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Complete List of Seafood Eco-Ratings

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Fish Abalone Alewife Anchovies Arctic Char

Eco-Best All farmed abalone

Eco-OK

Eco-Worst

No eco-recommendation, but there is health information. There are no eco-recommendations for this fish. Char, Arctic (farmed) Barramundi from U.S. No eco-recommendation, but there is health information. Catfish from U.S. Basa/swai/tra Farmed caviar Imported wild caviar Wild paddlefish caviar

Barramundi U.S. Bluefish Catfish Caviar

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Fish

Eco-Best

Eco-OK Wild white sturgeon caviar from Oregon and Washington

Eco-Worst

Chilean sea bass Clams Farmed clams Softshell clam AK cod caught by longline Wild clams

All Chilean sea bass

Cod

U.S. Pacific cod caught by trawl Blue crab Jonah crab King crab from U.S. Snow crab Southern tanner crab

Atlantic cod

Crab

Dungeness crab Stone crab

Imported king crab

Crawfish Croaker Eels Flounder

Crawfish from U.S. No eco-recommendation, but there is health information. No eco-recommendation, but there is health information. Flounder/sole from the Pacific Ocean Summer flounder Black grouper from the U.S. Gulf of Mexico Red grouper from the U.S. Gulf of Mexico U.S. haddock caught by hook and line U.S. haddock caught by trawl All Icelandic haddock Red hake Silver hake Greenland turbot California halibut caught by hook and line or trawl

Crawfish (imported)

Flounder/sole from the Atlantic Ocean (except Summer flounder)

Grouper

All grouper except red and black from the U.S. Gulf of Mexico

Haddock

Hake

White hake

Halibut

Pacific halibut caught in Alaska and Canada

Atlantic halibut California halibut caught by set gillnet

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Fish Herring Hoki Lingcod

Eco-Best

Eco-OK Atlantic herring

Eco-Worst

There are no eco-recommendations for this fish. All lingcod Caribbean spiny lobster from U.S. Spiny lobster

Lobster Mackerel

American/Maine lobster

Imported Caribbean spiny lobster

No eco-recommendation, but there is health information. Mahimahi from U.S. caught by troll/pole Imported mahimahi caught by troll/pole Mahimahi from U.S. caught by longline Imported mahimahi caught by longline

Mahimahi

Marlin Monkfish Mullet Mussels Opah Orange roughy Oysters Paddlefish

No eco-recommendation, but there is health information. No eco-recommendation, but there is health information. Striped mullet Farmed mussels All opah All orange roughy Farmed oysters Wild oysters Farmed paddlefish Yellow perch from Lake Huron or Lake Ontario Alaska pollock (U.S.) Atlantic pollock from Canada or the U.S. Atlantic pollock from Iceland caught by gillnet Atlantic pollock from Iceland caught by Danish seine or trawl Wild paddlefish

Perch, yellow Pollock

Yellow perch from Lake Erie

Atlantic pollock from Norway caught by gillnet or purse seine

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Fish

Eco-Best

Eco-OK Atlantic Pollock from Norway caught by Danish seine or trawl

Eco-Worst

Pompano Rockfish caught by hook and line Sablefish from California, Oregon or Washington Wild salmon from Washington Wild salmon from California Wild salmon from Oregon

Florida pompano Rockfish caught by trawl

Rockfish

Sablefish/Black Cod

Sablefish from Alaska or Canada

Salmon

Canned salmon Wild salmon from Alaska

Farmed or Atlantic salmon

Sardines

Pacific sardines from U.S. Farmed bay scallops Sea scallops from the U.S. and Canada All black sea bass Sea urchin from Canada Sea urchin from California

Scallops

Sea bass, black

Sea Urchin

Sea urchin from Maine

Seatrout Shad Shark Shrimp Pink shrimp from Oregon Spot prawns from Canada Farmed shrimp from U.S. Northern shrimp from U.S. and Canada Spot prawns from U.S. Wild shrimp from U.S. No eco-recommendation, but there is health information.

Weakfish

All shark Imported shrimp and prawns

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Fish Skate Smelt

Eco-Best

Eco-OK

Eco-Worst All skate

There are no eco-recommendations for this fish. Mutton snapper Yellowtail snapper Imported snapper Red snapper Silk snapper Vermilion snapper

Snapper

Sole

Flounder/sole from the Pacific Ocean Summer flounder Longfin squid from U.S. Farmed striped bass Farmed white sturgeon Wild white sturgeon from Oregon and Washington Swordfish from U.S.

Flounder/sole from the Atlantic Ocean (except Summer flounder)

Squid

Squid (excluding U.S.)

Striped bass

Sturgeon

Atlantic sturgeon Imported wild sturgeon

Swordfish

Imported swordfish New Zealand tai snapper caught by Danish seine and bottom trawl

Tai snapper

New Zealand tai snapper caught by bottom longline

Tilapia

Tilapia from U.S.

Tilapia from Latin America Tilefish from the midAtlantic

Tilapia from Asia

Tilefish

Tilefish from the Gulf of Mexico/South Atlantic

Trout Tuna

Farmed rainbow trout Albacore from U.S. or Canada

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Fish

Eco-Best Yellowfin from the U.S. Atlantic caught by troll/pole

Eco-OK Blackfin tuna from the Atlantic caught by troll/pole Canned light tuna Canned white/albacore Imported bigeye/yellowfin caught by troll/pole All wahoo All walleye

Eco-Worst Blackfin tuna form the Atlantic caught by longline or purse seine Bluefin tuna Imported bigeye/yellowfin tuna caught by longline

Wahoo Walleye Wolffish Wreckfish

No eco-recommendation, but there is health information. All wreckfish

= Indicates fish high in heart-healthy omega-3 fatty acids and low in environmental contaminants = Indicates fish high in mercury or PCBs

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