A number of seafood species are on the endangered species list, or are harvested in a manner that endangers other than the fishing target species. As a consumer you can make a difference by refusing to purchase or consume the fish and seafood on the watch lists.
Updated: 06/19/2016
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The following information is compiled from various publications presented by the World Wildlife Foundation, Sea Watch, Sea Choice, SASSI, and others.
For more information visit the link to each organization. For downloadable, printable guides for each of the regions shown here just click on the “Consumer Guide” link.
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The lists below are “Avoid” species. Refuse to purchase the seafood listed here, choose sustainable alternatives.
| Seafood Watch (US) | Consumer Guides |
| Species | Source |
| Abalone | (China & Japan) |
| Basa/Pangasius/Swai | |
| Cod: Atlantic | (Canada, CA, OR & WA) |
| Cod: Pacific | (Japan & Russia) |
| Crab | (Russia) |
| Halibut: Atlantic | (wild) |
| Lobster: Spiny | (Belize, Brazil, Honduras & Nicaragua) |
| Mahi Mahi | (Costa Rica, Guatemala & Peru) |
| Orange Roughy | |
| Pollock | (Canada trawl) |
| Salmon: Atlantic | (farmed) |
| Sardines: Atlantic | (Mediterranean) |
| Sharks | |
| Shrimp | (imported) |
| Squid | (China, India & Thailand) |
| Swordfish | (imported longline) |
| Tuna: Albacore | (except US troll, pole and line, and longline) |
| Tuna: Bluefin | |
| Tuna: Skipjack | (imported purse seine) |
| Tuna: Yellowfin | (Atlantic troll, pole and line) |
| SeaChoice (Canada) | |||
| Seafood | Market Names | Source | Method |
| Albacore Tuna | Canned White Tuna, Longfin Tunny,Tombo,Shiro maguro | North Atlantic, Atlantic | Wild, Purse Seine (FAD), Longline |
| Alfonsio | Beryzx, Red bream, Golden eye perch | New Zealand | Wild, bottom trawl |
| Atlantic Pollock | Boston bluefish, blue cod, blue snapper, saithe, coalfish, coley | Canada – Maritimes | Wild, Bottom Trawl |
| Aurora Rockfish | Rock Cod, Pacific Snapper, Red Snapper, Pacific Ocean Perch | Canada, U.S. – WA, OR, CA | Wild, hook and line (other than longline), bottom longline, midwater trawl, bottom trawl |
| Barramundi | Asian Seabass, Barra, Giant Perch, Palmer Perch, Silver Barramundi | Indonesia | Wild, hook and line, midwater gillet, pelagic longline |
| Blackfin Tuna | Atlantic blackfin tuna, deep-bodied tunny | Atlantic | Wild, Floating object Purse Seine |
| Bluefin Tuna | Bluefin Tuna | Worldwide | Wild, all gears |
| Copper Rockfish | Rock Cod, Pacific Snapper, Red Snapper, Pacific Ocean Perch | Canada – British Columbia | Wild, Bottom Longline, Jig, Troll |
| Darkblotched Rockfish | Rock Cod, Pacific Snapper, Red Snapper, Pacific Ocean Perch | Canada, U.S. — WA, OR, CA | Wild, hook and line, bottom longline, midwater trawl, bottom trawl |
| Farmed Shrimp | Pacific White Shrimp | Thailand | Farmed, frequent exchange systems, Harvest exchange systems |
| Jonah Crab | Atlantic Dungeness crab | Canada – Atlantic | Wild, pot/trap |
| Jonah Crab | Atlantic Dungeness crab | U.S. – Atlantic | Wild, Pots |
| Lake Sturgeon | Sturgeon | Canada, St. Lawrence River | Wild, Gillnet |
| Lake Whitefish | Sault Whitefish, Whitefish, Gizzard Fish, Grande Coregone | Lake Superior (Wisconsin Waters) | Wild, trap net, gillnet |
| Northern Pike | Jackfish, Northern | Lake Manitoba, Lake Winnipeg, and Lake Winnipegosis | Midwater Gillnet |
| Puget Sound Rockfish | Rock Cod, Pacific Snapper, Red Snapper, Pacific Ocean Perch | Canada — Inside Juan de Fuca Strait | Wild, bottom trawl |
| Redstripe Rockfish | Rock Cod, Pacific Snapper, Red Snapper, Pacific Ocean Perch | Canada – British Columbia | Wild, Bottom Trawl |
| Rougheye Rockfish | Rock Cod, Pacific Snapper, Red Snapper, Pacific Ocean Perch | Canada – British Columbia | Wild, Longline, Jig, Troll |
| Sharpchin Rockfish | Rock Cod, Pacific Snapper, Red Snapper, Pacific Ocean Perch | Canada, U.S. — WA, OR, CA | Wild, hook and line, bottom longline, midwater trawl, bottom trawl |
| Shortspine Thornyhead | Rock Cod, Pacific Snapper, Red Snapper, Pacific Ocean Perch | Canada-British Columbia | Wild, Trawl |
| Shovelnose Sturgeon | Sand Sturgeon, Hackleback, Switchtail, Flathead | US- Mississippi Basin | Wild, drift gillnet |
| Skipjack Tuna | Aku, Aku jerky, Canned light tuna, Arctic bonito, mushmouth, ocean bonito, skipjack, skippy, striped bonito, striped tuna, victor fish, watermelon, tonno | Western and Central Pacific, Eastern Pacific, Atlantic, Indian Ocean | Wild, Floating object purse seine |
| Southern Flounder | U.S. – Atlantic – NC | Wild, pound nets, gigs, deep water gillnets | |
| Stripetail Rockfish | Rock Cod, Pacific Snapper, Red Snapper, Pacific Ocean Perch | U.S. – Alaska | Wild, bottom trawl |
| Swordfish | Broadbill, Emperador, EspadaMekajiki,Kajiki-Maguro | South America | Wild, drift gillnet |
| Vermilion Rockfish | Rock Cod, Pacific Snapper, Red Snapper, Pacific Ocean Perch | Canada, U.S. – WA, OR, CA | Wild, hook and line, bottom longline, midwater trawl, bottom trawl |
| Walleye | Walleye, pickerel | Lake Manitoba, Lake Winnipeg, and Lake Winnipegosis | Midwater Gillnet |
| Warmwater Shrimp | Brown Shrimp, Pink Shrimp, Rock Shrimp, Royal Red Shrimp, Seabob Shrimp, White Shrimp | US- Gulf of Mexico | Wild, Skimmer Trawl |
| Weakfish | Atlantic Sea Trout, Gray Sea Trout, Squeteague | U.S. Atlantic | Wild, gillnet, seine net, bottom trawl |
| White Hake | White Hake | U.S. – Northeast | Wild, otter trawl, gillnet |
| White Trevally | Butaguchi, Ulua, White Ulua | Hawaii | Wild, handline |
| Windowpane Flounder | Flounder, fluke, Hirame | US- Georges Bank, Gulf of Maine | Bottom trawl |
| Witch Flounder | Craig Fluke, Gray Sole, Hirame | US- Atlantic | Wild, bottom trawl |
| Yellowtail Rockfish | Rock Cod, Pacific Snapper, Red Snapper, Pacific Ocean Perch | Canada – British Columbia | Wild, Trawl |
| Abalone (Sea Ranched) | Abulon, Aulone, Red Abalone, Green Abalone, Pink Abalone, Awabi | China, Japan | Sea ranched |
| Albacore Tuna | Canned White Tuna, Longfin Tunny,Tombo,Shiro maguro | Indian Ocean, South Atlantic | Wild, Troll/Pole, Longline |
| American shad | Atlantic Shad, Shad, White Shad | U.S. Atlantic | Gillnet |
| Atlantic Cod | Scrod, Whitefish | US- Gulf of Maine, Georges Bank | Wild, gillnet, bottom trawl, bottom longline |
| Atlantic Halibut | Halibut, Hirame | U.S. – Atlantic – Northeast | Wild, bottom trawl |
| Atlantic Salmon (Norway) | Atlantic salmon, Sake/Ikura (roe) | Norway | Farmed, open net pen |
| Atlantic Salmon (Scotland) | Atlantic Salmon, Sake/Ikura (roe) | Scotland | Farmed, open net pen |
| Atlantic Skates | Raja fish, imitation scallop, briar skate, common skate, summer skate, hedgehog skate, tobacco-box skate, leopard skate, smooth-tailed skate, prickly skate, starry skate, eyed skate, big skate, spotted skate | U.S. – Northeast | Wild, otter trawl |
| Barramundi | Barra, Silver barramundi, Giant perch, Asian seabass, Seabass, Giant seabass, White seabass, Twofin seabass, Blind seabass, Two finned seabass, Giant palmer, Narifish, Kokop putih, Bekti apahap, Palakapon, Nokogirihata | Taiwan | Farmed, open net pen/cage |
| Big and Longnose Skates | Skate | Canada – Pacific | Longline, Trawl |
| Bigeye Tuna | Ahi, Po’onui, Maguro | All Regions except US Atlantic and Hawaiian Eastern Pacific | Wild, Longline |
| Blackfin Tuna | Atlantic blackfin tuna, deep-bodied tunny | U.S. Gulf of Mexico | Wild, Longline |
| Blue Marlin | Pacific blue marlin, Atlantic blue marlin, Indo-Pacific blue marlin, black spearfish, A’u | Imported from Pacific | Wild, pole and line and handlines, pelagic longlines, and purse seines |
| Blue Swimmer Crab | Swimming, Swimmer, Colossal, Jumbo Lump, Super Lump, Lump & Backfin Lump Crab | Philippines | Bottom gillnet, pot |
| Carribbean Spiny Lobster | Spiny lobster, Rock lobster, Warmwater lobster, Florida spiny lobster, Caribbean spiny lobster, Crawfish | Brazil | Wild, traps |
| Cobia | ling, lemonfish, black salmon, black kingfish, sargeantfish, crab-eater | Panama | Farmed, open pens/cages |
| Cowcod Rockfish | Rock Cod, Pacific Snapper, Red Snapper, Pacific Ocean Perch | U.S. — OR, CA | Wild, hook and line, bottom longline, midwater trawl, bottom trawl |
| Farmed Shrimp | Shrimp | Imported (except Asia, British Columbia, Canada, Central America, Certified Farms & Fisheries, Ecuador, Farmed in RAS, South America, Mexico and Thailand) | Farmed |
| Golden Tilefish | Rainbow Tilefish, Golden Snapper, Colorful Tilefish | Gulf of Mexico (U.S.), South Atlantic (U.S.) | Wild, bottom longline, handline |
| Greenblotched Rockfish | Rock Cod, Pacific Snapper, Red Snapper, Pacific Ocean Perch | U.S. — CA | Wild, hook and line, bottom longline, midwater trawl, bottom trawl |
| Greenspotted Rockfish | Rock Cod, Pacific Snapper, Red Snapper, Pacific Ocean Perch | U.S. — WA, OR, CA | Wild, hook and line, bottom longline, midwater trawl, bottom trawl |
| Grouper (Gag, Snowy, Warsaw, Yellowedge) | Mero, Sea Bass | U.S. – South Atlantic and GOM/S. Atlantic | Wild, black sea bass pot, vertical line (handline, hydraulic, or electric), bottom longline, and spear fishing |
| Gulf Corvina | White Sea Bass, Corvina Golfina | Gulf of California | Wild, handline, bottom gillnet, trawl |
| Haddock | Haddock, Scrod | U.S. – Gulf of Maine | Wild, handline, trawl |
| Harlequin Rockfish | Rock Cod, Pacific Snapper, Red Snapper, Pacific Ocean Perch | Canada | Wild, hook and line, bottom longline, midwater trawl, bottom trawl |
| Indian Squid | Calamari | India, Thailand | Wild, trawl |
| Lake whitefish | Whitefish | Lake Manitoba, Lake Winnipeg, and Lake Winnipegosis | Midwater Gillnet |
| New Zealand Snapper | New Zealand tai snapper, tamure, porgy, sea bream, cockney, squire, squire fish, pinky, snapper, red bream | New Zealand – East Northland/Hauraki Gulf/Bay of Plenty (SNA1), East Coast North Island (SNA2), West Coast North Island (SNA8) | Wild, bottom trawl, danish seine |
| Octopus (Starry night, day, ornate) | Cyanea’s octopus, Day octopus, Big blue octopus | Philippines | Wild, diver-caught, hand-caught, jig |
| Opah | Moonfish | International – Western Central Pacific | Wild, longline |
| Pompano | Atlantic Pompano, Cobblerfish, Florida Pompano, Snubnosed Dart | Asia, Dominican Republic | Farmed, open system |
| Red and Black Grouper | Mero, Sea Bass | U.S. – South Atlantic | Wild, black sea bass pot, vertical line (handline, hydraulic, or electric), bottom longline, and spear fishing |
| Red King Crab | Alaska king crab, Red king crab, Golden king crab, Blue king crab, Golden king crab | Russian Far East, Russian Barents Sea | Wild, pot/trap |
| Red Snapper | Mule Sow, Rat, Tai, American Red Snapper, Northern Red Snapper | U.S. – S. Atlantic | Wild, Vertical Line |
| Red Swimmer Crab | Swimming Crab, Swimmer Crab, Colossal Crab, Jumbo Lump Crab, Super Lump Crab, Lump Crab, Backfin Lump Crab | China, India, Indonesia, Thailand, Vietnam | Wild, pot, bottom gillnet, bottom trawl |
| Redbanded Rockfish | Rock Cod, Pacific Snapper, Red Snapper, Pacific Ocean Perch | Canada – British Columbia | Wild, Bottom Longline, Trawl |
| Rosethorn Rockfish | Rock Cod, Pacific Snapper, Red Snapper, Pacific Ocean Perch | Canada, U.S. — WA, OR, CA | Wild, hook and line, bottom longline, midwater trawl, bottom trawl |
| Rosethorn Rockfish | Rock Cod, Pacific Snapper, Red Snapper, Pacific Ocean Perch | U.S. — Alaska | Wild, bottom trawl |
| Rosy Rockfish | Rock Cod, Pacific Snapper, Red Snapper, Pacific Ocean Perch | U.S. — WA, OR, CA | Wild, hook and line, bottom longline, midwater trawl, bottom trawl |
| Sea Turtle | Leatherback, Loggerhead, Olive ridley, Hawksbill, East Pacific Green | Gulf of CA | N/A |
| Sea Urchin (Green) | Green Sea Urchin, Uni | U.S. – Maine | Wild, dive-caught, hand-caught, scallop drag |
| Sharks | Shark, Blacktip, Sandbar, Dusky smoothhound | Worldwide | Wild, bottom longline, bottom gillnet , bottom trawl |
| Shortbelly Rockfish | Rock Cod, Pacific Snapper, Red Snapper, Pacific Ocean Perch | Canada, U.S. — WA, OR, CA | Wild, hook and line, bottom longline, midwater trawl, bottom trawl |
| Shortraker Rockfish | Rock Cod, Pacific Snapper, Red Snapper, Pacific Ocean Perch | Canada – British Columbia | Wild, Bottom Longline, Trawl |
| Speckled Rockfish | Rock Cod, Pacific Snapper, Red Snapper, Pacific Ocean Perch | U.S. — WA, OR, CA | Wild, hook and line, bottom longline, midwater trawl, bottom trawl |
| Splitnose Rockfish | Rock Cod, Pacific Snapper, Red Snapper, Pacific Ocean Perch | U.S. — Alaska | Wild, bottom trawl |
| Starry Rockfish | Rock Cod, Pacific Snapper, Red Snapper, Pacific Ocean Perch | U.S. — CA | Wild, hook and line, bottom longline, midwater trawl, bottom trawl |
| Striped Marlin | Pacific striped marlin, spearfish, striped swordfish, nairagi, A’u | Worldwide – Pacific | Wild, pole and line and handlines, pelagic longlines, and purse seines |
| Swordfish | Broadbill, Emperador, Espada, Mekajiki,Kajiki-Maguro | International | Wild, longline |
| Swordfish | Broadbill, Emperador, Espada, Mekajiki,Kajiki-Maguro | Mediterranean | Wild, harpoon, handline, longline, drift gillnet |
| Tiger Rockfish | Rock Cod, Pacific Snapper, Red Snapper, Pacific Ocean Perch | Canada – British Columbia | Wild, Longline, Jig, Troll |
| Vermilion Rockfish | Rock Cod, Pacific Snapper, Red Snapper, Pacific Ocean Perch | U.S. – Alaska | Wild, bottom trawl |
| Warmwater Shrimp | Blue Shrimp, Brown Shrimp, Pink Shrimp, Seabob Shrimp, White Shrimp | Mexican Pacific and Gulf of Mexico | All gears |
| Widow Rockfish | Rock Cod, Pacific Snapper, Red Snapper, Pacific Ocean Perch | Canada – British Columbia | Wild, Trawl |
| Yellow Perch | Yellow Perch, Lake Perch | Lake Manitoba, Lake Winnipeg, and Lake Winnipegosis | Midwater Gillnet |
| Yellowfin Tuna | Ahi, Ahi Tuna, Maguro,Toro | Atlantic Ocean, Eastern Pacific, Western Central Pacific, Indian Ocean | Wild, Floating object (FAD) purse seine |
| Yellowtail | Kingfish, Yellowtail Kingfish, Goldstriped Amberjack, Japanese Amberjack, Hamachi,Kampachi,Hiramasa,Buri | Australia, Japan | Farmed |
| Albacore Tuna | Canned White Tuna, Longfin Tunny, Tombo,Shiro maguro | Canada Atlantic, Indian Ocean, Mediterranean, Atlantic, Pacific | Wild, Longline |
| American/Maine Lobster | Atlantic lobster, American lobster, Maine lobster | US – Southern New England | Wild, lobster pot |
| Atlantic Cod | Scrod, Whitefish | Canada | Wild, bottom trawl, gillnet, hook and line |
| Atlantic Salmon (Atlantic Canada) | Atlantic salmon | Atlantic Canada | Farmed, open net pen |
| Atlantic Salmon (Chile) | Atlantic Salmon | Chile | Farmed, open net pen |
| Atlantic Sardine | Sardines, Sardinellas, Brisling, Sprats, Pilchards, Herrings | Mediterranean Sea | Wild, unassociated purse seine |
| Atlantic Sturgeon | Sturgeon | Canada, St. Lawrence River | Wild, Gillnet |
| Bank Rockfish | Rock Cod, Pacific Snapper, Red Snapper, Pacific Ocean Perch | Canada, U.S. – WA, OR, CA | Wild, hook and line (other than longline), bottom longline, midwater trawl, bottom trawl |
| Barramundi | Barra, Silver barramundi, Giant perch, Asian seabass, Seabass, Giant seabass, White seabass, Twofin seabass, Blind seabass, Two finned seabass, Giant palmer, Narifish, Kokop putih, Bekti apahap, Palakapon, Nokogirihata | Southeast Asia | Farmed, open net pen/cage |
| Basa (Pangasius) | Basa, Pangasius, Swai, River Catfish, Striped Catfish, Tra | Vietnam | Farmed, pond |
| Blackgill Rockfish | Rock Cod, Pacific Snapper, Red Snapper, Pacific Ocean Perch | Canada, U.S. – WA, OR, CA | Wild, hook and line (other than longline), bottom longline, midwater trawl, bottom trawl |
| Bluefin Tuna | Bluefin Tuna, Kuromaguro,Honmaguro,Toro | Worldwide | Ranched |
| Blueline Tilefish | Grey Tilefish, Paleta | Gulf of Mexico (U.S.), South Atlantic (U.S.) | Wild, bottom longline, handline |
| Caribbean Spiny Lobster | Florida Lobster, Rock Lobster, Spiny Lobster, West Indian Spiny Lobster, West Indian Langouste | Belize, Brazil, Honduras, Nicarauga | Diver Caught, Traps |
| Caviar (Paddlefish) | Caviar | US- Mississippi Basin | Wild, drift gillnet |
| Chilean Seabass | Patagonian toothfish, Chilean seabass, Toothfish, Antarctic cod, Black hake, Antarctic blenny, Patagonian blenny, Icefish | Chile, Crozet Island, Prince Edward and Marion Islands | Wild, bottom longline |
| Chilipepper Rockfish | Rock Cod, Pacific Snapper, Red Snapper, Pacific Ocean Perch | Canada, U.S. — WA, OR, CA | Wild, hook and line, bottom longline, midwater trawl, bottom trawl |
| China Rockfish | Rock Cod, Pacific Snapper, Red Snapper, Pacific Ocean Perch | Canada — Inside Juan de Fuca Strait | Wild, bottom trawl |
| Chinook Salmon | Chinook, King, Sake/Ikura (roe) | WA-Puget Sound | Wild, troll, gillnet |
| Coho Salmon | Coho, Silver, Sake/Ikura (roe) | Columbia River (WA, OR) | Wild, gillnet |
| Coho Salmon (Chile) | Coho salmon, silver salmon, Sake/Ikura (roe) | Chile | Farmed, open net pen |
| Common Octopus | Common Octopus, Tako,Madako | Mauritania, Morocco, Vietnam | Wild, bottom trawl |
| Crayfish | Crawfish, Crawdads, Mudbugs | China | Farmed, rotation with rice, polyculture systems targeted to raising fish |
| Dab (common) | Dab, Flounder, Sand Dab, Sea Dab, Sandkoli | Iceland | Wild, Danish seine |
| Darkblotched Rockfish | Rock Cod, Pacific Snapper, Red Snapper, Pacific Ocean Perch | U.S. — Alaska | Wild, bottom trawl |
| Eulachon (smelt) | Smelt | British Columbia | Wild, Seine net, conical net |
| European Anchovy | Anchovy | Black Sea, Mediterranean Sea | Wild, purse seine |
| Flag Rockfish | Rock Cod, Pacific Snapper, Red Snapper, Pacific Ocean Perch | U.S. — CA | Wild, hook and line, bottom longline, midwater trawl, bottom trawl |
| Freshwater Eel | Freshwater eel, River eel, Common eel, Paling, Unagi, Kabayaki | China, Taiwan, Vietnam, Japan | Farmed, pond, tank systems, net pens |
| Harlequin Rockfish | Rock Cod, Pacific Snapper, Red Snapper, Pacific Ocean Perch | U.S. — Alaska | Wild, bottom trawl |
| Lake Trout | Laker, Namaycush, Togue, Mackinaw, Char, Salmon Trout | Lake Superior (Wisconsin Waters) | Wild, Trap net, gillnet |
| Longtail Tuna | Light tuna, tongol, tuna, oriental bonito | Indian Ocean –Iran, Malaysia, Thailand | Wild: Unassociated purse seine |
| Mahi Mahi/Dolphinfish | Dolphinfish, Dorado | Costa Rica, Guatemala and Peru | Longline |
| Mitre Squid | Calamari, Ika | China, Thailand | Wild, trawl |
| Orange roughy | Slimehead | New Zealand, Australia, Namibia, Northeast Atlantic | Wild, bottom trawl |
| Pacific Cod | Pacific cod, Grey cod, True cod | Russian Federation, Japan | Wild, bottom seine, bottom-set gillnet, demersal trawl, demersal longline |
| Pacific White Shrimp | Pacific White Shrimp | Mexico | Farmed |
| Paddlefish | Mississippi paddlefish, Spoonbill sturgeon, Chinese paddlefish | US- Mississippi Basin | Wild, drift gillnet |
| Queen Conch | Sazae | Worldwide | Wild, glass-bottom buckets, hook-and-pole (sometimes from small boats), breath-hold diving, snorkel diving, scuba and hookah diving |
| Sharpchin Rockfish | Rock Cod, Pacific Snapper, Red Snapper, Pacific Ocean Perch | U.S. — Alaska | Wild, bottom trawl |
| Shortbelly Rockfish | Rock Cod, Pacific Snapper, Red Snapper, Pacific Ocean Perch | U.S. — Alaska | Wild, bottom trawl |
| Shortbill Spearfish | Hebi, Shortnose Spearfish | Imported — Pacific | Wild, pole and line and handlines, pelagic longlines, purse seines |
| Snapper (Gray, Lane, Mutton, Red, Vermillion, Yellowtail) | Mule Sow, Rat, Tai, American Red Snapper | International (non U.S.) | Wild, hook and line, bottom longline, trap |
| Splitnose Rockfish | Rock Cod, Pacific Snapper, Red Snapper, Pacific Ocean Perch | Canada, U.S. — WA, OR, CA | Wild, hook and line, bottom longline, midwater trawl, bottom trawl |
| Squarespot Rockfish | Rock Cod, Pacific Snapper, Red Snapper, Pacific Ocean Perch | U.S. — OR, CA | Wild, hook and line, bottom longline, midwater trawl, bottom trawl |
| Stripetail Rockfish | Rock Cod, Pacific Snapper, Red Snapper, Pacific Ocean Perch | Canada, U.S. – WA, OR, CA | Wild, hook and line, bottom longline, midwater trawl, bottom trawl |
| White Hake | Ling & Squirrel Hake, Whiting | Canada- Maritimes, Newfoundland & Labrador | Wild- bottom longline, bottom gillnet, bottom trawl |
| Yelloweye Rockfish | Rock Cod, Pacific Snapper, Red Snapper, Pacific Ocean Perch | Canada – British Columbia | Wild, Longline, Jig, Troll (Outside) |
| Yellowfin Tuna | Ahi, Canned Light Tuna, Maguro | All Regions Except Hawaii | Longline |
| Yellowtail Flounder | Flounder, Rusty Dab, Sand Dab, Hirame | US- Georges Bank, Gulf of Maine | Wild, bottom trawl, gillnet |
| Atlantic Salmon (British Columbia) | Atlantic salmon, Sake/Ikura (roe) | British Columbia | Farmed, open net pen |
| Aurora Rockfish | Rock Cod, Pacific Snapper, Red Snapper, Pacific Ocean Perch | U.S. – Alaska | Wild, bottom trawl |
| Bigeye Tuna | Ahi, Po’onui, Maguro | Western and Central Pacific, Eastern Pacific, Atlantic, Indian Ocean | Wild, Floating object purse seine |
| Black Rockfish | Black Bass, Black Rock Cod, Black Snapper, Sea Bass | Canada – Inside Juan de Fuca Strait | Wild, bottom trawl |
| Black Sea Bass | Atlantic Sea Bass, Black Perch, Rock Bass, Chub, Tallywag | U.S. Mid-Atlantic (Maine to North Carolina) | Otter trawl |
| Tongol Tuna | Tongol tuna, Longtail tuna, Oriental bonito, Chunk light tuna (canned) | Indonesia, Thailand, Iran | Wild, drift gillnet, Floating object purse seine |
| Totoaba | Mexican Giant Bass, Cabaicucho | Gulf of CA | Wild, gillnet and shrimp trawl fisheries |
| Australia | Consumer Guide |
| Australian Wild Caught Fish | Marketed as/species considered |
| Blue Warehou | Sea Bream |
| Gemfish | Hake |
| Mulloway | Jewfish |
| Orange Roughy | Deep Sea Perch |
| Shark | Flake |
| Snapper | Pink Snapper, Tropical Snapper |
| Australian Farmed | Marketed as/species considered |
| Yellowtail Kingfish | Kingfish, Yellowtail & Tasmanian Yellowtail |
| Imported | Marketed as/species considered |
| Farmed Prawns | Pacific White, Whiteleg & Black Tiger Prawn |
| Blue Grenadier | Hoki |
| Hake | Cod |
| Tuna | Albacore, Yellowfin, Bigeye Tuna |
| Consumer Guide | ||
| 品種 SPECIES | 來源 ORIGIN | 方法 METHOD |
| 藍鰭吞拿魚 Bluefin tuna | 全球 Global | Wild caught/Farmed |
| 黃鰭吞拿魚 Yellowfin tuna | 印尼/ 菲律賓 Indonesia/Philippines | Wild Caught |
| 魚子醬 (鱘魚) Caviar (sturgeon) | 全球 Global | Wild Caught |
| 雪花鱸魚 Chilean sea bass | 全球 Global | Wild Caught |
| 銀鱈魚 Black cod | 美國 US | Wild Caught |
| 龍脷 Sole | 紐西蘭 New Zealand | Wild Caught |
| 劍魚 Swordfish | 全球 Global | Wild Caught |
| 芝麻斑 Areolate and Duskytail grouper | 香港 Hong Kong | Farmed |
| 杉斑 Camouflage grouper | 東南亞 SE Asia | Wild Caught |
| 龍躉 Giant grouper | 香港 Hong Kong | Farmed |
| 老鼠斑 High-finned grouper | 東南亞 SE Asia | Wild Caught |
| 紅斑 Hong Kong grouper | 中國 China | Farmed |
| 蘇眉 Humphead wrasse | 東南亞 SE Asia | Wild Caught |
| 東星斑 Leopard coral trout | 東南亞 SE Asia | Wild Caught |
| 青斑 Orange-spotted grouper | 泰國 Thailand | Farmed |
| 沙巴龍躉 Sabah grouper | 馬來西亞 Malaysia | Farmed |
| 西星斑 Squaretail coral trout | 東南亞 SE Asia | Wild Caught |
| 老虎斑 Tiger grouper | 東南亞 SE Asia | Farmed |
| 大眼雞 Bigeye | 南中國海 S China Sea | Wild Caught |
| 紅衫魚 Golden threadfin bream | 南中國海 S China Sea | Wild Caught |
| 馬頭 Horsehead | 南中國海 S China Sea | Wild Caught |
| 白䱽 Silver pomfret | 南中國海 S China Sea | Wild Caught |
| 福壽魚 Tilapia | 香港 Hong Kong | Farmed |
| 黃花魚 Yellow croaker | 中國 China | Farmed |
| 瀨尿蝦 Mantis shrimp | 南中國海 S China Sea | Wild Caught |
| 海蝦 Shrimp | 南中國海 S China Sea | Wild Caught |
| 養蝦 Shrimp | 亞洲 Asia | Farmed |
| 紅花蟹 Red crab | 南中國海 S China Sea | Wild Caught |
| 響螺 Conch | 美國 US | Wild Caught |
| 墨魚 Cuttlefish | 南中國海 S China Sea | Wild Caught |
| 刺參 Spiky sea cucumber | 日本 Japan | Wild Caught |
| 魷魚 Squid | 南中國海 S China Sea | Wild Caught |
| WWF Malaysia | Consumer Guide | |
| Species | Source | Method |
| Silver Pomfret | M | Trawl |
| Black Pomfret | M | Trawl |
| Ray | PM | Trawl |
| Threadfin Breams | M | Trawl |
| Dorab Wolf-herring | PM | Trawl |
| Flounder | M | Trawl |
| Silver Sillago | M | Trawl |
| Indian Squid | M | Trawl |
| Needle Cuttlefish | M | Trawl |
| Mud-spiny Lobster | PM | Trawl |
| Slipper Lobster | M | Trawl |
| Humphead Wrasse | SB | Cyanide |
| Mantis Shrimp | M | Trawl |
| Bigeye Trevally | M | Trawl |
| Brownstripe Red Snapper | PM | Trawl |
| Coral Trout | PM | Trawl |
| Duskytail Grouper | PM | Trawl |
| Orange-spotted Grouper | PM | Trawl/Cage Culture |
| Malabar Grouper | PM | Trawl |
| Sixbar Grouper | PM | Trawl |
| ACRONYMS | ||
| PM – Peninsular Malaysia | ||
| SB – Sabah | ||
| SW – Sarawak | ||
| EC – East Coast Peninsular | ||
| WC – West Coast Peninsular | ||
| M – Malaysia |
| WWF Singapore | Consumer Guide | |
| Species | Origin | Method |
| Black pomfret 黑鲳 | Indonesia | wild caught |
| Bluefin tuna 黑鲔鱼 | Global | wild caught |
| Brown-marbled grouper 老虎斑 | Indonesia | cultured |
| Chilean Seabass 雪花鲈鱼 | Global | wild caught |
| Coral Trout 红斑 | SE Asia | wild caught |
| Crimson snapper 红鲷 | Indonesia | wild caught |
| Flower crab 花蟹 | South China Sea | wild caught |
| Gold-banded jobfish 红哥里 | Indonesia | wild caught |
| Grey prawn 白刺红脚 | Indonesia | wild caught |
| Humphead wrasse 苏眉 | SE Asia | wild caught |
| Malabar snapper 苏眉 | Indonesia | cultured/wild caught |
| Orange-spotted grouper 橘点石斑 | Indonesia | cultured |
| Polkadot grouper 老鼠斑 | SE Asia | wild caught/cultured |
| Redspine threadfin bream 金线鱼 | Indonesia/South China Sea | wild caught |
| Tiger prawn 老虎虾 | Indonesia/Thailand | wild caught/cultured |
| Unicorn leather jacket 石狄 | South China Sea | wild caught |
| Yellowtail fusilier 蕃薯鱼 | Indonesia | wild caught |
| Yellowtail scad 勿劳色腊 | Thailand | wild caught |
| Indonesia | Consumer Guide |
| Species | Note |
| abalonies | [3] |
| coconut crab | [2] |
| dolphins | [2] |
| dugong | [1] |
| giant clam | [1] |
| grouper | [2,3] |
| lobster | [2] |
| manta ray | [2] |
| napoleon wrasse | [2,3] |
| sun fish/mola-mola | [2] |
| sharks, all products | [2] |
| triton | [2,3] |
| trochus | [3] |
| turtle egg | [1] |
| turtle | [1] |
| whale shark | [2] |
| blue fin tuna | [2] |
| Codes: | |
| 1=legally protected species; | |
| 2=low fecundity and vulnerable to over-fishing; | |
| 3=capture techniques threaten habitat integrity; | |
| 4=health hazard due to potential ciguatera or metal bioaccumulation. |
| WWF/SASSI (South Africa) | Consumer Guide |
| Species | Method |
| Abalone | |
| Bluefin tuna | |
| Biscuit skate | (SA inshore trawl) |
| Black musselcracker/Poenskop | |
| Dageraad | |
| Geelbek | |
| Jacopever | (SA offshore trawl) |
| Panga | (SA inshore trawl) |
| Red stumpnose/Miss Lucy | |
| Scotsman | |
| Shortfin Mako shark | |
| Silver kob | (SA inshore trawl/line-caught) |
| White stumpnose | |
| Illegal to Sell | |
| Baardman/Belman | |
| Blacktail/Dassie | |
| Brindle bass | |
| Bronze bream | |
| Cape stumpnose | |
| East coast rock lobster (KZN) | |
| Galjoen | |
| Garrick | |
| King fish | |
| Natal knife jaw | |
| Natal stumpnose | |
| Natal wrasse | |
| Potato bass | |
| Red steenbras | |
| River snapper | |
| Seventy-four | |
| Spotted grunter | |
| West Coast steenbras | |
| White musselcracker | |
| White steenbras |