Recommendations « Seafood For The Future

Since fish are managed according to where they are found and how they are caught, it’s important to understand some of the critical elements about fish stocks and gear type used. Seafood for the Future provides a list of recommended sustainable seafood by species and simplified explanation about what’s important in the selection of each.

THE GOLD LIST

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Cobia Rachycentron canadum
Pacific oysters Crassostrea gigas
Spot prawns Pandalus platyceros
White sturgeon Acipenser transmontanus
Hybrid striped bass Morone chrsops x saxatilis
American (channel) catfish Ictalurus punctatus
Pacific halibut Hippoglossus stenolepis
Arctic char Salvelinus alpinus
Rainbow trout Oncorhynchus mykiss
Pacific cod Gadus macrocephalus
Dungeness crab Cancer magister
Pollock Theragra chalcogramma
Mahi mahi (dolphinfish) Coryphaena hippurus
Barramundi Lates calcarifer
Clams various species
Herring Clupea harengus
Mussels Mytilus spp.
Market squid Loligo spp.
Farmed Bay scallops Argopecten spp.
Sardines Sardinops sagax
Alaskan chum salmon Oncorhyunchus keta
Alaskan chinook (King) salmon Oncorhynchus tshawytscha
Alaskan coho salmon Oncorhynchus kisutch
Alaskan sockeye Oncorhynchus nerka
Alaskan pink salmon Oncorhynchus gorbuscha
Specific Stocks

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Atlantic sea scallops - New England/US Mid-Atlantic
Albacore – Pacific stocks
Alantic herring – Northwest Atlantic coast
Black sea bass – US Mid-Atlantic (NC to ME)
Alaska cod – Bering Sea/Aleutian Islands/Gulf of Alaska
Alaska pollock – Bering Sea/Aleutian Islands/Gulf of Alaska
Bluefish – US Atlantic coast
Lingcod – US Pacific coast
Monkfish – Gulf of Maine/Georges Bank
Pacific halibut – US/Canada Pacific coast
Pacific sardine – US Pacific coast
Sablefish (black cod) – US Pacific coast
California yellowtail – US Pacific coast
Greenland turbot – US Pacific coast
Snow Crab – Alaska
Pacific sanddabs – US Pacific coast
Petrale sole – US Pacific coast
Wahoo (ono) US Pacific coast
Red king crab Bristol Bay/Norton Sound
Swordfish North Atlantic/North Pacific
Summer flounder US Mid-Atlantic coast
Opalescent inshore squid US Pacific coast
Wild Bay Scallops U.S. and Magdalena Bay, Baja California, Mexico
Coho salmon Washingtonian and some Oregonian
Chinook salmon Washingtonian and some Oregonian
Chum salmon Washingtonian and some Oregonian
Sockeye salmon Oregonian and some Washingtonian
Striped bass Atlantic
Stone Crabs Gulf and Florida
Spiny dogfish Atlantic
Red grouper US Gulf of Mexico
American Lobster Gulf of Maine, Georges Bank, and Eastern Canada
Caribbean spiny lobster US Gulf of Mexico and South Atlantic
King mackerel US Gulf of Mexico and South Atlantic
Haddock Georges Bank
Atlantic mackerel US and Canada Atlantic
Spanish mackerel US Atlantic and Gulf of Mexico
Pacific ocean perch Bering Sea/Aleutian Islands/Gulf of Alaska
Scup US Atlantic
Arrowtooth flounder US Pacific
Pacific spiny dogfish US Pacific and Canada BC
Atlantic pollock US Atlantic
Brown shrimp US Gulf of Mexico and S. Atlantic
Pink shrimp US Gulf of Mexico
White shrimp US Gulf of Mexico and S. Atlantic
Vermilion snapper US Gulf of Mexico
Dover sole US/Canadian Pacific and Alaska
English sole Pacific
Flathead sole Alaska
Rock sole US Pacific and Alaska
Yellowfin sole Alaska
Golden tilefish US Mid-Atlantic and South Atlantic
Atlantic bigeye tuna US Atlantic
Skipjack tuna US Atlantic
Atlanic yellowfin tuna US Atlantic
Pacific yellowfin tuna Western and Central Pacific
Pacific whiting (hake) US Pacific
Wreckfish US Atlantic
Sea Urchin California and Canada
California Spiny Lobster California
California Halibut California

Pacific common thresher shark Alopias vulpinus
Northern anchovy Engraulis mordax
BC farmed salmon
BRANDED PRODUCTS

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Marine Harvest marineharvest.com
ASMI alaskaseafood.org
American Tuna americantuna.com
Carlsbad Aquafarmcarlsbadaquafarm.com
Wild Pacific Albacore pacificalbacore.com
Cleanfish cleanfish.com
Kona Bluekona-blue.com
The Abalone Farmabalonefarm.com
BAP certified Products Global Aquaculture Alliance
Sea to Tablesea2table.com
Skuna Bay Salmon Skunasalmon.com