Hi all, I just wanted to post this for people who love seafood and are interested in purchasing sustainably raised/caught fish. This list is directly from the Slow Food USA group newsletter, of which I subscribe.
Below is the list of Best Choice seafoods you can purchase from your local fishmonger or market. To learn more, please visit
www.seafoodwatch.org.
**Moderators** I am in NO way affiliated with SF USA, just posting this to educate FT'ers who like me, enjoy seafood but want to consume it in a responsible manner. Thank you!
Best Choices:
Arctic Char (farmed)
Barramundi (U.S. farmed)
Catfish (U.S. farmed)
Clams (farmed)
Cod Pacific (Alaska longline)****
Crab: Dungeness, Snow (Canada), Stone
Halibut Pacific
Herring (Atlantic/Sardines)
Lobster Spiny (U.S.)
Mussels (farmed)
Oysters (farmed)
Pollock (Alaska wild)
Salmon (Alaska wild)
Scallops (Bay farmed)
Striped Bass (farmed or wild)
Sturgeon, Caviar (farmed)
Tilapia (farmed)
Trout (Rainbow farmed)
Tuna Albacore (British Columbia, U.S.: troll/pole)
Tuna Skipjack (troll/pole)
Good Alternatives:
Basa/Tra (farmed)
Clams (wild)
Cod: Pacific (trawled)
Crab: Blue, King (Alaska), Snow (U.S.)
Crab: imitation/Surimi
Flounder/Sole (Pacific)
Lobster American/Maine
Mahi mahi/Dolphinfish (U.S.)
Oysters (wild)
Scallops Sea (Northest and Canada)
Shrimp (U.S. farmed or wild)
Squid
Swordfish (U.S. longline)
Tuna Bigeye, Yellowfin (troll/pole)
Tuna canned light, canned white/Albacore
Avoid:
Chilean Seabass/Toothfish
Cod: Atlantic
Crab King (imported)
Flounder/Sole (Atlantic)
Groupers
Halibut (Atlantic)
Lobster Spiny (Carribean imported)
Mahi mahi/Dolphinfish (imported)
Monkfish
Orange Roughy
Rockfish (Pacific)
Salmon (farmed, including Atlantic)
Scallops Sea (Mid-Atlantic)
Sharks
Shrimp (imported farmed or wild)
Snapper Red
Sturgeon, Caviar (imported wild)
Swordfish (imported)
Tuna Albacore, Bigeye, Yellowfin (longline)
Tuna Bluefin
Key:
Northeast = Connecticut-->Maine
Mid-Atlantic = North Carolina-->New York
Again, please visit
www.seafoodwatch.org for more information about these recommendations.