Sustainable Seafood

Check the complete list of the eco-best, eco-ok, and eco-worst seafood choices from the Environmental Defense Fund (EDF) here.

Eco-best seafood:
Char, Arctic (farmed)
Mackerel, Atlantic
Mussels
Oysters (farmed)
Sablefish (Alaska, Canada)
Salmon, wild (Alaska)
Sardines, Pacific (U.S.)
Trout, rainbow (farmed)
Tuna, albacore (U.S., Canada)

Avoid Eco-worst seafood:
Chilean sea bass
Grouper
Orange roughy
Rockfish (trawl)
Salmon, farmed/Atlantic
Shark
Swordfish (imported)
Tilefish (Gulf of Mexico/South Atlantic)
Tuna, bigeye/yellowfin (imported longline)
Tuna, bluefin

Also, check EDF new smart sushi choices:

Eco-Best Sushi
Amaebi Spot prawns (Canada)
Ikura (roe) Wild Alaskan salmon
Kanikama Alaska pollock (U.S.)
Masago Capelin, smelt roe (Iceland)
Mirugai Pacific geoduck
Sake Wild Alaskan salmon
Shiro Maguro Albacore tuna (U.S., Canada)
Surimi Alaska pollock (U.S.)
Suzuki Farmed striped bass
Uni Sea urchin (Canada

Avoid the Eco-Worst Sushi
Ebi Imported shrimp and prawns
Hamachi Farmed yellowtail (Australia, Japan)
Hirame Flounder/Sole (Atlantic)
Hon Maguro Bluefin tuna
Ikura (roe) Atlantic salmon (farmed)
Maguro Bigeye/yellowfin tuna (imported longline)
Sake Atlantic salmon (farmed)
Tako Octopus
Toro (belly) Bigeye/yellowfin tuna (imported longline)
Toro (belly) Bluefin tuna
Unagi Freshwater eels
Uni Sea urchin from Maine