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BEST CHOICES G O O D A LT E R N A T I V E S AVOID Support Ocean-Friendly Seafood

Arctic Char (farmed) Caviar, Sturgeon* (imported wild)

Best Choices are abundant, well-
Caviar, Sturgeon (US farmed)
managed and caught or farmed in
Barramundi (US farmed) Clams, Oysters (wild) Chilean Seabass/Toothfish*
environmentally friendly ways.
Catfish (US farmed) Cod: Pacific (US trawled) Cod: Atlantic, imported Pacific
Clams (farmed) Crab: Blue*, King (US), Snow Crab: King (imported) Good Alternatives are an option,
Cod: Pacific (Alaska longline) Flounders, Soles (Pacific) Flounders, Halibut, Soles (Atlantic) but there are concerns with how
Crab: Dungeness, Stone Herring: Atlantic, Lake Groupers* they’re caught or farmed — or with
Halibut: Pacific Lobster: American/Maine Lobster: Spiny (Brazil) the health of their habitat due to
Lobster: Spiny (US) Mahi Mahi/Dolphinfish (US) Mahi Mahi/Dolphinfish (imported) other human impacts.

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Mussels (farmed)
Oysters (farmed)
Perch: Yellow (Lake Erie)*
Salmon (Alaska wild)
Scallops (farmed off-bottom)
Striped Bass (farmed or wild*)
Tilapia (US farmed)
Trout: Rainbow (farmed)
Tuna: Albacore including canned
white tuna (troll/pole, US and BC)
Tuna: Skipjack including canned
light tuna (troll/pole)
Whitefish: Lake (trap net)*
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Perch: Yellow (Lake Huron and Ontario)* Monkfish
Pollock (Alaska wild) Orange Roughy* Avoid for now as these items
Scallops: Sea Rockfish (Pacific trawled) are overfished or caught or farmed
Shrimp (US, Canada) Salmon (farmed, including Atlantic)* in ways that harm other marine life
Smelt: Rainbow Sharks* or the environment.
Squid Shrimp (imported) Key
Swai, Basa (farmed) Snapper: Red BC = British Columbia
Swordfish (US)* Swordfish (imported)* * Limit consumption due to concerns about
Tilapia (Central America farmed) Tilapia (Asia farmed) mercury or other contaminants. Visit
Trout: (Lake Superior)* Trout (Lake Huron and Michigan)* www.edf.org/seafoodhealth
Tuna: Bigeye, Yellowfin (troll/pole) Tuna: Albacore, Bigeye,
Contaminant information provided by:
Tuna: Canned white/Albacore Yellowfin (longline)* ENVIRONMENTAL DEFENSE FUND
(troll/pole except US and BC) Tuna: Bluefin* and Tongol
Walleye* Tuna: Canned (except troll/pole)*
Whitefish: Lake Erie (gillnet)* , Round Yellowtail (imported farmed) Seafood may appear in more than one column

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