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.

Popular seafood: Best & worst choices

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Fish	Eco-Best	Eco-OK	Eco-Worst
Salmon	canned salmon wild salmon from Alaska	Wild salmon from Washington Wild salmon from California Wild salmon from Oregon	farmed or Atlantic salmon
Shrimp	pink shrimp from Oregon spot prawns from Canada	brown shrimp farmed shrimp from U.S. northern shrimp from U.S. and Canada spot prawns from U.S. white shrimp wild shrimp from U.S.	blue shrimp Chinese white shrimp giant tiger prawn imported shrimp and prawns
Tilapia	tilapia from U.S.	tilapia from Latin America	tilapia from Asia
Trout	farmed rainbow trout
Tuna	albacore from U.S. or Canada yellowfin from the U.S. Atlantic caught by troll/pole	canned light tuna canned white/albacore imported bigeye/yellowfin caught by troll/pole	albacore tuna (imported longline) bluefin tuna imported bigeye/yellowfin tuna caught by longline

= Indicates fish high in heart-healthy omega-3 fatty acids and low in environmental contaminants
= Indicates fish high in mercury or PCBs

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More EDF seafood lists:

• Fish Oil Supplements Guide
• Health Alert List
• Sushi Eco-Rating List
• Printable Pocket Guide [PDF]

Posted: 16-Oct-2008; Updated: 11-Jan-2012