2021 Seafood Watch Ratings Updates

Monterey Bay Aquarium's Seafood Watch uses science-based information to evaluate the most common items available in the North American seafood market against environmental sustainability criteria. Recommendations are updated at least once every three years or as soon as new information is made available, and recommendation updates are released once a month. See below for the latest changes, and a list of species updated (year to date).

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January

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March

Species Name
Scientific Name
Origin
Harvest Method
Old Rating
New Rating
Albacore Tuna
Thunnus alalunga

Pacific Ocean - Northeast

  • Drifting Longlines
    Seafood Watch: Unrated
    Seafood Watch - Avoid

Pacific Ocean - Southeast

  • Drifting Longlines
    Seafood Watch: Unrated
    Seafood Watch - Avoid

Indian Ocean

  • Drifting Longlines
    Seafood Watch: Avoid
    Seafood Watch - Avoid

Mediterranean Sea

  • Drifting Longlines
    Seafood Watch: Avoid
    Seafood Watch - Avoid

Atlantic Ocean - Northeast

  • Drifting Longlines
    Seafood Watch: Avoid
    Seafood Watch - Avoid

Atlantic Ocean - North

  • Handlines and Hand-Operated Pole-and-Lines
    Seafood Watch: Best Choice
  • Trolling Lines
    Seafood Watch: Best Choice

Atlantic Ocean - Northwest (excluding US-caught)

  • Drifting Longlines
    Seafood Watch: Avoid
    Seafood Watch - Avoid

Atlantic Ocean - Southeast

  • Drifting Longlines
    Seafood Watch: Avoid
    Seafood Watch - Avoid

Atlantic Ocean - South

  • Handlines and Hand-Operated Pole-and-Lines
    Seafood Watch: Good Alternative
    Seafood Watch - Good Alternative
  • Trolling Lines
    Seafood Watch: Good Alternative
    Seafood Watch - Good Alternative

Atlantic Ocean - Southwest

  • Drifting Longlines
    Seafood Watch: Avoid
    Seafood Watch - Avoid

Canada - Northwest Atlantic

  • Drifting Longlines
    Seafood Watch: Avoid
    Seafood Watch - Avoid

USA - Northwest Atlantic

  • Drifting Longlines
    Seafood Watch: Good Alternative
    Seafood Watch - Good Alternative

USA - Hawaii (Including vessels landing in California)

  • Deep-Set Longline
    Seafood Watch: Good Alternative
    Seafood Watch - Good Alternative

USA - Hawaii (Western Central Pacific)

  • Deep-Set Longline
    Seafood Watch: Good Alternative
    Seafood Watch - Good Alternative

Fiji (MSC)

  • Longline
    Seafood Watch: Unrated
    Seafood Watch - Eco-Recognized
Atlantic Bluefin Tuna
Thunnus thynnus

Mediterranean Sea

  • Drifting Longlines
    Seafood Watch: Avoid
    Seafood Watch - Avoid

Atlantic Ocean - Northwest

  • Drifting Longlines
    Seafood Watch: Avoid
    Seafood Watch - Avoid

Atlantic Ocean - West

  • Purse Seine - Unassociated
    Seafood Watch: Good Alternative
    Seafood Watch - Avoid - Down

Atlantic Ocean - Southwest

  • Drifting Longlines
    Seafood Watch: Avoid
    Seafood Watch - Avoid

Canada - Northwest Atlantic

  • Drifting Longlines
    Seafood Watch: Avoid
    Seafood Watch - Avoid

USA - Northwest Atlantic (General Quota, Atlantic Bluefin Tuna fishery)

  • Harpoon
    Seafood Watch: Good Alternative
    Seafood Watch - Avoid - Down
  • Handlines and Hand-Operated Pole-and-Lines
    Seafood Watch: Good Alternative
    Seafood Watch - Avoid - Down

USA - Northwest Atlantic

  • Drifting Longlines
    Seafood Watch: Good Alternative
    Seafood Watch - Avoid - Down
Atlantic Herring
Clupea harengus

Faroe Islands (MSC)

  • Midwater Trawl
    Seafood Watch- Eco-Certification Recognized
  • Purse Seine
    Seafood Watch- Eco-Certification Recognized

Norway - Spring Spawn (MSC)

  • Midwater Trawl
    Seafood Watch- Eco-Certification Recognized
  • Purse Seine
    Seafood Watch- Eco-Certification Recognized

Atlantic Ocean - Northeast (MSC)

  • Bottom Trawls
    Seafood Watch- Eco-Certification Recognized
  • Purse Seine
    Seafood Watch- Eco-Certification Recognized
Atlantic Salmon
Salmo salar

Norway - Nordland, Skjerstad Fjord

  • Marine Net Pen
    Seafood Watch: Best Choice
Bigeye Tuna
Thunnus obesus

Indian Ocean

  • Handlines and Hand-Operated Pole-and-Lines
    Seafood Watch: Unrated
    Seafood Watch - Avoid
  • Trolling Lines
    Seafood Watch: Unrated
    Seafood Watch - Avoid
  • Purse Seine - Unassociated
    Seafood Watch: Unrated
    Seafood Watch - Avoid
  • Purse Seine - Floating Object
    Seafood Watch: Avoid
    Seafood Watch - Avoid

Indian Ocean - Antarctic

  • Drifting Longlines
    Seafood Watch: Avoid
    Seafood Watch - Avoid

Atlantic Ocean - East

  • Purse Seine - Floating Object
    Seafood Watch: Avoid
    Seafood Watch - Avoid
  • Handlines and Hand-Operated Pole-and-Lines
    Seafood Watch: Good Alternative
    Seafood Watch - Good Alternative
  • Trolling Lines
    Seafood Watch: Good Alternative
    Seafood Watch - Good Alternative

Pacific Ocean - East Central

  • Purse Seine - Floating Object
    Seafood Watch: Avoid
    Seafood Watch - Avoid

Pacific Ocean - Northeast

  • Drifting Longlines
    Seafood Watch: Avoid
    Seafood Watch - Avoid

Pacific Ocean - Southeast

  • Drifting Longlines
    Seafood Watch: Avoid
    Seafood Watch - Avoid

Atlantic Ocean - Northeast

  • Drifting Longlines
    Seafood Watch: Avoid
    Seafood Watch - Avoid

Atlantic Ocean - Northwest

  • Drifting Longlines
    Seafood Watch: Avoid
    Seafood Watch - Avoid

Atlantic Ocean - West

  • Purse Seine - Floating Object
    Seafood Watch: Avoid
    Seafood Watch - Avoid
  • Handlines and Hand-Operated Pole-and-Lines
    Seafood Watch: Good Alternative
    Seafood Watch - Good Alternative
  • Trolling Lines
    Seafood Watch: Good Alternative
    Seafood Watch - Good Alternative

Atlantic Ocean - Southeast

  • Drifting Longlines
    Seafood Watch: Avoid
    Seafood Watch - Avoid

Atlantic Ocean - Southwest

  • Drifting Longlines
    Seafood Watch: Avoid
    Seafood Watch - Avoid

Canada - Northwest Atlantic

  • Drifting Longlines
    Seafood Watch: Avoid
    Seafood Watch - Avoid

USA - Northwest Atlantic

  • Drifting Longlines
    Seafood Watch: Avoid
    Seafood Watch - Avoid

USA - Hawaii (Including vessels landing in California)

  • Deep-Set Longline
    Seafood Watch: Good Alternative
    Seafood Watch - Good Alternative

USA - Hawaii (Western Central Pacific)

  • Deep-Set Longline
    Seafood Watch: Good Alternative
    Seafood Watch - Good Alternative

Fiji (MSC)

  • Longline
    Seafood Watch: Unrated
    Seafood Watch - Eco-Recognized

Sri Lanka - Eastern Indian Ocean

  • Drifting Longlines
    Seafood Watch: Avoid

Indian Ocean (Tropical tuna fishery)

  • Drifting Longlines
    Seafood Watch: Avoid
    Seafood Watch - Avoid
Black Marlin
Istiompax indica

USA - Hawaii (Including vessels landing in California)

  • Deep-Set Longline
    Seafood Watch: Good Alternative
    Seafood Watch - Good Alternative

USA - Hawaii (Western Central Pacific)

  • Deep-Set Longline
    Seafood Watch: Good Alternative
    Seafood Watch - Good Alternative
Blackfin Tuna
Thunnus atlanticus

Atlantic Ocean - West

  • Purse Seine - Floating Object
    Seafood Watch: Avoid
    Seafood Watch - Avoid
  • Handlines and Hand-Operated Pole-and-Lines
    Seafood Watch: Good Alternative
    Seafood Watch - Good Alternative
  • Trolling Lines
    Seafood Watch: Good Alternative
    Seafood Watch - Good Alternative
Blue Marlin
Makaira nigricans

USA - Hawaii (Including vessels landing in California)

  • Deep-Set Longline
    Seafood Watch: Good Alternative
    Seafood Watch - Good Alternative

USA - Hawaii (Western Central Pacific)

  • Deep-Set Longline
    Seafood Watch: Good Alternative
    Seafood Watch - Good Alternative
Blue Shark
Prionace glauca

Indian Ocean - Antarctic (Southern bluefin tuna fishery)

  • Drifting Longlines
    Seafood Watch: Avoid
    Seafood Watch - Avoid

Pacific Ocean - Northeast

  • Drifting Longlines
    Seafood Watch: Avoid
    Seafood Watch - Avoid

Pacific Ocean - Southeast

  • Drifting Longlines
    Seafood Watch: Avoid
    Seafood Watch - Avoid

Indian Ocean

  • Drifting Longlines
    Seafood Watch: Avoid
    Seafood Watch - Avoid

Indian Ocean (Tropical tuna fishery)

  • Drifting Longlines
    Seafood Watch: Avoid
    Seafood Watch - Avoid

Atlantic Ocean - Northeast (excluding US-caught)

  • Drifting Longlines
    Seafood Watch: Avoid
    Seafood Watch - Avoid

Atlantic Ocean - Northwest (excluding US-caught)

  • Drifting Longlines
    Seafood Watch: Avoid
    Seafood Watch - Avoid

Atlantic Ocean - Southeast (excluding US-caught)

  • Drifting Longlines
    Seafood Watch: Avoid
    Seafood Watch - Avoid

Atlantic Ocean - Southwest (excluding US-caught)

  • Drifting Longlines
    Seafood Watch: Avoid
    Seafood Watch - Avoid

Canada - Atlantic (and adjacent areas)

  • Drifting Longlines
    Seafood Watch: Avoid
    Seafood Watch - Avoid

USA - Atlantic (and adjacent areas)

  • Drifting Longlines
    Seafood Watch: Good Alternative
    Seafood Watch - Good Alternative

USA - Hawaii (Eastern Central Pacific)

  • Shallow-Set Longline
    Seafood Watch: Good Alternative
    Seafood Watch - Good Alternative

USA - Hawaii (Including vessels landing in California)

  • Deep-Set Longline
    Seafood Watch: Good Alternative
    Seafood Watch - Good Alternative

USA - Hawaii (Western Central Pacific)

  • Deep-Set Longline
    Seafood Watch: Good Alternative
    Seafood Watch - Good Alternative
  • Shallow-Set Longline
    Seafood Watch: Good Alternative
    Seafood Watch - Good Alternative
Blue Whiting
Micromesistius poutassou

Faroe Islands (MSC)

  • Midwater Trawl
    Seafood Watch- Eco-Certification Recognized

Iceland (MSC)

  • Bottom Trawls
    Seafood Watch- Eco-Certification Recognized
  • Midwater Trawl
    Seafood Watch- Eco-Certification Recognized

Atlantic Ocean - Northeast

  • Midwater Trawl
    Seafood Watch- Eco-Certification Recognized
Cape Hake
Merluccius capensis

Namibia (MSC)

  • Longline
    Seafood Watch: Unrated
    Seafood Watch - Eco-Recognized
  • Bottom Trawls
    Seafood Watch: Unrated
    Seafood Watch - Eco-Recognized
Common Octopus
Octopus vulgaris

Mauritania

  • Jig
    Seafood Watch: Unrated
    Seafood Watch - Avoid
  • Pots
    Seafood Watch: Unrated
    Seafood Watch - Avoid
  • Bottom Trawls
    Seafood Watch: Avoid
    Seafood Watch - Avoid

Morocco

  • Jig
    Seafood Watch: Unrated
    Seafood Watch - Avoid
  • Pots
    Seafood Watch: Unrated
    Seafood Watch - Avoid
  • Bottom Trawls
    Seafood Watch: Avoid
    Seafood Watch - Avoid

Senegal

  • Bottom Trawls
    Seafood Watch: Unrated
    Seafood Watch - Avoid
  • Jig
    Seafood Watch: Unrated
    Seafood Watch - Good Alternative
  • Pots
    Seafood Watch: Unrated
    Seafood Watch - Good Alternative

Portugal

  • Bottom Trawls
    Seafood Watch: Avoid
    Seafood Watch - Avoid
  • Pots
    Seafood Watch: Good Alternative
    Seafood Watch - Good Alternative
  • Traps
    Seafood Watch: Good Alternative
    Seafood Watch - Good Alternative

Spain

  • Bottom Trawls
    Seafood Watch: Avoid
    Seafood Watch - Avoid
  • Pots
    Seafood Watch: Good Alternative
    Seafood Watch - Good Alternative
  • Traps
    Seafood Watch: Good Alternative
    Seafood Watch - Good Alternative
Deep-water Cape Hake
Merluccius paradoxus

Namibia (MSC)

  • Longline
    Seafood Watch: Unrated
    Seafood Watch - Eco-Recognized
  • Bottom Trawls
    Seafood Watch: Unrated
    Seafood Watch - Eco-Recognized
Mahi-mahi
Coryphaena hippurus

Atlantic Ocean - East

  • Purse Seine - Floating Object
    Seafood Watch: Unrated
    Seafood Watch - Avoid

Atlantic Ocean - West

  • Purse Seine - Floating Object
    Seafood Watch: Unrated
    Seafood Watch - Avoid

Pacific Ocean - East Central

  • Purse Seine - Floating Object
    Seafood Watch: Avoid
    Seafood Watch - Avoid
  • Purse Seine - Unassociated
    Seafood Watch: Good Alternative
    Seafood Watch - Good Alternative

Pacific Ocean - Northeast

  • Drifting Longlines
    Seafood Watch: Avoid
    Seafood Watch - Avoid

Pacific Ocean - Southeast

  • Drifting Longlines
    Seafood Watch: Avoid
    Seafood Watch - Avoid

Atlantic Ocean - Northeast (excluding US-caught)

  • Drifting Longlines
    Seafood Watch: Avoid
    Seafood Watch - Avoid

Atlantic Ocean - Northwest (excluding US-caught)

  • Drifting Longlines
    Seafood Watch: Avoid
    Seafood Watch - Avoid

Atlantic Ocean - Southeast (excluding US-caught)

  • Drifting Longlines
    Seafood Watch: Avoid
    Seafood Watch - Avoid

Atlantic Ocean - Southwest (excluding US-caught)

  • Drifting Longlines
    Seafood Watch: Avoid
    Seafood Watch - Avoid

USA - Atlantic (and adjacent areas)

  • Drifting Longlines
    Seafood Watch: Good Alternative
    Seafood Watch - Good Alternative

USA - Gulf of Mexico

  • Drifting Longlines
    Seafood Watch: Good Alternative
    Seafood Watch - Good Alternative

USA - North Atlantic

  • Handlines and Hand-Operated Pole-and-Lines
    Seafood Watch: Best Choice

USA - Hawaii (Eastern Central Pacific)

  • Handlines and Hand-Operated Pole-and-Lines
    Seafood Watch: Good Alternative
    Seafood Watch - Good Alternative
  • Trolling Lines
    Seafood Watch: Good Alternative
    Seafood Watch - Good Alternative
  • Shallow-Set Longline
    Seafood Watch: Good Alternative
    Seafood Watch - Good Alternative

USA - Hawaii (Eastern Pacific, including vessels landing in California)

  • Deep-Set Longline
    Seafood Watch: Good Alternative
    Seafood Watch - Good Alternative

USA - Hawaii (Western Central Pacific)

  • Deep-Set Longline
    Seafood Watch: Good Alternative
    Seafood Watch - Good Alternative
  • Shallow-Set Longline
    Seafood Watch: Good Alternative
    Seafood Watch - Good Alternative

USA - Northwest Atlantic

  • Trolling Lines
    Seafood Watch: Best Choice
Barramundi
Lates calcarifer

Vietnam

  • Marine Net Pen
    Seafood Watch: Best Choice
    Seafood Watch - Good Alternative - Down
Greenland Turbot
Reinhardtius hippoglossoides

Canada - Gulf of St. Lawrence (MSC)

  • Gillnets and Entangling Nets
    Seafood Watch: Unrated
    Seafood Watch - Eco-Recognized
Hogfish
Lachnolaimus maximus

USA - South Carolina

  • Hand Implements
    Seafood Watch: Good Alternative
    Seafood Watch - Avoid - Down
Opah
Lampris guttatus

USA - Hawaii (Including vessels landing in California)

  • Deep-Set Longline
    Seafood Watch: Good Alternative
    Seafood Watch - Good Alternative

USA - Hawaii (Western Central Pacific)

  • Deep-Set Longline
    Seafood Watch: Good Alternative
    Seafood Watch - Good Alternative
Porbeagle Shark
Lamna nasus

Canada - Atlantic

  • Drifting Longlines
    Seafood Watch: Avoid
    Seafood Watch - Avoid
Rainbow Trout
Oncorhynchus mykiss

USA - Washington (Chehalis River)

  • Gillnets and Entangling Nets
    Seafood Watch: Avoid

USA - Washington (Hoh River)

  • Gillnets and Entangling Nets
    Seafood Watch: Avoid

USA - Washington (Humptulips River)

  • Gillnets and Entangling Nets
    Seafood Watch: Good Alternative

USA - Washington (Queets River)

  • Gillnets and Entangling Nets
    Seafood Watch: Good Alternative

USA - Washington (Quillayute River)

  • Gillnets and Entangling Nets
    Seafood Watch: Good Alternative

USA - Washington (Quinault River)

  • Gillnets and Entangling Nets
    Seafood Watch: Good Alternative
Red Hake
Urophycis chuss

USA - Mid-Atlantic

  • Bottom Trawls
    Seafood Watch: Good Alternative
    Seafood Watch - Avoid - Down
Scallop spp.
Argopecten spp., Chlamys spp., Patinopecten spp.

Worldwide

  • On-Bottom Culture
    Seafood Watch: Best Choice
  • Off-Bottom Culture
    Seafood Watch: Best Choice
Seaweed spp.
Eucheuma spp., Gracilaria spp., Porphyra spp.

Worldwide

  • Off-Bottom Culture
    Seafood Watch: Best Choice
Shortbill Spearfish
Tetrapturus angustirostris

USA - Hawaii (Eastern Central Pacific)

  • Shallow-Set Longline
    Seafood Watch: Unrated
    Seafood Watch - Good Alternative

USA - Hawaii (Western Central Pacific)

  • Shallow-Set Longline
    Seafood Watch: Unrated
    Seafood Watch - Good Alternative
  • Deep-Set Longline
    Seafood Watch: Good Alternative
    Seafood Watch - Good Alternative

USA - Hawaii (Including vessels landing in California)

  • Deep-Set Longline
    Seafood Watch: Good Alternative
    Seafood Watch - Good Alternative
Shortfin Mako Shark
Isurus oxyrinchus

Indian Ocean - Antarctic

  • Drifting Longlines
    Seafood Watch: Avoid
    Seafood Watch - Avoid

Indian Ocean

  • Drifting Longlines
    Seafood Watch: Avoid
    Seafood Watch - Avoid

Indian Ocean (Tropical tuna fishery)

  • Drifting Longlines
    Seafood Watch: Avoid
    Seafood Watch - Avoid

Atlantic Ocean - Northeast

  • Drifting Longlines
    Seafood Watch: Avoid
    Seafood Watch - Avoid

Atlantic Ocean - Northwest

  • Drifting Longlines
    Seafood Watch: Avoid
    Seafood Watch - Avoid

Atlantic Ocean - Southeast

  • Drifting Longlines
    Seafood Watch: Avoid
    Seafood Watch - Avoid

Atlantic Ocean - Southwest

  • Drifting Longlines
    Seafood Watch: Avoid
    Seafood Watch - Avoid

Canada - Atlantic

  • Drifting Longlines
    Seafood Watch: Avoid
    Seafood Watch - Avoid

USA - Atlantic

  • Drifting Longlines
    Seafood Watch: Good Alternative
    Seafood Watch - Avoid - Down

USA - Hawaii (Eastern Central Pacific)

  • Shallow-Set Longline
    Seafood Watch: Good Alternative
    Seafood Watch - Good Alternative

USA - Hawaii (Including vessels landing in California)

  • Deep-Set Longline
    Seafood Watch: Avoid
    Seafood Watch - Good Alternative - Up

USA - Hawaii (Western Central Pacific)

  • Deep-Set Longline
    Seafood Watch: Avoid
    Seafood Watch - Good Alternative - Up
  • Shallow-Set Longline
    Seafood Watch: Good Alternative
    Seafood Watch - Good Alternative
Sickle Pomfret
Taractichthys steindachneri

USA - Hawaii (Including vessels landing in California)

  • Deep-Set Longline
    Seafood Watch: Good Alternative
    Seafood Watch - Good Alternative

USA - Hawaii (Western Central Pacific)

  • Deep-Set Longline
    Seafood Watch: Good Alternative
    Seafood Watch - Good Alternative
Silky Shark
Carcharhinus falciformis

Pacific Ocean - East Central

  • Purse Seine - Floating Object
    Seafood Watch: Avoid
    Seafood Watch - Avoid
  • Purse Seine - Floating Object
    Seafood Watch: Avoid

Pacific Ocean - Northeast

  • Drifting Longlines
    Seafood Watch: Avoid
    Seafood Watch - Avoid

Pacific Ocean - Southeast

  • Drifting Longlines
    Seafood Watch: Avoid
    Seafood Watch - Avoid

Sri Lanka

  • Drifting Longlines
    Seafood Watch: Avoid
Skipjack Tuna
Katsuwonus pelamis

Indian Ocean

  • Gillnets and Entangling Nets
    Seafood Watch: Unrated
    Seafood Watch - Avoid
  • Purse Seine - Floating Object
    Seafood Watch: Avoid
    Seafood Watch - Avoid
  • Handlines and Hand-Operated Pole-and-Lines
    Seafood Watch: Good Alternative
    Seafood Watch - Avoid - Down
  • Trolling Lines
    Seafood Watch: Good Alternative
    Seafood Watch - Avoid - Down
  • Purse Seine - Unassociated
    Seafood Watch: Good Alternative
    Seafood Watch - Avoid - Down

Atlantic Ocean - East

  • Purse Seine - Floating Object
    Seafood Watch: Avoid
    Seafood Watch - Avoid
  • Handlines and Hand-Operated Pole-and-Lines
    Seafood Watch: Good Alternative
    Seafood Watch - Good Alternative
  • Trolling Lines
    Seafood Watch: Good Alternative
    Seafood Watch - Good Alternative
  • Purse Seine - Unassociated
    Seafood Watch: Good Alternative
    Seafood Watch - Good Alternative

Pacific Ocean - East Central

  • Purse Seine - Dolphin Set
    Seafood Watch: Good Alternative
    Seafood Watch - Good Alternative
  • Purse Seine - Floating Object
    Seafood Watch: Avoid
    Seafood Watch - Avoid
  • Purse Seine - Unassociated
    Seafood Watch: Good Alternative
    Seafood Watch - Good Alternative

Atlantic Ocean - West

  • Purse Seine - Floating Object
    Seafood Watch: Avoid
    Seafood Watch - Avoid
  • Handlines and Hand-Operated Pole-and-Lines
    Seafood Watch: Good Alternative
    Seafood Watch - Good Alternative
  • Trolling Lines
    Seafood Watch: Good Alternative
    Seafood Watch - Good Alternative
  • Purse Seine - Unassociated
    Seafood Watch: Good Alternative
    Seafood Watch - Good Alternative

USA - Hawaii (Including vessels landing in California)

  • Deep-Set Longline
    Seafood Watch: Good Alternative
    Seafood Watch - Good Alternative

USA - Hawaii (Western Central Pacific)

  • Deep-Set Longline
    Seafood Watch: Good Alternative
    Seafood Watch - Good Alternative

Pacific Ocean - Southeast

  • Hand-Operated Pole-and-Lines
    Seafood Watch: Best Choice
  • Trolling Lines
    Seafood Watch: Best Choice
Southern Bluefin Tuna
Thunnus maccoyii

Indian Ocean

  • Drifting Longlines
    Seafood Watch: Avoid
    Seafood Watch - Avoid

Indian Ocean - Antarctic

  • Drifting Longlines
    Seafood Watch: Avoid
    Seafood Watch - Avoid
Striped Marlin
Kajikia audax

USA - Hawaii (Including vessels landing in California)

  • Deep-Set Longline
    Seafood Watch: Good Alternative
    Seafood Watch - Good Alternative

USA - Hawaii (Western Central Pacific)

  • Deep-Set Longline
    Seafood Watch: Avoid
    Seafood Watch - Avoid
Swordfish
Xiphias gladius

Indian Ocean - Antarctic

  • Drifting Longlines
    Seafood Watch: Unrated
    Seafood Watch - Avoid

Pacific Ocean - Northeast

  • Drifting Longlines
    Seafood Watch: Unrated
    Seafood Watch - Avoid

Pacific Ocean - Southeast

  • Drifting Longlines
    Seafood Watch: Unrated
    Seafood Watch - Avoid

Indian Ocean (Tropical tuna fishery)

  • Drifting Longlines
    Seafood Watch: Unrated
    Seafood Watch - Avoid

Indian Ocean

  • Drifting Longlines
    Seafood Watch: Avoid
    Seafood Watch - Avoid

USA - Hawaii (Eastern Central Pacific)

  • Shallow-Set Longline
    Seafood Watch: Good Alternative
    Seafood Watch - Good Alternative

USA - Hawaii (Western Central Pacific)

  • Shallow-Set Longline
    Seafood Watch: Good Alternative
    Seafood Watch - Good Alternative

Mediterranean Sea

  • Drifting Longlines
    Seafood Watch: Avoid
    Seafood Watch - Avoid

Atlantic Ocean - Northeast

  • Drifting Longlines
    Seafood Watch: Avoid
    Seafood Watch - Avoid

Atlantic Ocean - North

  • Handlines and Hand-Operated Pole-and-Lines
    Seafood Watch: Best Choice

Species Updates (Year to date)

Tuna

  • Albacore Tuna
  • Atlantic Bluefin Tuna
  • Bigeye Tuna
  • Blackfin Tuna
  • Skipjack Tuna
  • Southern Bluefin Tuna

Herring-Sardines-Smelt

  • Atlantic Herring

Salmon

  • Atlantic Salmon

Billfish-Shark-Swordfish

  • Black Marlin
  • Blue Marlin
  • Blue Shark
  • Porbeagle Shark
  • Shortbill Spearfish
  • Shortfin Mako Shark
  • Silky Shark
  • Striped Marlin
  • Swordfish

Hake-Hoki-Whiting

  • Blue Whiting
  • Cape Hake
  • Deep-water Cape Hake
  • Red Hake

Octopus

  • Common Octopus

Other Finfish

  • Mahi-mahi
  • Barramundi
  • Opah
  • Sickle Pomfret

Halibut

  • Greenland Turbot

Grouper-Snapper

  • Hogfish

Trout-Char

  • Rainbow Trout

Scallops

  • Scallop spp.

Seaweed

  • Seaweed spp.