Best and Worst Choices in Sustainable Seafood

Best
Abalone (U.S. farmed)
Anchovies
Arctic char (farmed)
Catfish (U.S. farmed)
Caviar (U.S. farmed)
Clams (farmed)
Crab - Dungeness, snow (Canada), stone
Crawfish (U.S.)
Halibut - Pacific (Alaska)
Herring - Atlantic (U.S., Canada)
Mackerel - Atlantic
Mahimahi (U.S. Atlantic)
Mussels (farmed)
Oysters (farmed)
Sablefish/black cod (Alaska)
Salmon - wild (Alaska), canned pink/sockeye
Sardines
Scallops - bay (farmed)
Shrimp - northern (Canada), Oregon pink, U.S. farmed
Spot prawns
Striped bass (farmed)
Sturgeon (U.S. farmed)
Tilapia (U.S.)

Worst
Caviar (wild)
Chilean seabass/toothfish
Cod - Atlantic
Grouper
Halibut - Atlantic
Marlin
Monkfish/goosefish
Orange roughy
Rockfish/rock cod (Pacific)
Salmon - Atlantic (farmed)
Shark
Shrimp/prawns (imported)
Skate
Snapper
Sturgeon (wild)
Swordfish (imported)
Tilefish
Tuna - bluefin