Best Choice
Buy first. Green-rated seafood is well managed and caught or farmed responsibly. It poses a low environmental risk.
Recommendations
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Use our recommendation search tool to find seafood that's fished or farmed in environmentally sustainable ways.
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Good Alternative
Buy if a green-rated option is not available. This seafood poses a moderate environmental risk.
Avoid
Take a pass on this red-rated seafood for now because it poses a high risk to the environment. It's overfished, lacks strong management, or is caught or farmed in ways that harm other marine life or the environment.
Tools to find sustainable seafood
Explore the pages below to get tips on finding sustainable seafood when shopping and dining, download a Seafood Guide or learn more about the science behind our recommendations.
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Latest updates
Our recommendations are updated regularly — find out what's been newly released and what's coming in the months ahead.
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Join the sustainable seafood movement
Be part of the sustainable seafood movement! Discover how to use our tools to find sustainable seafood choices — and help drive change in the marketplace.
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Seafood guides
Use our seafood guides to find sustainable options quickly and easily when dining and shopping.
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Developing our recommendations
Businesses and consumers around the world rely on our recommendations when purchasing seafood — in part because of our rigorous, impartial and transparent assessment process.
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Certified seafood
Certification is a voluntary tool used by the seafood industry to recognize aspects of sustainability, including environmental performance and social responsibility.
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Our standards
Seafood Watch has developed trusted, rigorous standards for fishing and aquaculture practices worldwide. Built on a solid foundation of science and collaboration, our standards help set the global bar for ecologically sustainable seafood.
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