certification Name Score Color Abalone Haliotis spp. Farmed Worldwide Enclosed bottom culture Abalone (Global) 6.95 Green Abalone Haliotis spp. Farmed Worldwide Indoor flowthrough tank Abalone (Global) 6.95 Green Abalone Haliotis spp. Farmed Worldwide Off-bottom culture Abalone (Global) 6.95 Green Abalone Haliotis spp. Farmed Worldwide Outdoor flowthrough tank Abalone (Global) 6.95 Green Abalone Haliotis spp. Farmed Worldwide Open bottom culture Abalone (Global) 6.24 Yellow Abalone Haliotis spp. Wild Australia Eastern Indian Ocean Hand implements Western Australia abalone Fishery Marine Stewardship Council Certified Blue Acadian redfish Sebastes fasciatus Wild Canada Northwest Atlantic Ocean Bottom trawls | Midwater trawls Canada 3LN redfish Fishery Marine Stewardship Council Certified Blue US Acadian redfish, haddock and pollock otter trawl Acadian redfish Sebastes fasciatus Wild United States Northwest Atlantic Ocean Otter trawls Marine Stewardship Council Certified Blue Fishery US Gulf of Maine and Georges Bank haddock, pollock Acadian redfish Sebastes fasciatus Wild United States Northwest Atlantic Ocean Otter trawls Marine Stewardship Council Certified Blue and redfish trawl Fishery Aesop shrimp Pandalus montagui Wild Canada Northwest Atlantic Ocean Shrimp trawls Canada northern and striped shrimp Fishery Marine Stewardship Council Certified Blue Alaska plaice Pleuronectes quadrituberculatus Wild United States Alaska Northeast Pacific Ocean | Northwest Pacific Ocean Bottom trawls BSAI and GOA flatfish Marine Stewardship Council Certified Blue Albacore Thunnus alalunga Wild Northeast Atlantic Ocean | Northwest Atlantic Ocean Trolling lines Tuna Atlantic Combined (2019)_Interim Update 4.44 Green Handlines and hand-operated pole-and- Albacore Thunnus alalunga Wild Northeast Atlantic Ocean | Northwest Atlantic Ocean Tuna Atlantic Combined (2019)_Interim Update 4.27 Green lines Albacore Thunnus alalunga Wild Canada Northeast Pacific Ocean Trolling lines Tuna, Swordfish, N/S/WCPO Pacific 4.12 Green Handlines and hand-operated pole-and- Albacore Thunnus alalunga Wild Japan Northwest Pacific Ocean Tuna, Swordfish, N/S/WCPO Pacific 3.97 Green lines Albacore Thunnus alalunga Wild Japan Northwest Pacific Ocean Trolling lines Tuna, Swordfish, N/S/WCPO Pacific 3.97 Green Handlines and hand-operated pole-and- Albacore Thunnus alalunga Wild United States Eastern Central Pacific Ocean | Northeast Pacific Ocean Tuna, Swordfish, N/S/WCPO Pacific 3.97 Green lines Albacore Thunnus alalunga Wild United States Eastern Central Pacific Ocean | Northeast Pacific Ocean Trolling lines Tuna, Swordfish, N/S/WCPO Pacific 3.97 Green Albacore Thunnus alalunga Wild Southeast Pacific Ocean | Southwest Pacific Ocean Trolling lines Tuna, Swordfish, N/S/WCPO Pacific 3.97 Green Albacore Thunnus alalunga Wild Southwest Pacific Ocean Hand-operated pole-and-lines Tuna, Swordfish, N/S/WCPO Pacific 3.97 Green Albacore Thunnus alalunga Wild United States Northwest Atlantic Ocean | Western Central Atlantic Ocean Drifting longlines Tuna Atlantic Combined (2019)_Interim Update 2.76 Yellow Albacore Thunnus alalunga Wild United States Hawaii Eastern Central Pacific Ocean | Northeast Pacific Ocean Longline (deep-set) Tuna, WCPO Hawaii longline (2019) 2.66 Yellow Albacore Thunnus alalunga Wild United States Hawaii Northwest Pacific Ocean | Western Central Pacific Ocean Longline (deep-set) Tuna, WCPO Hawaii longline (2019) 2.66 Yellow Handlines and hand-operated pole-and- Albacore Thunnus alalunga Wild Southeast Atlantic Ocean | Southwest Atlantic Ocean Tuna Atlantic Combined (2019)_Interim Update 2.66 Yellow lines Albacore Thunnus alalunga Wild Southeast Atlantic Ocean | Southwest Atlantic Ocean Trolling lines Tuna Atlantic Combined (2019)_Interim Update 2.66 Yellow Albacore Thunnus alalunga Wild United States California Eastern Central Pacific Ocean Drift gillnets Swordfish (California) 2.55 Yellow Albacore Thunnus alalunga Wild Canada Northwest Atlantic Ocean Drifting longlines Tuna Atlantic Combined (2019)_Interim Update 2.10 Red Albacore Thunnus alalunga Wild Northwest Pacific Ocean Drifting longlines Tuna, Swordfish, N/S/WCPO Pacific 2.02 Red Albacore Thunnus alalunga Wild Southwest Pacific Ocean Drifting longlines Tuna, Swordfish, N/S/WCPO Pacific 2.02 Red Albacore Thunnus alalunga Wild Eastern Central Pacific Ocean | Northeast Pacific Ocean Drifting longlines Tuna and large pelagics, EPO 2.02 Red Albacore Thunnus alalunga Wild Eastern Central Pacific Ocean | Southeast Pacific Ocean Drifting longlines Tuna and large pelagics, EPO 2.02 Red Albacore Thunnus alalunga Wild Northeast Atlantic Ocean Drifting longlines Tuna Atlantic Combined (2019)_Interim Update 1.99 Red Albacore Thunnus alalunga Wild Northwest Atlantic Ocean Drifting longlines Tuna Atlantic Combined (2019)_Interim Update 1.99 Red Albacore Thunnus alalunga Wild Southeast Atlantic Ocean Drifting longlines Tuna Atlantic Combined (2019)_Interim Update 1.92 Red Albacore Thunnus alalunga Wild Southwest Atlantic Ocean Drifting longlines Tuna Atlantic Combined (2019)_Interim Update 1.92 Red Mediterranean Sea | Eastern Central Atlantic Ocean | Northeast Albacore Thunnus alalunga Wild Drifting longlines Tuna Atlantic Combined (2019)_Interim Update 1.70 Red Atlantic Ocean | Southeast Atlantic Ocean Albacore Thunnus alalunga Wild Indian Ocean Drifting longlines Tuna and large pelagics, Indian Ocean 1.65 Red Australian Eastern Tuna and Billfish Fishery (albacore Albacore Thunnus alalunga Wild Australia Southwest Pacific Ocean Longlines Marine Stewardship Council Certified Blue tuna, yellowfin tuna, bigeye tuna and swordfish) Canada Highly Migratory Species Foundation (CHMSF) Albacore Thunnus alalunga Wild Canada Northeast Pacific Ocean Trolling lines Marine Stewardship Council Certified Blue British Columbia Albacore Tuna North Pacific Fishery Handlines and pole-lines (hand- Ishihara Marine Products albacore and skipjack pole Albacore Thunnus alalunga Wild Japan Northwest Pacific Ocean | Western Central Pacific Ocean Marine Stewardship Council Certified Blue operated) and line fishery Handlines and pole-lines (hand- Japanese Pole and Line skipjack and albacore tuna Albacore Thunnus alalunga Wild Japan Western Central Pacific Ocean Marine Stewardship Council Certified Blue operated) Fishery Albacore Thunnus alalunga Wild New Zealand Southwest Pacific Ocean Trolling lines New Zealand albacore tuna troll Fishery Marine Stewardship Council Certified Blue Trolling lines | Handlines and pole-lines Albacore Thunnus alalunga Wild Spain Northeast Atlantic Ocean North Atlantic albacore artisanal Fishery Marine Stewardship Council Certified Blue (hand-operated) Albacore Thunnus alalunga Wild United States Eastern Central Pacific Ocean | Northeast Pacific Ocean Trolling lines AAFA and WFOA North Pacific albacore tuna Fishery Marine Stewardship Council Certified Blue Albacore Thunnus alalunga Wild United States Eastern Central Pacific Ocean | Southwest Pacific Ocean Trolling lines AAFA and WFOA South Pacific albacore tuna Fishery Marine Stewardship Council Certified Blue US North Atlantic