Top 10 Eco Best, Eco O.K. and Eco Worst Seafood Choices

September 13, 2008

The following list of Eco-Best, Eco- and Eco-Worst Seafood choices comes from Environmental Defense Fund Data.

This information will help you make more informed decisions when buying and eating seafood and choose fish that are good for you and the ocean.

Top 10 Eco Best	Top 10 Eco-OK
Anchovies 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)	Clams (wild) Cod, Pacific (trawl) Crab, snow/tanner Flounder/sole (Pacific) Lobster, American/Maine Scallop, sea (N.E., Canada) Shrimp (U.S. wild) Squid Tilapia (Latin America) Tuna, canned light

Top 10 Eco-Worst

Chilean sea bass
Grouper
Monkfish
Orange roughy
Salmon, farmed/Atlantic
Shark
Swordfish (imported)
Tilefish (Gulf of Mexico/South Atlantic)
Tuna, bigeye/yellowfin (imported longline)
Tuna, bluefin

Seafood Selector from the Environmental Defense Fund

You can see the full list at their website, their list by fish or download their pocket g uid e. For more information on contaminants see Contaminants in Fish and Shellfish and their Health Alert for fish and shellfish.

They also offer a downloadable mobile guide [PDF] that can be used when not connected to the Web.

Source:

Environmental Defense Fund Data, Make Smart Choices When Eating Seafood.

Environmental Defense Fund. Contaminants in Fish and Shellfish.

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