Endangered Seafood Sources

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.

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.

Other Seafood Guides

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

Hong Kong	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