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(Expires  July  2011)    

This  chart  was  created  for  chefs,  suppliers  and  other  seafood  professionals  who  need  a  reference  tool  with  all  of  the  
Seafood  Watch  recommendations  in  one  place.  In  comparison,  our  pocket  guides  have  shorter  lists  of  seafood  from  
specific  regions  of  the  U.S.,  making  them  ideal  for  use  by  consumers.    
To  learn  more  about  any  of  these  seafood  items,  please  visit  SeafoodWatch.org.  

BEST  CHOICES   GOOD  ALTERNATIVES   AVOID  

Abalone  (U.S.  Farmed)   Barramundi  (Australia  Farmed  in  Fully     Barramundi  (Imported  Farmed  in  Open  Systems)  
Arctic  Char  (Farmed  in  Recirculating  Systems)   Recirculating  Systems)   Caviar  (Imported  Wild-­caught)  
Barramundi  (U.S.  Farmed  in  Fully  Recirculating     Basa  (Imported  Farmed)   Chilean  Seabass  
Black  Sea  Bass  
Systems)   Bluefish   Cobia  (Imported  Farmed)  
Capelin  (Iceland)   Bluenose   Cod,  Atlantic  (Trawl-­caught  from  U.S.  and    
Catfish  (U.S.  Farmed)   Capelin  (Canada)   Canadian  Atlantic,  Iceland  and  Northeast    
Clams  (Farmed)   Caviar  (U.S.  Farmed)   Arctic)  
Clams,  Softshell/Steamers  (Wild-­caught)   Clams,  Atlantic  Surf,  Hard,  Ocean  Quahog  (Wild Cod,  Pacific  (Imported)  
-­caught)  
Cobia  (U.S.  Farmed)   Cod,  Atlantic  (Non-­trawl  from  Iceland  and     Conch,  Queen  
Cod,  Pacific  (U.S.  Bottom  Longline,  Jig  or  Trap)   Northeast  Arctic)   Corvina,  Gulf  (Gulf  of  California)  
Crab,  Dungeness   Cod,  Atlantic  (U.S.  Gulf  of  Maine  Hook-­and-­line)   Crab,  King  (Imported)  
Crab,  Kona  (Australia)   Cod,  Pacific  (U.S.  Trawl)   Crayfish  (Imported  Farmed)  
Crab,  Stone   Crab,  Blue,  Imitation/Surimi,  Jonah,  King  (U.S.),   Dogfish,  Spiny  (Except  British  Columbia)  
Kona  (Hawaii)  and  Snow  
Crayfish  (U.S.  Farmed)   Croaker,  Atlantic  (U.S.  Trawl)   Eel,  Freshwater  
Croaker,  Atlantic  (Non-­trawl)   Dogfish,  Spiny  (British  Columbia)   Flounder  (U.S.  Atlantic  Wild-­caught  Except    
Giant  Clam/Geoduck  (Wild-­caught)   Flounder  (U.S.  Pacific  Wild-­caught)   Summer  Flounder)  
Haddock  (U.S.  Atlantic  Hook-­and-­line)   Flounder,  Summer  (U.S.  Atlantic  Wild-­caught)   Grenadier  (U.S.  Pacific)  
Halibut,  Pacific  (U.S.)   Grouper  (Northwest  Hawaiian  Islands)   Grouper  (Main  Hawaiian  Islands,  U.S.  Atlantic  
Lobster,  Caribbean  Spiny  (Florida)   Haddock  (U.S.  Atlantic  Trawl)   and  U.S.  Gulf  of  Mexico)  
Haddock  (Iceland  Atlantic)  
Lobster,  Spiny  (California  and  Baja  Mexico)   Hake,  Silver,  Red  and  Offshore   Hake,  White  
Mackerel,  King  (U.S.  Atlantic  and  U.S.  Gulf  of   Halibut,  California  (Hook-­and-­line  and  Bottom   Halibut,  Atlantic  (U.S.  Wild-­caught)  
         Mexico)   Trawl)   Halibut,  California  (Set  Gillnet)  
Mackerel,  Spanish  (U.S.  Atlantic  and  U.S.  Gulf  of   Herring,  Atlantic  and  Lake   Lobster,  Caribbean  Spiny  (Brazil)  
         Mexico)   Lingcod   Mahi  Mahi  (Imported  Longline)  
Lobster,  American/Maine  
Mahi  Mahi  (U.S.  Atlantic  Troll/Pole)   Lobster,  Caribbean  Spiny  (Bahamas)   Marlin,  Blue  (Except  Hawaii)  
Mullet,  Striped   Mahi  Mahi  (U.S.  and  Imported  Troll/Pole)   Marlin,  Striped  
Mussels  (Farmed)   Marlin,  Blue  (Hawaii)   Monkfish  
Oysters  (Farmed)   New  Zealand  Tai  Snapper  (Bottom  Longline)   New  Zealand  Tai  Snapper  (Danish  Seine  and  
Perch,  Yellow  (Lake  Erie)   Octopus  (Gulf  of  California  and  Hawaii)   Trawl)  
Pollock,  Atlantic  (Gillnet  and  Purse  Seine  from   Opah  (Hawaii  Longline)   Octopus,  Common/Sushi  
Oysters  (Wild-­caught)  
Norway)   Pangasius  (Imported  Farmed)   Opah  (Imported  Longline)  
Prawn,  Freshwater  (U.S.  Farmed)   Perch,  Yellow  (Lake  Huron  and  Lake  Ontario)   Orange  Roughy  
Prawn,  Spot  (British  Columbia)   Plaice,  Alaska  (U.S.  Pacific)   Plaice,  American  (U.S.  Atlantic)  
Rockfish,  Black  (Hook-­and-­line  from  California,   Pollock,  Alaska   Pollock,  Atlantic  (Danish  Seine  and  Trawl  from  
         Oregon  and  Washington)   Pollock,  Atlantic  (U.S.  and  Canada;;  Set  Gillnet   Iceland)  
from  Iceland;;  and  Danish  Seine  and  Trawl  
Sablefish/Black  Cod  (Alaska  and  British   from  Norway)   Pompano,  Florida  
         Columbia)   Pomfret  (Hawaii  Longline)   Rockfish  (Pacific  Trawl)  
Salmon  (Alaska  Wild-­caught)   Prawn,  Spot  (U.S.  Pacific)   Salmon  (Farmed  Including  Atlantic,  Except  U.S.  
Salmon,  Freshwater  Coho  (U.S.  Farmed  in  Tank   Red  Porgy  (U.S.)   Farmed  in  Tank  Systems)  
         Systems)   Rockfish  (Hook-­and-­line  and  Jig-­caught  from   Sea  Turtles  
Salmon  Roe  (Alaska  Wild-­caught)   Alaska  and  British  Columbia)   Sea  Urchin  Roe  (Maine)  
Sablefish/Black  Cod  (California,  Oregon  and  
Sardines  (U.S.  Pacific)            Washington)   Shark  
Scad,  Big-­eye  (Hawaii)   Salmon  (Washington  and  Oregon  (north  of  Cape     Shrimp  (Imported  Except  Canada  and  Thailand  
Scad,  Mackerel  (Hawaii)   Falcon)  Wild-­caught)   Farmed  in  Fully  Recirculating  Systems)  
Scallops  (Farmed  Off-­bottom)   Sanddabs,  Pacific  (U.S.)   Skates  
Scallops,  Sea  (Diver-­caught  in  Laguna  Ojo  de   Scallops  (Farmed  On-­bottom)   Snapper,  Pink  (Main  Hawaiian  Islands)  
Scallops,  Bay  (Diver-­caught  in  Magdalena  Bay,  
Liebre  and  Guerrero  Negro,  Baja  California   Baja  California  Sur,  Mexico)   Snapper,  Red  (Except  Northwest  Hawaiian  
Sur,  Mexico)   Scallops,  Sea  (U.S.  Atlantic  Wild-­caught)            Islands)  
Sea  Urchin  Roe  (Canada)   Scup   Snapper,  Ruby  (Main  Hawaiian  Islands)  
Shrimp  (U.S.  Farmed  in  Fully  Recirculating     Sea  Urchin  Roe  (California)   Snapper,  Vermilion  (U.S.)  
Systems  or  Inland  Ponds)   Shrimp  (Thailand  Farmed  in  Fully  Recirculating     Sole  (U.S.  Atlantic  Wild-­caught)  
Shrimp,  Pink  (Oregon)   Systems)   Spearfish,  Shortbill  (Imported)  
Shrimp  (U.S.  and  Canada  Wild-­caught,  Except  
Squid,  Longfin  (U.S.  Atlantic)   Oregon  Pink)   Sturgeon  (Imported  Wild-­caught)  
Striped  Bass   Shrimp  (U.S.  Farmed  in  Open  Systems)   Swordfish  (Imported)  
Swordfish  (Harpoon  and  Handline-­caught  from     Smelt,  Rainbow   Tilapia  (Farmed  from  China  and  Taiwan)  
the  U.S.  and  Canada)   Snapper,  Gray,  Lane,  Mutton,  Yellowtail  (U.S.   Tilefish,  Blueline  (U.S.  Gulf  of  Mexico  and  U.S.  
Tilapia  (U.S.  Farmed)   Gulf  of  Mexico)   South  Atlantic)  
Snapper,  Pink,  Red,  and  Ruby  (Northwest    
Trout,  Rainbow  (Farmed)   Hawaiian  Islands)   Tilefish,  Golden  (U.S.  Gulf  of  Mexico  and  U.S.  
7XQD$OEDFRUH³:KLWH´&DQQHG7UROO3ROHIURP Sole  (U.S.  Pacific  Wild-­caught)   South  Atlantic)  
the  U.S.  and  Canadian  Pacific)   Spearfish,  Shortbill  (Hawaii)   Totoaba  (Gulf  of  California)  
Tuna,  Bigeye  (U.S.  Atlantic  Troll/Pole)   Squid  (Except  U.S.  Longfin)   Trout,  Lake  (Lake  Huron  and  Lake  Michigan)  
7XQD6NLSMDFN³/LJKW´&DQQHG7UROO3ROH   Sturgeon  (U.S.  Farmed)   Tuna,  Albacore  (Longline  Except  Hawaii)  
Sturgeon,  White  (Wild-­caught  from  Oregon  and    
Tuna,  Yellowfin  (U.S.  Atlantic  Troll/Pole)   Washington)   Tuna,  Bigeye  (Longline  Except  U.S.  Atlantic)  
White  Seabass   Swai  (Imported  Farmed)   Tuna,  Blackfin  (Longline  and  Purse  Seine)  
Whitefish,  Lake  (Trap-­net)   Swordfish  (U.S.  Longline  and  Drift  Gillnet-­caught   Tuna,  Bluefin    
Wreckfish     from  California  and  Oregon)   Tuna,  Canned  (Except  Troll/Pole)  
Tilapia  (Farmed  in  Brazil,  Costa  Rica,  Ecuador   Tuna,  Skipjack  (Imported  Longline)  
and  Honduras)   Tuna,  Tongol  (Worldwide  Gillnet  and  Purse  
Tilefish,  Golden  (U.S.  Mid-­Atlantic)  
Trevally/Jack  (Hawaii)   Seine,  Except  Malaysia)  
Trout,  Lake  (Lake  Superior)   Tuna,  Yellowfin  (Longline  Except  U.S.  Atlantic)  
Tuna,  Albacore  (Hawaii  Longline)     Tuna,  Yellowfin  (Purse  Seine)    
7XQD$OEDFRUH³:KLWH´&DQQHG7UROO3ROH   Yellowtail  (Farmed  in  Australia  and  Japan)    
Except  U.S.  and  Canadian  Pacific)    
Tuna,  Bigeye  (Troll/Pole  and  U.S.  Atlantic  
Longline)  
Tuna,  Blackfin  (Troll/Pole)  
Tuna,  Skipjack  (Longline  from  U.S.  Atlantic  and  
Hawaii;;  Purse  Seine)  
Tuna,  Tongol  (Malaysia)  
Tuna,  Tongol  (Troll/Pole)  
Tuna,  Yellowfin  (Troll/Pole  Except  U.S.  Atlantic)  
Tuna,  Yellowfin  (U.S.  Atlantic  Longline)  
Turbot,  Greenland  
Wahoo  
Walleye  (Lake  Erie)  
Whitefish,  Lake  (Set  Gillnet)  
Whitefish,  Round  (Wild-­caught)