Safe seafood and responsible fisheries
Our Seafood Selector (and Sushi Selector) promote sustainable and healthy oceans.
We're different from other guides because we work with troubled fisheries to improve management and conservation, which can improve their ratings over the long run. Some of these fisheries include:
- New England groundfish: American plaice, Atlantic cod, Atlantic pollock (Canada, U.S.), red hake, silver hake, summer flounder, U.S. haddock (hook and line), U.S. haddock (trawl), white hake, winter flounder, witch flounder, yellowtail flounder
- Pacific rockfish: Bocaccio, canary rockfish, dover sole, English sole, flounder/sole (Pacific), lingcod, Pacific sanddab, petrale sole, rex sole, rockfish (hook and line), rockfish (trawl), sablefish (CA/OR/WA), widow rockfish, yelloweye rockfish, yellowfin sole, yellowtail rockfish
- Gulf reef fish: Black grouper (U.S. Gulf of Mexico), red grouper (U.S. Gulf of Mexico), red snapper, tilefish (Gulf of Mexico/South Atlantic)
Popular seafood: Best & worst choices
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| Fish | Eco-Best | Eco-OK | Eco-Worst |
|---|---|---|---|
| Salmon | |||
| Shrimp | |||
| Tilapia | |||
| Trout | |||
| Tuna |
= Indicates fish high in heart-healthy omega-3 fatty acids and low in environmental contaminants
= Indicates fish high in mercury or PCBsSee all fish eco-ratings »
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