Saturday, April 18, 2009

Guide to Safe and Sustainable Fish

ECO GOOD
Farmed clams, mussels and oysters
Farmed tilapia (US)
Wild Alaskan salmon
Farmed arctic char (Canada, Iceland, US)
Mahimahi (poll and troll caught)
Yellowfin tuna (poll and troll caught)

ECO OKAY
Farmed rainbow trout
Farmed shrimp (US)
Sea scallops
Lobster
Monkfish
*Swordfish
*Blue, snow or tanner crab
*Yellowfin tuna (canned or longline caught)

ECO WORST
*Grouper
Atlantic halibut
Atlantic cod
*Chilean sea bass
*Orange roughy
*Farmed salmon
Shrimp (imported)
*Shark
Caviar (wild sturgeon)

*= levels of mercury or PCBs taht may pose a health risk to adults or children

>(According to Shape magazine September 2008)