Seafood Recommendations
We recommend which seafood to buy or avoid, helping consumers and businesses become advocates for ocean-friendly seafood. You can get our recommendations online, in our printed pocket guides, or on your mobile devices.
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Updated January 2012
Our Seafood Ratings
Best Choices: Seafood in this category is abundant, well-managed and caught or farmed in environmentally friendly ways.
Good Alternatives: These items are an option, but there are concerns with how they're caught or farmed-or with the health of their habitat due to other human impacts.
Avoid: Take a pass on these items for now. They are caught or farmed in ways that harm other marine life or the environment.
The Super Green List: A list of wild and farmed seafood that’s healthy for people and the oceans.
How do you make your recommendations?
Tools for Chefs
- Buyer's Guide
Created for chefs, suppliers and other seafood professionals, our Buyer’s Guide is a reference tool that lists all of our regional recommendations in one place.
- Culinary Chart of Alternatives
Use this guide to find substitutes for seafood on the "Avoid" list.