in theory, fish farming
is the ideal answer to
Top 10 and worst 10
protecting wild species
from depletion and
Seafood Choices
avoiding environmental
degradation.
Eco-Worst
The reality Chilean sea bass
is more complex.
Grouper
Eco-Best
Monkfish
Anchovies
To help us easily make sustainable
orange roughy
seafood choices, several environmental
Arctic char (farmed)
Salmon, farmed/Atlantic
and conservation organizations distill
Atlantic mackerel
their research into handy consumer
Shark
Mussels
guides. Each advises which choices Swordfish (imported)
are high in heart-healthy omega-3s,
oysters (farmed)
Tilefish
and which have questionable levels of Sablefish (Alaska, Canada)
(Gulf of Mexico/South Atlantic)
mercury, PCBs or other contaminants.
Salmon, wild (Alaska)
Seafood Watch publishes down-
Tuna, bigeye/yellowfin
loadable regional and national Seafood
Sardines, Pacific (U.S.)
(imported longline)
Watch pocket guides, and a sushi guide, Trout, rainbow (farmed)
Tuna, bluefin
that rate seafood as “best choices,” “good
alternatives” or “avoid.” Blue Ocean
Source: Environmental Defense Fund; EDF.org.
Institute’s wallet-size Guide to Ocean-
Friendly Seafood, available free by
email request, rates fish and seafood
within five categories. Its wallet-size
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Ocean-Friendly Sushi Guide is avail-
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also provides FishPhone, the nation’s
first sustainable seafood text messag-
ing service (text FISH and the species
name to 30644 for instant information).
The Environmental Defense Fund (EDF)
publishes its Pocket Seafood Selec-
tor and Pocket Sushi Selector as free,
Alternative
downloadable guides listing Best, OK
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and Worst choices.
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