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Green = Yellow = Some Red = Fish Best Choice Some Concerns Avoid
Recommended
Best Choice
Best Choice Some
Concerns
Concerns Avoid
Avoid Arctic Char Farmed
Best Choice seafood is Some Concerns seafood Avoid seafood items from Barramundi Australis (Vietnam) Re- (Indonesia)
well managed, abundant, should be consumed this list for now. They come circulating Aquaculture
and caught or farmed in infrequently, or when a from farmed or wild sources Basa/Pangasius* (Vietnam) Ponds
environmentally sustainable green choice is not available. with a combination of
ways. There are concerns with critical problems—habitat Catfish (US) Farmed
abundance, management, damage, lethal impacts Chilean Seabass* (Heard, McDonald, (Ross Sea, Kerguelan Islands, (Chile, Prince Edward,
or impacts on habitat or on other species, critically Maquarie, Falkland South Georgia) Longline Marion, Crozet Islands)
other marine life. low populations, or poor Islands) Longline Longline
management. Clams /Mussels* (Worlwide) Farmed Atlantic Surf (Canada, US);
Quahog (US Atl.)
Atlantic Cod* (US Georges Bank) Handline (Canada, US Gulf of Maine)
All Gear; (US Georges
Your choice for healthy oceans Bank) All exc. Handline
Your Seafood Choices are Part of the Solution. Pacific Cod* (Alaska) (B.C., CA., OR., WA.) Bottom Trawl (Russia/Japan)

Choosing green-listed “Best Choice” and avoiding red-listed Crab* Golden King (Alaska); Red Dungeness (US/Canada); Rock King (Russia); Jonah (US/
King (Alaska, Norway); Snow (Canada) Trap; Snow (Rest of Canada); Canada)
seafood helps support responsible fishing and farming practices. (Alaska, Gulf of St. Lawrence) Southern Red King (Argentina) Trap
Vote with your wallet and reward seafood providers who are doing
Flounder/Sole* Several options exist across all colour categories, please visit SeaChoice.org for more detail
the right thing. This helps ensure enough fish remain in the ocean
for years to come. Haddock* (US Georges Bank, Canada) (US Gulf of Maine)
Halibut* Pacific, Atlantic; Closed Contain- Atlantic (US Atl.) Trawl
ment Recirculating
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Lingcod* (US) Longline/Trawl (Canada); (US) Handline
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Lobster* California Spiny (Mexico) American (Canada/US); California American (US S. New Eng-
Trap; Caribbean Spiny Spiny (California) Trap; Caribbean land); Spiny (Belize, Brazil;
(Mexico) Trap Spiny (US, Bahamas) Dive/Trap Honduras, Nicaragua)
Mackerel Atlantic (Can./US) Seine; Atlantic (US) Trawl; King (US)
How To Use This Card King (US) Gillnet; Spanish Handline; Spanish (US Gulf of
(US S. Atl.) Mexico)
The table on the reverse ranks seafood as Best Choice, Some
Concerns or Avoid. Depending on where the fish was caught or Mahi Mahi (US Atlantic) Troll/Pole (Ecuador, US Pacific) (Costa Rica, Peru)
what gear was used, some species may show up in more than one Oysters Farmed
column. Additional information is included to assist you in making a
Pollock* Atlantic (Alaska) Atlantic (Canada) Trawl
better choice. Canadians want their seafood to be properly labelled
to help make these smart choices. If your seafood supplier doesn’t Rockfish*/Pacific Several options exist across all colour categories, please visit SeaChoice.org for more detail
know the answers, keep asking so they know that this information is Snapper
important to customers. Sablefish* (Alaska) All Gear; (US All Gear (Canada); (US West
W. Coast) Pot/Longline; Coast) Longline/ Trawl
A few important questions to ask: Totem Farm
• What species is this? • Where was it caught or farmed? Salmon* (Alaska) Wild; (Worldwide) (B.C. and WA, OR, & CA other Open Net-Pen; Chinook
• Is this seafood wild or farmed? • How was it caught or farmed? Closed Containment than Puget Sound & Columbia (Puget Sound); Coho
River) Wild (Columbia River)
Sardines Pacific (Canada/US) . Atlantic (Mediterranean)
Avoid these red-listed: Try these alternatives: Scallops* Pink and Spiny (B.C) Farmed (All Other) Farmed Dredge, Wild
Off Bottom; Weathervane (AK)
Chilean SeaBass/Monkfish Sablefish
Shark/Skate* Dogfish, Spiny (US); Dogfish, Spiny (Canada Pacific); (All Other); Longnose
Yellowfin Tuna Pacific Albacore (BC/US) Longnose Skate (US) Big Skate (B.C.); Big Skate (US) Skate (B.C.)
Open Net Farmed Salmon Land Farmed Atlantic Salmon Shrimp/Prawns* Coonstripe (AK); Freshwater All Other (Canada/US); (Thailand) (All Other)
or Arctic Char (Americas); Spot (B.C.); Farmed Infrequent Exchange;
Selva; Northern (AK); Freshwater Prawn (Asia) Ponds;
Created in collaboration with Northern (Atlantic) Trap White (Ecuador)

SeaChoice Member Organizations: Squid Humboldt (Chile, Mex., Peru); Mitre, (Thailand, China);
Shortfin/Longfin (US); Market (CA.) Indian (India, Thailand)
Swordfish* (Canada, US Atl. Hawaii, E. (US) Longline; (W. Pacific) (Canada, International)
Pac.) Harpoon/Handline Harpoon/Handline Longline
Tilapia* (Worldwide) Recirculating; (China, Indonesia, Mexico) Net
(Equador); (Peru) Pens; (China, Taiwan) Ponds
Trout, Rainbow (US) Farmed; (Worldwide)
Recirculating
Tuna, Albacore (Canada, Japan, N. Atl., US (US Atlantic/Hawaii) Longline; (N (Int.) Longline; All Gear
.org Tuna, Bigeye
Pac., S. Pac.) Troll/Pole Atlantic) FAD-Free Seine (S. Atl.); FAD Purse Seine
(Int’l.) Pole/Troll; (Indian, Atl.) FAD Purse Seine; (Int’l./
(Ahi) FAD-Free Seine; (US) Longline Hawaii) Longline

Make smart seafood

Tuna, Bluefin (All)
Tuna, Canned Albacore Chunk White Albacore Chunk White (Int’l.) Pole/ Chunk Light/White All
(Canada/US Pacific) Troll; Skipjack Pole/Troll & FAD-Free except Pole/Troll

decisions for today Tuna,

Skipjack*
(East Pacific) Pole/Troll FAD-Free Seines; (W. Central Pac., (Atl., E. Pac., Indian, W.
Atl.) Pole/Troll; (US/Hawaii) Longline Central) FAD Purse Seine

and tomorrow
Version: 05/2016

Tuna, (Western Central Pacific) (Hawaii) Pole/Troll, Longline; (All Other) Purse Seine;
Yellowfin (Ahi)* Handline (Pacific, Indian) FAD-Free Seine (All exc. Hawaii) Longline