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Eco-friendly best choices
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Abalone (farmed - closed containment)
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Alaska cod (longline, pot, jig)
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Albacore (U.S., Canada)
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Arctic char (farmed)
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Atka mackerel (US - Alaska)
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Atlantic calico scallops
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Atlantic croaker (beach seine)
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Barramundi (Farmed - U.S.)
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Bay scallops (farmed)
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Black sea bass (trap-caught, handline)
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Blood cockle (farmed)
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Blue king crab (U.S.)
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Blue mussel
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Butter Clam (farmed)
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California halibut (hook/line)
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Capelin, smelt roe (Iceland)
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Caribbean spiny lobster (U.S.)
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Catfish (U.S.)
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Chilipepper rockfish (US)
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Common Japanese scallops
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Crawfish (U.S., farmed)
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Dover sole
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Eastern or American oyster
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Edible oyster
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English sole
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Farmed or Atlantic salmon (indoor recirculating tanks)
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Florida pompano
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Giant freshwater prawn (U.S., Canada, Latin America)
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Giant Pacific Octopus (Alaska, pot)
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King mackerel (US)
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Lingcod
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Longnose skate (US)
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Mahimahi (U.S. troll/pole)
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Manila clam (farmed)
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Mediterranean mussel
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New Zealand green mussel
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Northern shrimp (U.S., Canada)
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Oysters (farmed)
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Oysters (wild)
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Pacific geoduck (farmed and wild - US, Canada)
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Pacific halibut (Alaska and Canada)
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Pacific littleneck (farmed)
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Pacific Ocean Perch (Alaska)
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Pacific Oyster
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Pacific sanddab
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Pacific sardines (U.S. & Canada)
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Petrale sole
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Pink shrimp (Oregon)
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Queen scallop
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Rainbow (Steelhead) trout (US, farmed)
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Rainbow trout (farmed)
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Red king crab (U.S.)
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Rex sole
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Russian, Siberian, White, Beluga, Sevruga (U.S., farmed)
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Sablefish/Black Cod
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Salmon (canned)
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Sea urchin (Canada)
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Snow crab (US)
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Softshell clam
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Spiny dogfish (US)
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Spiny Lobster (U.S., Mexico)
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Spiny scallop
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Splitnose
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Spot prawn (Canada)
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Spot prawns (U.S.)
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Spotted/silver seatrout (LA, FL)
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Starry flounder (US, Pacific)
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Stone crab
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Striped bass (farmed)
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Striped mullet
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Swordfish (US, harpoon/hand line)
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Thornyhead
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Tilapia (ponds- Ecuador, raceways- Peru)
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Tilapia (recirculating aquaculture system)
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U.S. haddock (Gulf of Maine)
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Weathervane scallop
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Widow rockfish (US)
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Wild Alaskan salmon (all species)
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Worldwide (Farmed)
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Wreckfish
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Yellow perch (farmed, US)
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Yellowfin (U.S. Atlantic troll/pole)
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Yellowfin (Western Central Pacific, handline)
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Yellowtail (wild, Isla Natividad, Mexico)
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Yellowtail (wild, US, handline)
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Yellowtail rockfish (US)