Great Seafood Choices...sustainably!

from the Chicago Sun-Times
BY JENNIFER OLVERA


Seafood choices for healthy oceans
Your consumer choices make a difference. Support fisheries and fish farms that are healthier for ocean wildlife and the environment.

BEST CHOICES

Catfish (U.S. farmed)

Salmon (wild caught from Alaska)

Shrimp (trap caught)

Tilapia (U.S. farmed)

Rainbow trout (farmed)

GOOD ALTERNATIVES

Cod (Pacific)

Crab (imitation/Surimi)

Scallops (Bay)

Tuna (canned light)

Tuna (canned white/Albacore)

AVOID

Chilean sea bass (tooth fish*)

Flounder (Atlantic Groupers*)

Halibut (Atlantic)

Shrimp (imported farmed or trawl-caught)

Soles (Atlantic)

*Limit consumption due to concerns about mercury or other contaminants. Visit www.oceansalive.org/eat.cfm