SUSTAINABLE SEAFOOD UPDATES: MAY 2011

New/Updated Seafood Watch Ratings:

• Cod, Atlantic- Northeast Arctic stock: Hook and line-caught is now rated "Best Choice "
• Cod, Atlantic- Northeast Arctic stock: Danish seine-caught, bottom trawl-caught, bottom longline-caught, and bottom gillnet-caught, and pound net-caught are rated "Good Alternative " View Products
• Cod, Atlantic- Icelandic stock: Hook and line-caught is now rated "Best Choice "
• Cod, Atlantic- Icelandic stock: Danish seine-caught, bottom trawl-caught, bottom longline-caught, and bottom gillnet-caught, and pound net-caught are rated "Good Alternative " View Products
• Cod, Atlantic- East Baltic stock: Hook and line-caught is now rated "Best Choice "
• Cod, Atlantic- East Baltic stock: Danish seine-caught, bottom trawl-caught, bottom longline-caught, and bottom gillnet-caught, and pound net-caught are rated "Good Alternative "
• Cod, Atlantic- Faroe Plateau stock: Bottom longline-caught, and bottom gillnet-caught, and pound net-caught are rated "Good Alternative "
• Cod, Atlantic- Faroe Plateau stock: Danish seine-caught and bottom trawl-caught is rated "Avoid "
• Cod, Atlantic- Western Baltic stock: Bottom longline-caught, and bottom gillnet-caught, and pound net-caught are rated "Good Alternative "
• Cod, Atlantic- Western Baltic stock: Danish seine-caught and bottom trawl-caught is rated "Avoid "
• Cod, Atlantic- Celtic Sea stock: Bottom longline-caught, and bottom gillnet-caught, and pound net-caught are rated "Good Alternative "
• Cod, Atlantic- Celtic Sea stock: Danish-seine and bottom trawl-caught is rated "Avoid "
• Cod, Atlantic- Norweigian Coastal stock: hook and line-caught, Danish seine-caught, bottom trawl-caught, bottom longline-caught, bottom gillnet-caught, and pound net-caught is rated "Avoid "
• Cod, Atlantic- North Sea stock: hook and line-caught, Danish seine-caught, bottom trawl-caught, bottom longline-caught, bottom gillnet-caught, and pound net-caught is rated "Avoid "
• Cod, Atlantic- Greenland stock: hook and line-caught, Danish seine-caught, bottom trawl-caught, bottom longline-caught, bottom gillnet-caught, and pound net-caught is rated "Avoid "
• Cod, Atlantic- Kattegat stock: hook and line-caught, Danish seine-caught, bottom trawl-caught, bottom longline-caught, bottom gillnet-caught, and pound net-caught is rated "Avoid "
• Cod, Atlantic- West of Scotland stock: hook and line-caught, Danish seine-caught, bottom trawl-caught, bottom longline-caught, bottom gillnet-caught, and pound net-caught is rated "Avoid "
• Cod, Atlantic- Rockall stock: hook and line-caught, Danish seine-caught, bottom trawl-caught, bottom longline-caught, bottom gillnet-caught, and pound net-caught is rated "Avoid "
• Dab, Common- Iceland: Danish seine-caught is rated "Avoid "
• Grouper, Black- U.S. Gulf of Mexico: Wild-caught is upgraded to "Good Alternative " View Products
• Grouper, Red- U.S. Gulf of Mexico: Wild-caught is upgraded to "Good Alternative " View Products
• Mackerel, Atlantic- United States: Midwater trawl-caught is now rated "Good Alternative " View Products
• Mackerel, Atlantic- Canada: Purse seine-caught is now rated "Best Choice " View Products
• Plaice, European- Iceland: Danish seine-caught, bottom trawl-caught, bottom longline-caught, and bottom gillnet-caught are rated "Good Alternative "
• Salmon, Chinook- Washington, Oregon, & California: Drift gillnet-caught, purse seine-caught, and troll-caught are now rated "Good Alternative " View Products
• Salmon, Chum- Washington, Oregon, & California: Drift gillnet-caught, purse seine-caught, and troll-caught are now rated "Good Alternative "
• Salmon, Coho- Washington, Oregon, & California: Drift gillnet-caught, purse seine-caught, and troll-caught are now rated "Good Alternative "
• Salmon, Coho- Canada- North Coast: Gillnet-caught, purse seine-caught, and troll-caught are now rated "Good Alternative "
• Salmon, Pink- Washington, Oregon, & California: Drift gillnet-caught, purse seine-caught, and troll-caught are now rated "Good Alternative "
• Salmon, Sockeye- Washington, Oregon, & California: Drift gillnet-caught, purse seine-caught, and troll-caught are now rated "Good Alternative " 
• Sardine, European- Mediterranean Sea: Purse seine-caught and midwater trawl-caught is rated "Avoid "
• Swordfish- North Atlantic (International): Harpoon-caught & handline-caught is now rated "Best Choice "
• Tuna, Albacore- North Atlantic: Troll-caught and pole-caught is downgraded to "Avoid "
• Tuna, Albacore- Indian Ocean: Troll-caught and pole-caught is upgraded to "Good Alternative "
• Tuna, Yellowfin- U.S. Eastern Pacific: Troll-caught and pole-caught is upgraded to "Best Choice "
• Tuna, Yellowfin- Western Pacific: Troll-caught and pole-caught is upgraded to "Best Choice "
• Tuna, Yellowfin- U.S. Eastern Pacific: Unassociated purse-seine-caught is upgraded to "Best Choice "
• Tuna, Yellowfin- Hawaii: Longline-caught is upgraded to  "Good Alternative " View Products

Updated/New Blue Ocean Institute Ratings:

• Artic Char- Worldwide: Farmed is now rated "Green " View Products
• Drum, Corvina (Chilean Croaker)- Worldwide: Hook-and-line-caught is now rated "Yellow "
• Hake, Silver- Worldwide: All fishing methods is now rated "Yellow " View Products
• Pompano- Worldwide: Hook-and-line-caught is now rated "Light Green "
• Sardine, Pacific- Indian & Pacific: All fishing methods are rated "Green " View Products
• Sardine, European- Europe: All fishing methods are now rated "Yellow "
• Scup- Worldwide: All fishing methods is now rated "Light Green "
• Shad, American- North Atlantic: All fishing methods are now rated "Yellow "
• Shrimp, Farmed (penaeus spp.)- Asia & Latin America: Farmed are upgraded to "Orange "
• Snapper, Ruby (Onaga)- Hawaii: All fishing methods are now rated "Light Green "
• Snapper, Silk- Worldwide: Hook-and-line-caught and trap-caught are now rated "Light Green "