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2010 Culinary Chart of Alternatives

Use this guide to find ocean-friendly alternatives to seafood on the Seafood Watch “Avoid” list. For more information, and to learn more about species that do not appear on this list, visit www.seafoodwatch.org.

Avoid Best Choices Good Alternatives
Caviar and Sturgeon* (Imported Wild-caught)
 
Caviar (U.S. Farmed)

Sturgeon: White and Green (OR and WA Wild-caught)

Sturgeon: (U.S. Farmed)
Chilean Seabass/Patagonian Toothfish*
Cobia (US Farmed)

Sablefish/Black Cod/Butterfish (AK, BC)
Sablefish/Black Cod/Butterfish (CA, OR, WA)
Cod: Atlantic (All U.S. and Trawl-caught from Iceland, NE Artic)

Cod: Pacific (Imported)

Cobia (US Farmed)

Cod: Pacific (AK Jig, Longline, Trap)

Cod: Atlantic (Non-trawl from Iceland and NE Arctic)

Cod: Pacific (U.S. Trawl)
Crab: King (Imported)
Crab: Dungeness; Kona (Australia); Stone
Crab: Blue* (U.S.); Jonah; King (U.S.), Kona (HI); Snow (Alaska, Canada)
Crayfish (Imported Farmed)
Crayfish (U.S. Farmed)

Spot Prawn (BC)
Spot Prawn (U.S.)
Dogfish, Spiny*
Cod: Pacific (AK Jig, Longline, Trap)

Cod: Pacific (U.S. Trawl)

Dogfish, Spiny (BC)*
Flounders or Soles (Atlantic)
Halibut: Pacific
Flounders, Soles, Sanddabs (Pacific)*

Halibut: California (Hook-and-Line or Bottom Trawl)*

Turbot, Greenland
Grenadier/Pacific Roughy
Tilapia (U.S. Farmed)
Tilapia (Central and South America Farmed)
Groupers (U.S. Atlantic*, U.S. Gulf of Mexico* and Main Hawaiian Islands)
Mahi Mahi (Troll/Pole from the U.S. Atlantic)

Striped Bass (Farmed or Wild-caught*)
Black Sea Bass

Grouper (Northwest HI Islands)

Mahi Mahi (U.S. Pacific and Worldwide Imported Troll/Pole)


Haddock (Trawl-caught)
Cobia (U.S. Farmed)

Cod: Pacific (AK Jig, Longline, Trap)
Cod: Atlantic (Non-Trawl from Iceland and NE Arctic)

Cod: Pacific (U.S. Trawl)

Haddock (Hook-and-Line)
Hake: White
Tilapia (U.S. Farmed)
Hake: Silver, Red and Offshore

Tilapia (Central and South America Farmed)
Halibut: Atlantic* or California* (Set Gillnet)
Cobia (U.S. Farmed)

Halibut: Pacific

Tilapia (U.S. Farmed)
Flounders, Soles, Sanddabs (Pacific)

Halibut: California (Hook-and-Line, Bottom Trawl)*

Turbot, Greenland
Lobster: Spiny (Brazil)
Lobster: Spiny (Baja Mexico, Florida and CA)
Lobster: American/Maine

Lobster: Spiny (Bahamas)
Mahi Mahi (Imported Longline)
Mahi Mahi (Troll/Pole from the U.S. Atlantic)
Mahi Mahi (U.S. Pacific and Worldwide Imported Troll/Pole)
Marlin: Striped* or Blue* (Imported)
Mahi Mahi (Troll/Pole from the U.S. Atlantic)

Swordfish (Harpoon or Handline from U.S. and Canada)*
Mahi Mahi (U.S. Pacific and Worldwide Imported Troll/Poll)

Marlin: Blue (HI)*

Swordfish (CA and OR Drift Gillnet and U.S. Longline)*

Monkfish
Mahi Mahi (Troll/Pole from the U.S. Atlantic)

Sablefish/Black Cod/Butterfish (AK, BC)
Mahi Mahi (U.S. Pacific and Worldwide Imported Troll/Pole)

Sablefish/Black Cod/Butterfish (CA, OR, WA)
Orange Roughy*
Halibut: Pacific

Tilapia (U.S. Farmed)
Flounders, Soles, Sanddabs (Pacific)

Halibut: California (Hook-and-Line, Bottom Trawl)

Turbot, Greenland
Pompano: Florida
Striped Bass (Farmed or Wild-caught*)
Black Sea Bass
Rockfish: Pacific (Trawl)
Halibut: Pacific

Rockfish: Black (Hook-and-Line from CA, OR and WA)

Sablefish/Black Cod/Butterfish (AK, BC)

Striped Bass (Farmed or Wild-caught*)
Flounders, Soles, Sanddabs (Pacific)

Rockfish (AK and BC, Hook-and-Line or Jig)

Sablefish/Black Cod/Butterfish (CA, OR, WA)
Salmon (Farmed, including Atlantic)*

Salmon (Wild-caught from CA and OR (south of Cape Falcon))
Arctic char (Farmed)

Salmon (AK Wild-caught)

Salmon, Freshwater Coho (U.S. Farmed in Tank Systems)
Salmon (Wild-caught from WA* and OR (north of Cape Falcon))


Sharks*
Halibut: Pacific
Dogfish, Spiny (BC)*

Sturgeon: White and Green (OR and WA Wild-caught)

Sturgeon: (U.S. Farmed)
Shrimp (Imported except Canada)
Shrimp (U.S. Farmed in Closed Systems and Inland Ponds)

Shrimp: Pink (OR)

Spot Prawn (BC)
Shrimp (Canada Wild-caught and U.S. Farmed in Open Systems)

Spot Prawn (U.S. Pacific)
Skates
Scallops (Farmed Off-bottom)
Scallops (Farmed On-bottom)

Sturgeon: White and Green (OR and WA Wild-caught)

Sturgeon: (U.S. Farmed)


Snapper: Red or Vermilion (U.S.)
Tilapia (U.S. Farmed)
Snapper: Gray; Lane*; Mutton*; Yellowtail (U.S. Gulf of Mexico)

Snapper: Pink; Red; Ruby (NW HI Islands)

Tilapia (Central and South America Farmed)
Swordfish (Imported)*
Mahi Mahi (Troll/Pole from the U.S. Atlantic)

Swordfish (Harpoon or Handline from U.S. and Canada)*
Mahi Mahi (U.S. Pacific and Worldwide Imported Troll/Pole)

Swordfish (CA and OR Drift Gillnet and U.S. Longline)*
Tilapia (China, Taiwan Farmed)
Tilapia (U.S. Farmed)
Tilapia (Central and South America Farmed)
Tilefish (Southeast)*
Mahi Mahi (Troll/Pole from the U.S. Atlantic)

Striped Bass (Farmed or Wild-caught*)
Mahi Mahi (U.S. Pacific and Worldwide Imported Troll/Pole)

Tilefish (Mid-Atlantic)*
Tuna: Albacore (All Longline except HI)*

Tuna: Bluefin (Wild or Ranched)*

Tuna: Bigeye (All Longline except U.S. Atlantic)*

Tuna: Canned (All except Troll/Pole)*

Tuna: Skipjack (All Imported Longline)

Tuna: Tongol (All Gillnet and Purse Seine)

Tuna: Yellowfin (All Purse Seine and All Longline except U.S. Atlantic Longline)*
Tuna: Albacore/"White" Canned (Troll/Pole from the U.S. and Canadian Pacific)

Tuna: Bigeye (Troll/Pole from the U.S. Atlantic)

Tuna: Skipjack/"Light" Canned (Troll/Pole)

Tuna: Yellowfin (Troll/Pole from the U.S. Atlantic)
Tuna: Albacore (HI Longline)*

Tuna, Albacore/"White" Canned: (Troll/Pole Worldwide except U.S. and Canadian Pacific)

Tuna: Bigeye (Longline from the U.S. Atlantic and Worldwide Troll/Pole)*

Tuna: Skipjack (Longline from the U.S. Atlantic and HI)

Tuna: Tongol (Malaysia and All Troll/Poll Worldwide)

Tuna: Yellowfin (U.S. Atlantic Longline and All Troll/Pole except U.S. Atlantic)*


* Consumption advisory due to mercury or other contaminants. For more information, visit www.edf.org/seafoodhealth

+ All or portions of this fishery have been certified as sustainable by the Marine Stewardship Council



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HI
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WA
Mid-Atlantic
Northeast
Southeast

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Alaska
British Columbia
California
Hawaii
Oregon
Washington
New York to North Carolina
Connecticut to Maine
South Carolina to Texas

A slash is used to separate different market names for the same fish.


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