A Collaborative Effort

SFF brings together information from NGOs, 3rd party certification agencies, and various regulatory agencies, including:

• WWF
• Blue Ocean Institute
• The New England Aquarium
• Monterey Bay’s Seafood Watch
• The Marine Stewardship Council (MSC)
• Global Aquaculture Alliance (GAA)
• The National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS)
• California Department of Fish and Game (CA DFG)

The majority of recommendations we pass along are for specific fish stocks, not species.

• See a comparison of seafood advisory programs
• View culinary substitutions for over-exploited species

Seafood by Species

• Alaska cod – Bering Sea/Aleutian Islands, Gulf of Alaska
• Alaska plaice – Bering Sea/Aleutian Islands
• Alaska pollock – Bering Sea/Aleutian Islands, Gulf of Alaska
• Atlantic Sea Scallops – New England and US Mid-Atlantic
• Albacore (tuna) – Pacific stocks
• Atlantic herring – Northwestern Atlantic Coast
• Atlantic mackerel – Gulf of Maine / Cape Hatteras
• Atlantic surfclam – US Mid-Atlantic Coast
• Bivalves – (Cultured species)
• Black sea bass – Mid-Atlantic (North Carolina to Maine)
• Bluefish – (US Atlantic)
• Cabezon – California
• Cobia – Gulf of Mexico
• Crab (Alaska Snow crab) – Alaska
• Cultured species – Tilapia, catfish, bivalves, Arctic char, trout
• Mahi mahi – Pacific
• Dover sole – Pacific Coast
• Lingcod – Pacific Coast
• Longfin inshore squid – Georges Bank / Cape Hatteras
• Monkfish – Gulf of Maine / Georges Bank
• Northern anchovy – Northern Pacific Coast
• Ocean quahog – Atlantic Coast
• Opah – Pacific
• Opalescent inshore squid – Pacific Coast
• Pacific cod – Bering Sea / Aleutian Islands; Gulf of Alaska; Pacific Coast
• Pacific halibut – Gulf of Alaska/Bering Sea; British Columbia; West coast
• Pacific sanddab – Pacific Coast
• Pacific sardine – Pacific Coast
• Petrale sole – Pacific Coast
• Red king crab – Bristol Bay
• Red king crab – Norton Sound
• Sablefish – Pacific coast; Eastern Bering Sea / Aleutian Islands / Gulf of Alaska
• Salmon, Pacific species – Alaska
• Atlantic sea scallops – Northwestern Atlantic Coast
• Summer flounder – Mid-Atlantic Coast
• Swordfish – North Atlantic; North Pacific
• Tilapia – (Cultured species)
• Wahoo (Ono)  - Pacific
• Yellowtail – California