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Master Seafood List

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Ocean Wise, sustainable seafood option *only the green options are Ocean Wise recommended options.

Avoid, unsustainable choice

Under review - still gathering information on the fishery Last updated: June 2, 2017Eco-Certified, refer to the Recommendation to determine if it is Ocean Wise or not.

TypeEco- Certification Recommendation Variety Latin name MSC Fishery Name Farmed/Wild Harvest Method Region

Abalone Ocean Wise

Abalone, Red,

Japanese,

Paua/Black,

Tokobushi/Small,

Perlemoen,

Blacklip, Greenlip

Haliotis spp. Farmed

Contained

Production

Systems

Worldwide

AbaloneNot

RecommendedAbalone Haliotis spp. Farmed Sea ranching China, Japan

Abalone MSC Ocean WiseGreenlip,

Brownlip, Roe's

Haliotis laevigata,

Haliotis

conicopora,

Haliotis roelWestern Australia Abalone

Fishery

Wild Hand collection Australia

Alfonsino Ocean Wise AlfonsinoBeryx splendens,

B. decadactylusWild Midwater trawl

New Zealand

(management

areas BYX1 and

BYX2)

AlfonsinoNot

RecommendedAlfonsino

Beryx splendens,

B. decadactylusWild

Bottom trawl (all

areas); Midwater

trawl (BYX3)

New Zealand

AnchovyNot

RecommendedEuropean anchovy

Engraulis

encrasicolusWild

Unassociated

purse seine,

Midwater trawl

Mediterranean

Sea, Black Sea

Anchovy MSCNot

RecommendedAnchovy

Engraulis

anchoitaArgentine anchovy Wild Midwater trawl

South West

Atlantic -

Argentina,

Uraguay

Anchovy MSCNot

RecommendedEuropean anchovy

Engraulis

encrasicolus

Cantabrian Sea purse seine

anchovyWild Purse seine

Bay of Biscay:

Sub-area VIII

Barnacle Ocean WiseGooseneck

barnacle

Pollicipes

polymerusWild Hand harvest British Columbia

Barramundi Ocean Wise Barramundi Lates calcarifer Farmed

Recirculating

aquaculture

system (RAS)

US

Barramundi Ocean Wise Barramundi Lates calcarifer Farmed Open net penVan Phong Bay,

Vietnam

BarramundiNot

RecommendedBarramundi Lates calcarifer Farmed Open net pen

Australia, South

Pacific

BarramundiNot

RecommendedBarramundi Lates calcarifer Wild

Gillnet, handline,

pelagic longlineIndonesia

Barramundi Under Review Barramundi Lates calcarifer Wild Gillnet Australia

Ocean WiseHybrid striped

bass

Morone saxatilis x

Morone chrysopsFarmed

Recirculating

aquaculture

system (RAS)

US

Not

RecommendedStriped bass Morone saxatilis Wild Gillnet, Poud net US Atlantic

Ocean Wise Striped bass Morone saxatilis Wild Handline US Atlantic

Black DrumNot

RecommendedBlack Drum Pogonias cromis Wild Trotline Gulf of Mexico

Black Sea Bass Ocean Wise

Atlantic Seabass,

Black Perch,

Chub, Rock Bass,

Seabass, Tallywag

Centropristis

striataFarmed

Recirculating

aquaculture

system (RAS)

Worldwide


Atlantic Seabass,

Black Perch,

Chub, Rock Bass,

Seabass, Tallywag

Centropristis

striataWild Trap

US Sourthern Mid-

Atlantic, US

Northern Mid

Atlantic

Bass


Atlantic Seabass,

Black Perch,

Chub, Rock Bass,

Seabass, Tallywag

Centropristis

striataWild Handline

US Mid-Atlantic,

US South Atlantic

Black Sea BassNot

Recommended

aka Atlantic sea

bass

Centropristis

striataWild Bottom trawl US Atlantic

Bluefish Ocean Wise BluefishPomatomus

saltatrixWild

Handline, Pole,

Troll

Northern Atlantic

US

BluefishNot

RecommendedBluefish

Pomatomus

saltatrixWild

Bottom gillnet,

Bottom trawl

Northern Atlantic

US

BluenoseNot

Recommended

Antarctic

butterfish,

deepsea trevalla,

bluenose seabass

Hyperoglyphe

antarcticaWild

Bottom longline,

Bottom trawl,

Midwater trawl

New Zealand

Capelin Ocean WiseSmelt, smelt roe,

masagoMallotus villosus Wild

Trap net; Purse

seineIceland

Capelin Ocean WiseSmelt, smelt roe,

masagoMallotus villosus Wild Purse seine

Canada: Gulf of

St Lawrence,

North Atlantic

Capelin MSC Ocean WiseSmelt, smelt roe,


Purse seine,

Trawls, Pelagic

Trawl

Iceland

CapelinNot

Recommended

Smelt, smelt roe,


Trap net, Tuck

seine

Canada: Gulf of

St Lawrence,

North Atlantic

Carp Naturland Ocean Wise Carp Cyprinus carpio Farmed Various Worldwide

Catfish ASC Ocean Wise Catfish, Pangasius Pangasius spp. Farmed Various Worldwide

Catfish Naturland Ocean Wise Catfish, Pangasius Pangasius spp. Farmed Various Worldwide

Catfish Ocean Wise Channel catfishIctalurus

punctatusFarmed Pond US

Catfish Ocean Wise Catfish

Clarias

gariepinus,

Ictalurus

punctatus, Silurus

glanis

Farmed

Recirculating

aquaculture

system (RAS)

Worldwide

CatfishNot

RecommendedChannel catfish

Ictalurus

punctatusFarmed Pond, net pen China

CatfishNot

Recommended

Pangasius, basa,

sutchi catfish,

Mekong river fish,

striped catfish

Pangasiandon

hypopthalmusFarmed Pond Vietnam

Caviar/Roe Ocean WiseCapelin roe, smelt

roe, massagoMallotus villosus Wild

Purse seine;

Midwater trawlIceland

Caviar/Roe Ocean Wise

Sea urchin roe,

red sea urchin roe

, uni

Strongylocentrotu

s droebachiensis,

S. franciscanus

Wild Diver Canada

Caviar/Roe Ocean WiseShortnose

sturgeon

Acipenser

brevirostrumFarmed

Recirculating

aquaculture

system (RAS)

Canada, New

Brunswick

Caviar/Roe Ocean Wise White sturgeonAcipenser

transmontanusFarmed

Recirculating

aquaculture

system (RAS)

Sechelt, BC

Caviar/RoeNot

RecommendedAtlantic sturgeon

Acipenser

oxyrinchus

oxyrinchus

WildLarge mesh

bottom gillnet

Quebec: St

Lawrence River

Caviar/RoeNot

RecommendedLake sturgeon

Acipenser

fulvescensWild

Large mesh

bottom gillnet

Quebec: St

Lawrence River

Caviar/RoeNot

RecommendedPaddlefish

Polyodon

spathulaWild Drift gillnet Mississippi, US

Caviar/RoeNot

Recommended

Shovelnose

sturgeon

Scaphirhynchus

platorhynchusWild Drift gillnet

Mississippi River,

US

Caviar/RoeNot

Recommended

Capelin, Smelt,

smelt roe,

masago

Mallotus villosus WildPurse seine;

Midwater trawlCanada

Caviar/RoeNot

RecommendedWhite sturgeon

Acipenser

transmontanusFarmed

Recirculating

aquaculture

system (RAS)

Columbia River,

US

Caviar/Roe Under ReviewFlying fish roe,

tobiko

Parexocoetus

brachypterus;

Cheilopogon

exsiliens

Wild Dip net; Handline Worldwide

Caviar/Roe Under Review LumpfishCyclopterus

lumpusWild Gillnet Canada

Char Ocean Wise Arctic char Salvelinus alpinus FarmedFlow through

system

Canada, Iceland,

US

Char Ocean Wise Arctic char Salvelinus alpinus Farmed

Recirculating

Aquaculture

Systems (RAS)

Worldwide

Char Ocean Wise Arctic char Salvelinus alpinus WildWeir, Bottom

gillnetCanada: Nunavut

Chilean

SeabassOcean Wise

Patagonian

toothfish

Dissostichus

eleginoidesWild Bottom longline

Heard and

McDonald Islands,

Falkland Islands,

Macquarie Island,

South Georgia

Chilean

SeabassMSC Ocean Wise

Patagonian

toothfish

Dissostichus

eleginoidesMacquarie Island toothfish Wild Bottom longline Macquarie Island

Chilean

SeabassOcean Wise

Patagonian

toothfish

Dissostichus

eleginoides

Heard Island and McDonald

Islands (HIMI) toothfishWild

Bottom trawl,

Bottom longline

Heard Island and

McDonald islands

Chilean

SeabassOcean Wise

Patagonian

toothfish

Dissostichus

eleginoidesFalkland Island toothfish Wild Longline Falkland Islands

Chilean

SeabassOcean Wise

Patagonian

toothfish

Dissostichus

eleginoides

South Georgia Patagonian

toothfish longlineWild Bottom longline

Around the island

of South Georgia

Chilean

Seabass

Not

Recommended

Patagonian

toothfish

Dissostichus

eleginoidesWild

Bottom longline;

Bottom trawl;

Various

Kerguelen

Islands, Crozet

Islands, Prince

Edward and

Marion Islands,

Chile

Chilean

SeabassMSC

Not

Recommended

Patagonian

toothfish

Dissostichus

eleginoidesSARPC Toothfish Wild Bottom longline

Area around the

islands of

Kerguelen and

Crozet

Chilean

SeabassUnder Review Antarctic toothfish

Dissostichus

mawsoniWild

Bottom longline;

Bottom trawl;

Various

Ross sea

Clams ASC Ocean Wise Clams Multiple Species Farmed Various Worldwide

ClamsCanadian

OrganicOcean Wise Clams Multiple Species Farmed Various Canada

ClamsFood Alliance

ShellfishOcean Wise Clams Multiple Species Farmed Various Worldwide

Clams Ocean Wise Atlantic surf clamSpisula

solidissimaWild Hydaulic dredge US Atlantic

Clams Ocean Wise

Clams, (Manila,

Razor & Venus

Clams, Cockles,

Littlenecks,

Steamers, Hard

Clams)

Anadara spp.,

Cyclina spp.,

Merceneria spp.,

Meretrix spp.,

Sinonvacula spp.,

Tapes spp.,

Venerupis spp.

FarmedDredge, Hand

harvest, Hand rakeWorldwide

Clams Ocean Wise GeoduckPanopea

generosaFarmed On-bottom culture

British Columbia,

Washington

Clams Ocean Wise GeoduckPanopea

generosaWild Stinger

British Columbia,

Washington

Clams Ocean Wise Hard clamMercenaria

mercenariaWild

Hand rake, Hand

harvest

Massachusetts,

North Carolina,

Rhode Island

Clams Ocean Wise Hard clamMercenaria

mercenariaWild Hand rake Atlantic Canada

Clams Ocean WiseNorthern quahog

clam

Mercenaria

mercenariaWild Hand rake

Massachusetts,

New York, North

Carolina, Rhode

IslandClams Ocean Wise Ocean quahog Arctica islandica Wild Hydraulic dredge US Atlantic

Clams Ocean Wise Razor clam Siliqua patula Wild Hand harvest

Washington,

Oregon, Quinault

Nation

Clams Ocean Wise Razor clam Siliqua patula Wild Hand harvestAlaska & British

Columbia

Clams Ocean Wise

Softshell/Steamer

s clam (Fryer,

Ipswich &

Longneck Clams,

Steamers)

Mya arenaria WildHand rake, Hand

harvest

Maine,

Massachusetts

Clams Ocean Wise Softshell clam Mya arenaria Wild Hand rake Atlantic Canada

Clams MSC Ocean Wise Arctic surf clamMactromeris

polynyma

Clearwater Seafoods

Banquereau and Grandbanks

Arctic surf clam

Wild Hydraulic dredgeBanquereau Bank,

Grand Banks

Clams MSC Ocean WiseAtlantic surf clam

& Ocean quahog

Spisula

solidissima,

Arctica islandica

US Atlantic Surfclam and Ocean

QuahogWild Hydraulic dredge

US Northeast

Atlantic

Clams MSC Ocean Wise CockleCerastoderma

edule

Clams and cockle Fishery from

Ria de ArousaWild Hand harvest

Ria de Arousa -

Spain

Clams MSC Ocean WisePullet carpet shell

clam

Venerupis

pullastra



Ria de Arousa -

Spain

Clams MSC Ocean WiseGrooved carpet

shell

Duditapes

decussatus



Ria de Arousa -

Spain

Clams MSC Ocean WiseShort-necked

clam

Ruditapes

philippinarum



Ria de Arousa -

Spain

Clams MSC Ocean Wise Razor clam Ensis arcuatusRazor clam fishery from Ria de

PontevedraWild Diver

Ria de Pontevedra

- Spain

Clams MSCNot

RecommendedHard clam Meretrix lyrata

Vietnam Ben Tre clam hand

gatheredWild Hand harvest

Ben Tre Province -

Vietnam

Clams MSCNot

RecommendedRazor shell clam Ensis directus DFA Dutch North Sea ensis Wild Hydraulic dredge Netherlands

Clams MSCNot

Recommended

Short-necked

clams

Paphia

malabarica

Ashtamudi Estuary Shor-

Necked Clam FisheryWild

Diver, Hydraulic

dredge

Ashtamudi

Estuary, Kerala,

India

Cobia Ocean Wise CobiaRachycentron

canadumFarmed

Recirculating

aquaculture

system (RAS)

US

Cobia Ocean Wise CobiaRachycentron

canadumWild

Handline, Midwater

gillnet

US Atlantic, US

Gulf of Mexico

CobiaNot

RecommendedCobia

Rachycentron

canadumFarmed

Open net pen,

Submersible net

pen

Panama

CobiaNot

RecommendedCobia

Rachycentron

canadumWild Bottom longline US Gulf of Mexico

Cockle MSC Ocean Wise Common cockleCerastoderma

eduleBurry Inlet cockles Wild

Hand harvest,

Hand rake

Burry Inlet,

Carmarthenshire

and Swansea,

South Wales, UK


eduleDee Estuary cockle Wild Hand harvest Dee Estuary, UK


edule

DFPO Limfjord mussel and

cockleWild Hydraulic dredge

Denmark’s

Limfjord, FAO

Statistical Area 27

Cockle MSC Ocean Wise WaddenzeeCerastoderma

edule

OHV Dutch Waddenzee and

Oosterschelde Hand Raked

cockle

Wild Hand rake Netherlands EEZ

Cockle MSC Ocean Wise OosterscheldeCerastoderma

edule

OHV Dutch Waddenzee and

Oosterschelde Hand Raked

cockle

Wild Hand rake Netherlands EEZ

Cod Ocean Wise Atlantic cod Gadus morhua Wild Handline US: Georges Bank

Cod Ocean Wise Pacific codGadus

macrocephalusWild

Bottom trawl,

Trap, Jig, Bottom

longline

Alaska


macrocephalusWild Bottom trawl

California,

Oregon,

Washington


macrocephalusWild Bottom trawl British Columbia

Cod MSC Ocean Wise Arctic cod Gadus morhuaFaroe Island North East Arctic

cod & SaitheWild Bottom trawl

Norwegian and

Russian EEZ and

International

waters

Cod MSC Ocean Wise Arctic cod Gadus morhuaComapêche and Euronor cod

and haddockWild Bottom trawl

North East Arctic -

ICES Sub Areas I

and II

Cod MSC Ocean Wise Arctic cod Gadus morhua

UK Fisheries/DFFU/Doggerbank

Northeast Arctic cod, haddock

and saithe

Wild Bottom trawl

North East Arctic -

ICES Sub Areas I

and II

Cod MSC Ocean Wise Atlantic cod Gadus morhuaRussian Federation Barents sea

cod and haddockWild Bottom trawl

Norwegian EEZ

and Svalbard FPZ

Cod MSC Ocean Wise Arctic cod Gadus morhuaBarents Sea cod, haddock and

saitheWild Bottom trawl

Barents Sea -

Within Norwegian

and Russiean EEZ

and International

Waters

Cod MSC Ocean WiseAtlantic cod

(North)Gadus morhua ISF cod Wild

Bottom trawl,

Midwater trawl,

Longline, Danish

seine, Handline,

Gillnet

Icelandic EEZ

Cod MSC Ocean WiseNorth East Arctic

codGadus morhua

Gereenland cod, haddock and

saithe trawlWild Bottom trawl

ICES Areas I and

II: within

Norwegian and

Russian EEZ and

International

waters

Cod MSC Ocean Wise Pacific codGadus

macrocephalus

Alaska Pacific Cod - Bering Sea

and Aleutian IslandsWild

Jig, Bottom

longline, Trap,

Trawl

Alaska - Bearing

Sea and Aleutian

Islands

Cod MSC Ocean Wise Pacific codGadus

macrocephalus

Alaska Pacific Cod - Gulf of

AlaskaWild

Jig, Bottom

longline, Trap,

Trawl

Alaska - Gulf of

Alaska

CodNot

RecommendedAtlantic cod Gadus morhua Wild

Bottom trawl,

Bottom longline,

Bottom gillnet

Canada

CodNot


Bottom gillnet,

Bottom longline,

Bottom trawl

US: Georges Bank

CodNot


Bottom longline,

Bottom trawl,

Handline

US: Gulf of Maine

CodNot

RecommendedPacific cod

Gadus

macrocephalusWild

Bottom trawl,

Danish seine,

Bottom longline

Russia

CodNot

RecommendedPacific cod

Gadus

macrocephalusWild

Bottom trawl,

Bottom longline,

Bottom gillnet,

Danish seine, Trap

net

Japan

Cod MSCNot

RecommendedArctic cod Gadus morhua Norway North East Arctic cod Wild

Trawl, Longline,

Gillnet, Danish

seine, Handline

Norway - ICES

subareas I and II

Cod MSCNot

RecommendedAtlantic cod Gadus morhua Canada/Newfoundland 3PS cod Wild

Handline, Longline,

Gillnet, Various

North-West

Atlantic, FAO 21,

Northwest Atlantic

Fisheries

Organisation

(NAFO)

Subdivision 3Ps

Cod MSCNot

RecommendedAtlantic cod Gadus morhua AGARBA Spain Barents Sea cod Wild Bottom trawl

Arctic Ocean-

Barents Sea, ICES

subareas I & II

Cod MSCNot

RecommendedAtlantic cod Gadus morhua

Arkhangelsk Trawl Fleet

Barents Sea cod & haddockWild Bottom trawl

Barents and

Norwegian Seas

Cod MSCNot


DFPO Denmark Eastern Baltic

codWild

Bottom trawl,

Longline

ICES sub division

25-32

Cod MSCNot


Fiskbranschens Sweden Eastern

Baltic codWild

Bottom trawl,

Longline, Trap

ICES areas 25-31

(Eastern Baltic

Sea)

Cod MSCNot

RecommendedAtlantic cod Gadus morhua Poland Eastern Baltic cod Wild

Bottom trawl,

Bottom gillnet,

Midwater trawl,

Longline

Poland - FAO 27,

ECES 25-32

Cod MSCNot


DFPO Denmark North Sea &

Skagerrak cod & saithe Wild

Bottom trawl,

Danish seine, Set

net, Various

North Sea (ICES

area IV) and

Divisions

IIIa,b,c,d.

Cod MSCNot

RecommendedEuropean cod Gadus morhua Germany Eastern Baltic cod Wild

Bottom trawl,

Midwater trawl,

Seine

Eastern Baltic Sea

Cod Under Review Atlantic cod Gadus morhua Wild Handline Canada

Conch Ocean WiseQueen conch,

Pink conchStrombus gigas Wild Diver

Caribbean Sea:

US Virgin Islands

ConchNot

Recommended

Queen conch,


Carribian Sea:

Honduras

ConchNot

Recommended

Queen conch,


Caribbean Sea:

Nicaragua

ConchNot

Recommended

Queen conch,

Pink conchStrombus gigas Wild Hand harvest

Caribbean Sea:

Belize

ConchNot

Recommended

Queen conch,


Caribbean Sea:

Puerto Rico

ConchNot

Recommended

Queen conch,


Northwest

Atlantic:

Bahamas

ConchNot

Recommended

Queen conch,

Pink conchStrombus gigas Wild Hand harvest

Northwest

Atlantic: Turks

and Caicos

Crab Ocean WiseAtlantic Red

Deepsea Crab

Chaceon

quinquedensWild Trap US Atlantic

Crab Ocean Wise Atlantic rock crab Cancer irroratus Wild Conical trap Belle River, PEI

Crab Ocean Wise

Blue crab

(Hardshell,

Softshell)

Callinectes

sapidusWild Trotline

Chesapeake Bay,

US

Crab Ocean WiseBlue swimmer

crabPortunus armatus Wild Trap Australia

Crab Ocean Wise Brown rock crabCancer

antennariusWild Crab ring Oregon

Crab Ocean Wise Dungeness crab

Metacarcinus

magister

(formerly Cancer

magister)

Wild Trap

Alaska, British

Columbia,

Washington,

Oregon

Crab Ocean Wise

King crab

(Golden, Blue,

Red)

Lithodes

aequispinus,

Paralithodes

platypus,

Paralithodes

camtschaticus

Wild Trap

Alaska - Aleutian

Islands, Bristol

Bay

Crab Ocean Wise King Crab (Red)Paralithodes

camtschaticusWild Trap Norway

Crab Ocean WiseKing Crab

(Southern)Lithodes santolla Wild Trap Argentina

Crab Ocean Wise Red rock crab Cancer productus Wild Crab ring Oregon

Crab Ocean Wise Snow CrabChionoecetes

opilioWild Trap Alaska Bering Sea

Crab Ocean WiseSouthern Tanner

Crab

Chionoecetes

bairdiWild Pot Alaska Bering Sea

Crab Ocean Wise Stone crab

Menippe

mercenaria,

Menippe adina

Wild TrapUS Atlantic, US

Gulf of Mexico

Crab MSC Ocean WiseBlue swimmer

crab & Sea Mullet

Portunus

armatus, Mugli

cepahlus

Western Australia Peel Harvey

estuarine fisheryWild

Trap, Gillnet,

Various

Peel Harvey,

Estuary, Western

Australia.

Crab MSC Ocean Wise Crystal crab Chaceon albusAustralia West Coast deep sea

crabWild Trap

West coast of

Western

Australia: FAO

statistical area 57

Crab MSC Ocean Wise Snow crabChionoecetes

opilio

Gulf of St Lawrence snow crab

trapWild Trap Nova Scotia

Crab MSC Ocean Wise Snow crabChionoecetes

opilioScotian shelf snow crab trap Wild Trap Nova Scotia

CrabNot

RecommendedAtlantic rock crab Cancer irroratus Wild Trap US Atlantic

CrabNot

RecommendedAtlantic rock crab Cancer irroratus Wild Trap

Canada: Gulf of

St Lawrence

CrabNot

RecommendedBeni-zuwai crab

Chionoecetes

japonicusWild Trap

Russia Bering

Sea, Sea of

Okhotsk, Northern

Sea of Japan

CrabNot

Recommended

Blue crab

(Hardshell,

Softshell)

Callinectes

sapidusWild Trap

Gulf of Mexico, US

Atlantic

CrabNot

Recommended

Blue, red

swimmer crab

(Hardshell,

Softshell)

Portunus

pelagicus, P.

haanii

Wild

Trap, Bottom

gillnet, Bottom

trawl

China, Thailand,

Indonesia, India,

Vietnam

CrabNot

Recommended

Blue swimmer

crabPortunus armatus Wild Bottom trawl Australia

CrabNot

Recommended

Blue swimmer

crab

Portunus

pelagicusWild

Bottom gillnet,

TrapPhilippines

CrabNot

RecommendedBrown rock crab

Cancer

antennariusWild Trap California

CrabNot

Recommended

Chinese mitten

CrabEriocheir sinensis Wild Trap

Russia Bering

Sea, Sea of

Okhotsk, Northern

Sea of Japan

CrabNot

RecommendedDungeness crab

Metacarcinus

magister

(formerly Cancer

magister)

Wild Trap California

CrabNot

RecommendedHanasaki Crab

Paralithodes

brevipesWild Trap

Russia Bering

Sea, Sea of

Okhotsk, Northern

Sea of Japan

CrabNot

RecommendedJonah crab Cancer borealis Wild Trap

Canada and US

Atlantic

CrabNot

RecommendedKegani Crab

Erimacrus

isenbeckiiWild Trap

Russia Bering

Sea, Sea of

Okhotsk, Northern

Sea of Japan

CrabNot

RecommendedKing Crab (Red)

Paralithodes

camtschaticusWild Trap

Russia Bering

Sea, Sea of

Okhotsk, Northern

Sea of Japan

CrabNot

RecommendedKing Crab (Blue)

Paralithodes

platypusWild Trap

Russia Bering

Sea, Sea of

Okhotsk, Northern

Sea of Japan

CrabNot

Recommended

King Crab

(Golden)

Lithodes

aequspinusWild Trap

Russia Bering

Sea, Sea of

Okhotsk, Northern

Sea of Japan

CrabNot

RecommendedRed rock crab Cancer productus Wild Trap California

CrabNot

RecommendedSnow crab

Chionoecetes

opilioWild Trap

Russia Bering

Sea, Sea of

Okhotsk, Northern

Sea of Japan

CrabNot

Recommended

Southern Tanner

Crab

Chionoecetes

bairdiWild Trap

Russia Bering

Sea, Sea of

Okhotsk, Northern

Sea of Japan

CrabNot

Recommended

Triangle tanner

crab

Chionoecetes

angulatusWild Trap

Russia Bering

Sea, Sea of

Okhotsk, Northern

Sea of Japan

CrabNot

RecommendedYellow rock crab Cancer anthonyi Wild Trap California

Crab MSCNot

RecommendedBlue crab

Callinectes

sapidusLouisiana blue crab Wild Trap

Gulf of Mexico,

State waters of

Louisiana

Crab MSCNot

RecommendedBrown crab Cancer pagurus

SSMO Shetland inshore brown

& velvet crab, lobster and

scallop fishery

Wild Trap

EU waters - ICES

Area Iva whichis

within 6 nautical

miles of Shetland

Crab MSCNot

RecommendedVelvet crab Necora puber



scallop fishery

Wild Trap

EU waters - ICES

Area Iva whichis

within 6 nautical

miles of Shetland

Crab MSCNot

Recommended

Deeep Sea Red

Crab

Chaceon

quinquedensAtlantic deep sea red crab Wild Trap

Cape Hatteras

(North Carolina)

in the South to

the border with

Canada in the

North

Crab MSC Ocean Wise Snow CrabChionoecetes

opilio

Newfoundland & Labrador snow

crab Wild TrapNewfoundland &

Labrador

Crayfish Ocean Wise

Crayfish

(Crawfish,

Crawdad)

Procambarus

clarkiiFarmed Pond US

CrayfishNot

Recommended

Crayfish

(Crawfish,

Crawdad)

Procambarus

clarkiiWild Trap

Louisiana

Atchafalaya Basin

CrayfishNot

Recommended

Crayfish

(Crawfish,

Crawdad)

Procambarus

clarkiiFarmed Pond China

Croaker Ocean Wise Atlantic croakerMicropogonias

undulatusWild

Trap net, Seine,

hook and lineUS Atlantic Ocean

CroakerNot

RecommendedAtlantic croaker

Micropogonias

undulatusWild

Bottom gillnet,

Bottom trawlUS Atlantic Ocean

Drum Ocean Wise Red drumSciaenops

ocellatusFarmed Pond Texas, US

DrumNot

RecommendedBlack Drum Pogonias cromis Wild Trotline Gulf of Mexico

EelNot

Recommended

American eel

(Freshwater eel,

unagi)

Anguilla rostrata Farmed Pond

South Korea,

Japan, Taiwan,

China

EelNot

Recommended

European eel

(Freshwater eel,

unagi)

Anguilla anguilla Farmed Pond

South Korea,

Japan, Taiwan,

China

EelNot

Recommended

Japanese eel

(Freshwater eel,

unagi)

Anguilla japonica Farmed Pond

South Korea,

Japan, Taiwan,

China

EulachonNot

RecommendedEulachon

Thaleicthys

pacificusWild Seine, Conical net BC

Flounder Ocean WiseArrowtooth

flounder

Atheresthes

stomiaWild Bottom trawl

Alaska, California,

Washington,

Oregon

Flounder Ocean WiseArrowtooth

flounder

Atheresthes

stomiaWild Midwater trawl British Columbia

Flounder Ocean Wise California flounderParalichthys

californicusWild Bottom trawl Central California

Flounder Ocean Wise California flounderParalichthys

californicusWild Handline

Southern

California, Central

California

Flounder Ocean WiseKamchatka

flounder

Atheresthes

evermanniWild Bottom trawl Alaska

Flounder Ocean Wise Starry flounderPlatichthys

stellatusWild Botom trawl California

Flounder MSC Ocean WiseArrowtooth

flounder

Atheresthes

stomias

Alaska Flatfish - Bering Sea and

Aleutian IslandsWild Bottom trawl

Bering Sea and

Aleutian Islands

Flounder MSC Ocean Wise Alaska Plaice

Pleuronectes

quadrituberculatu

s



Bering Sea and

Aleutian Islands

Flounder MSC Ocean Wise Flathead soleHippoglossoides

elassodon



Bering Sea and

Aleutian Islands

Flounder MSC Ocean WiseKamchatka

flounder

Atheresthes

evermanni



Bering Sea and

Aleutian Islands

Flounder MSC Ocean Wise Northern rock soleLepidopsetta

polyxystra



Bering Sea and

Aleutian Islands

Flounder MSC Ocean Wise Yellowfin sole Limanda asperaAlaska Flatfish - Bering Sea and


Bering Sea and

Aleutian Islands


flounder

Atheresthes

stomiasAlaska Flatfish - Gulf of Alaska Wild Bottom trawl Gulf of Alaska

Flounder MSC Ocean Wise Flathead soleHippoglossoides

elassodonAlaska Flatfish - Gulf of Alaska Wild Bottom trawl Gulf of Alaska

Flounder MSC Ocean Wise Northern rock soleLepidopsetta

polyxystraAlaska Flatfish - Gulf of Alaska Wild Bottom trawl Gulf of Alaska

Flounder MSC Ocean Wise Rex soleGlyptocephalus

zachirusAlaska Flatfish - Gulf of Alaska Wild Bottom trawl Gulf of Alaska

Flounder MSC Ocean WiseSouthern Rock

sole

Lepidopsetta

bilineataAlaska Flatfish - Gulf of Alaska Wild Bottom trawl Gulf of Alaska


flounder

Atheresthes

stomias

US West Coast limited entry

groundfish trawlWild

Bottom trawl,

Midwater trawl,

Various

Washington,

Oregon, California

Flounder MSC Ocean WiseChilipepper

rockfishSebastes goodei



Bottom trawl,

Midwater trawl,

Various

Washington,

Oregon, California

Flounder MSC Ocean Wise Daover soleMicrostomus

pacificus



Bottom trawl,

Midwater trawl,

Various

Washington,

Oregon, California

Flounder MSC Ocean Wise English sole Parophrys vetulusUS West Coast limited entry


Bottom trawl,

Midwater trawl,

Various

Washington,

Oregon, California

Flounder MSC Ocean Wise LingcodOphiodon

elongatus



Bottom trawl,

Midwater trawl,

Various

Washington,

Oregon, California

Flounder MSC Ocean Wise Longnose Skates Raja rhinaUS West Coast limited entry


Bottom trawl,

Midwater trawl,

Various

Washington,

Oregon, California

Flounder MSC Ocean WiseLongspine

Thornyheads

Sebastolobus

altivelis



Bottom trawl,

Midwater trawl,

Various

Washington,

Oregon, California

Flounder MSC Ocean Wise Petrale sole Eopsetta jordaniUS West Coast limited entry


Bottom trawl,

Midwater trawl,

Various

Washington,

Oregon, California

Flounder MSC Ocean Wise SablefishAnoplopoma

fimbria



Bottom trawl,

Midwater trawl,

Various

Washington,

Oregon, California

Flounder MSC Ocean WiseShortspine

thornyheads

Sebastolobus

alascanus



Bottom trawl,

Midwater trawl,

Various

Washington,

Oregon, California

Flounder MSC Ocean Wise Splitnose rockfishSebastes

diploproa



Bottom trawl,

Midwater trawl,

Various

Washington,

Oregon, California

Flounder MSC Ocean Wise Widow rockfishSebastes

entomelas



Bottom trawl,

Midwater trawl,

Various

Washington,

Oregon, California

Flounder MSC Ocean Wise Yellowtail rockfish Sebastes flavidusUS West Coast limited entry


Bottom trawl,

Midwater trawl,

Various

Washington,

Oregon, California

Flounder MSC Ocean Wise Flathead flounderHippoglossoides

dubius

Kyoto Danish Seine Fishery

Federation flathead flounderWild Danish seine Sea of Japan

Flounder MSC Ocean Wise Yellowtail flounderLimanda

ferruginea

OCI Grand Bank Yellowtail

flounder trawlWild Bottom trawl Grand Banks

FlounderNot

Recommended

Arrowtooth

flounder

Atheresthes

stomiaWild Bottom trawl British Columbia

FlounderNot

RecommendedCalifornia flounder

Paralichthys

californicusWild

Bottom trawl,

Bottom gillnet

Southern

California

FlounderNot

Recommended

Summer flounder,

Lemon sole

Paralichthys

dentatus, variousWild Bottom trawl

Atlantic US – New

England

FlounderNot

Recommended

Windowpane

flounder

Scophthalmus

aquosusWild Bottom trawl

Atlantic US – Mid-

Atlantic, Gulf of

Maine, Georges

Bank, New

England

FlounderNot

Recommended

Winter flounder;

blackback

flounder

Pseudopleuronect

es americanusWild

Bottom trawl;

Bottom gillnet

Atlantic US

(Georges Bank

and Southern New

England)

FlounderNot

RecommendedWitch flounder

Glyptocephalus

cynoglossusWild Bottom trawl

Atlantic US – New

England, Mid

Atlantic

FlounderNot

Recommended

Winter flounder;

blackback

flounder

Pseudopleuronect

es americanusWild Bottom trawl Atlantic Canada

FlounderNot

RecommendedYellowtail flounder

Limanda

ferrugineaWild

Bottom trawl;

Bottom gillnet

Atlantic US –

Georges Bank,

New England,

Cape Cod, Gulf of

Maine, Mid

Atlantic

GreenlingNot

RecommendedKelp greenling

Hexagrammosdec

a grammusWild Handline

Oregon,

Washington,

California

Grenadier Ocean Wise Giant grenadierAlbatrossia

pectoralisWild Bottom trawl

Oregon,

Washington,

California

Grenadier Ocean Wise Pacific grenadierCoryphaenoides

acrolepisWild Bottom trawl California

Grenadier MSC Ocean Wise Blue GrenadierMacruronus

novaezelandiaeAustralia blue grenadier Wild

Bottom trawl,

Midwater trawl

Southern Ocean,

around Tasmania

within EEZ of

Australia

Grouper Ocean Wise Black grouperMycteroperca

bonaciWild Handline

S. Atlantic, Gulf of

Mexico

Grouper Ocean Wise Hawaiian grouperEpinephelus

quernusWild Handline Hawaii

GrouperNot

RecommendedBlack grouper

Mycteroperca

bonaciWild Bottom longline Gulf of Mexico

GrouperNot

RecommendedBlack grouper

Mycteroperca

bonaciWild Bottom longline Mexico

GrouperNot

RecommendedGag grouper

Mycteroperca

microlepisWild

Bottom longline,

Handline


Mexico

GrouperNot

RecommendedRed grouper

Epinephelus

morioWild

Bottom longline,

Handline


Mexico

GrouperNot

RecommendedRed grouper

Epinephelus

morioWild

Bottom longline,

HandlineMexico

GrouperNot

RecommendedSnowy grouper

Epinephelus

niveatusWild

Bottom longline,

Handline


Mexico

GrouperNot

RecommendedWarsaw grouper

Epinephelus

nigritusWild

Bottom longline,

Handline


Mexico

GrouperNot

Recommended

Yellowedge

grouper

Epinephelus

flavolimbatusWild

Bottom longline,

Handline


Mexico

HaddockNot

RecommendedHaddock

Melanogrammus

aeglefinusWild Bottom longline

Canada Atlantic;

Scotia Fundy

Haddock Ocean Wise HaddockMelanogrammus

aeglefinusWild

Handline, Bottom

longline

US - Georges

Bank

Haddock MSC Ocean Wise Arctic haddockMelangrammus

aeglefinus

Faroe Island North East Arctic

haddockWild Bottom trawl

ICES areas I and

II within

Norwegian and

Russian EEZ and

International

waters

Haddock MSC Ocean Wise Atlantic haddockMelangrammus

aeglefinus

Comapêche and Euronor cod

and haddockWild Bottom trawl

North East Arctic -

ICES Sub Areas I

and II


aeglefinus



and saithe

Wild Bottom trawl

North East Arctic -

ICES Sub Areas I

and II

Haddock MSC Ocean Wise Icelandic haddockMelangrammus

aeglefinusISF Iceland haddock Wild

Bottom trawl,

Midwater trawl,

longline, Danish

seine, Handline,

Gillnet

Icelandic EEZ

Haddock MSC Ocean WiseNorth East Arctic

haddock

Melangrammus

aeglefinus

Greenland cod, haddock and

saithe trawlWild Bottom trawl

ICES Areas I and

II: within

Norwegian and

Russian EEZ and

International

waters


aeglefinus

Russian Federation Barents sea

cod and haddockWild Bottom trawl

Norwegian EEZ

and Svalbard FPZ


aeglefinus

US Acadian redfish, haddock

and pollock Otter TrawlWild Bottom trawl

US FAO Fishing

Area 21 in

Division 21.4X

and Division 21.5t


aeglefinus

Barents Sea cod and Barents

sea haddockWild Bottom trawl

Barents Sea -

ICES Areas I and

II. Within

Norwegian and

Russian EEZ and

International

Waters

HaddockNot

RecommendedHaddock

Melanogrammus

aeglefinusWild Bottom trawl Canada

HaddockNot

RecommendedHaddock

Melanogrammus

aeglefinusWild Handline US - Gulf of Maine

HaddockNot

RecommendedHaddock

Melanogrammus

aeglefinusWild

Bottom trawl,

Bottom longlineUS - Gulf of Maine

HaddockNot

RecommendedHaddock

Melanogrammus

aeglefinusWild Bottom trawl

US - Georges

Bank

Haddock MSCNot

RecommendedArctic haddock

Melangrammus

aeglefinus

Norway North East Arctic

haddockWild

Bottom trawl,

Bottom longline,

Gillnet, Danish

seine, Handline

ICES Sub-areas I

and II

Haddock MSCNot

RecommendedAtlantic haddock

Melangrammus

aeglefinusCanada Scotia-Fundy haddock Wild

Bottom trawl,

Bottom longline,

Handline, Gillnet

Scotian shelf

4X5Y and 5Zjm

Haddock MSCNot


Melangrammus

aeglefinus

Arkhangelsk Trawl Fleet

Barents Sea cod & haddockWild Bottom trawl

Barents and

Norwegian Seas

Haddock MSCNot


Melangrammus

aeglefinus

Scottish Fisheries Sustainable

Accreditation Group (SFSAG)

North Sea haddock

WildDanish seine,

Bottom trawl

North Sea, ICES

Sub Area IVa,b

Haddock MSC Atlantic haddockMelangrammus

aeglefinus


Skagerrak haddockWild

Bottom trawl,

Danish seine,

Gillnet, Bottom

longline

North Sea &

Skagerrak

Hake Ocean Wise Offshore hakeMerluccius

albidusWild Bottom trawl US Atlantic

Hake Ocean Wise Red hake Urophycis chuss Wild Bottom trawl US Atlantic

Hake Ocean Wise Silver hakeMerluccius

bilinearisWild Bottom trawl US Atlantic

Hake MSC Ocean Wise North Pacific HakeMerluccius

productusPacific hake mid-water trawl Wild Midwater trawl

Washington,

Oregon,

California, British

Columbia

HakeNot

RecommendedWhite hake Urophycis tenuis Wild

Bottom trawl,

Bottom gillnet,

Bottom longline

US North Atlantic

HakeNot

RecommendedWhite hake Urophycis tenuis Wild

Bottom trawl,

Bottom gillnet,

Bottom longline

Canada:

Maritimes,

Newfoundland,

Labrador

Hake MSCNot

RecommendedHake

Merluccius

merluccius

DFPO Denmark North Sea,

Skagerrak & Kattegate hakeWild

Bottom trawl,

Danish seine,

Gillnet, Bottom

longline

North Sea,

Skagerrak &

Kattegat

Hake MSCNot

RecommendedHake

Merluccius

merluccius

Grupo Regal Spain hake

longlineWild Longline

CES sub-areas VI,

VII and Divisions

VIII a, b, d, e

Hake MSCNot

Recommended

South African

hake

Merluccius

paradoxxus,

Merluccius

capensis

South Africa hake trawl Wild Bottom trawlSouth Atlantic

Ocean

Halibut Ocean Wise Pacific halibutHippoglossus

stenolepisWild

Bottom longline;

Handline

BC, Alaska,

California,

Oregon,

Washington

Halibut Ocean Wise Atlantic halibutHippoglossus

hippoglossusFarmed

Recirculating

aquaculture

system (RAS)

Worldwide

HalibutNot

RecommendedAtlantic halibut

Hippoglossus

hippoglossusWild Bottom trawl

US Atlantic - New

England

Halibut MSCNot

RecommendedAtlantic halibut

Hippoglossus

hippoglossusCanada Atlantic halibut Wild

Longline, Gillnet,

Bottom trawl

Nova Scotia and

Newfoundland

including part of

the Grand banks

and Georges

bank, NAFO areas

3NOPs, 4VWZ and

5Zc

Herring Ocean Wise

Atlantic herring

("sardines",

pilchard)

Clupea harengus WildMidwater trawl,

Purse seineUS N. Atlantic

Herring Ocean Wise Pacific herring Clupea pallasii Wild Purse seine, Gillnet British Columbia

Herring Ocean Wise Pacific herring Clupea pallasii Wild Bottom gillnet California

Herring MSC Ocean Wise Herring Clupea harengusCanadian 4VWX Purse Seine

herring fisheryWild Purse seine

Bay of Fundy

Stock: NAFO

Division 4VWX

Herring

Herring MSC Ocean Wise Herring Clupea harengus

Danish Pelagic Producers

Organization Atlanto Scandian

herring

WildPurse seine,

Midwater trawl

North-East

Atlantic (ICES

divisions I, IIa

and IIb, V, XIV).

Herring MSC Ocean Wise Herring Clupea harengusFaroese Pelagic Organization

(FPO) Atlanto-Scandian herringWild

Purse seine,

Midwater trawl

North-East

Atlantic in FAO

27, ICES division

areas I, IIa, IIb, V

& XIV

Herring MSC Ocean Wise Herring Clupea harengus Hastings fleet pelagic herring Wild GillnetEastern English

Channel

Herring MSC Ocean Wise Herring Clupea harengusNorway North Sea and

Skagerrak herringWild

Midwater trawl,

Purse seine

North Sea and

Skagerrak

Herring MSC Ocean Wise Herring Clupea harengusNorway spring spawning

herringWild

Midwater trawl,

Purse seine

EEZ’s of Norway,

Russia, Iceland,

EU and Faroe

Islands

Herring MSC Ocean Wise Herring Clupea harengusPelagic Freezer-Trawler

Association North Sea herringWild Midwater trawl

The North Sea

and Eastern

English Channel

Herring MSC Ocean Wise Herring Clupea harengusSamherji Norwegian & Icelandic

herring trawl and seineWild

Midwater trawl,

Purse seineIcelandic EEZ


Scottish Pelagic Sustainability

Group Ltd Atlanto Scandian

herring

Wild Midwater trawlEEZ of Norway

and Faroe

Herring MSC Ocean Wise Herring Clupea harengusScottish Pelagic Sustainability

Group Ltd North Sea herringWild Midwater trawl

Central and north

North Sea

Herring MSC Ocean Wise Herring Clupea harengusSPSG West of Scotland herring

Pelagic TrawlWild Midwater trawl

Within EU waters -

ICES Areas VIa

North, VIb, Vb

Herring MSC Ocean Wise Herring Clupea harengus CSHMAC Celtic Sea herring Wild Midwater trawl

North East

Atlantic (Celtic

Sea)


Northern Ireland Pelagic

Sustainability Group (NIPSG)

Irish Sea herring

Wild Midwater trawlNorth East

Atlantic

Herring MSC Ocean Wise Herring Clupea harengusNAFO Division 4R Atlantic

herring purse seineWild Purse seine

NAFO Division 4R,

in Herring Fishing

Areas (FA) 13 and

14



Sustainability Group(NIPSG)

Irish Sea-Atlantic mackerel &

North Sea herring

Wild Midwater trawlNorth East

Atlantic

Herring MSCNot

RecommendedHerring Clupea harengus

DPPO and DFPO North Sea

herringWild

Purse seine,

Midwater trawl

ICES divisions IV

a, b, c, and VII d.

Herring MSCNot


FROM Nord North Sea and

Eastern Channel pelagic trawl

herring

Wild Midwater trawl

FAO statistical

area 27, Subarea

IV and Divisions

IIIa and VIId

Herring MSCNot


Gulf of St Lawrence Fall herring

gillnetWild Gillnet

Southern Gulf of

St. Lawrence,

Herring Fishing

Area 16F

Herring MSCNot

Recommended Herring Clupea harengus

DFPO, DPPO and SPFPO

Skagerrak, Kattegat and

Western Baltic herring Wild

Midwater trawl;

Purse seine; Trap

net; Gillnet

Skagerrak,

Kattegat and

Western Baltic

Herring MSCNot

Recommended

Thread herring

Opisthonema

spp. - O.

Libertate, O.

medirastre and

O. bulleri

Southern Gulf of California

thread herring Wild Purse seine

Gulf of California,

Mexico (Pacific

Ocean)

Hoki MSC Ocean Wise HokiMacruronus

novaezelandiaeNew Zealand hoki Wild

Midwater trawl,

Bottom trawlNew Zealand

Hoki MSCNot

RecommendedHoki

Macruronus

magellanicusArgentine hoki Wild

Bottom trawl,

Midwater trawlArgentina

Icefish MSC Ocean WiseAustralia mackerel

icefish

Champsocephalus

gunnariAustralia mackerel icefish Wild

Bottom trawl,

Midwater trawl

Heard Island and

McDonald Islands

Icefish MSC Ocean Wise IcefishChampsocephalus

gunnari

South Georgia icefish pelagic

trawlWild Pelagic trawl South Georgia

Krill Ocean Wise Antarctic krillEuphausia

superbaWild Midwater trawl Southern Ocean

Krill MSC Ocean Wise Antarctic krillEuphausia

superbaAker Biomarine Antarctic krill Wild Midwater trawl

Atlantic sector of

the Southern

Ocean

Krill MSC Ocean Wise Antarctic krillEuphausia

superbaOlympic Seafood Antarctic krill Wild Midwater trawl

Antarctic Sea /

Southern Ocean -

FAO statistical

area/s 48 -

Southern Ocean,

CCAMLR area

48.1, 48.2, 48.3,

48.4

Limpet MSC Ocean WiseAtlantic Slipper

Limpet

Crepidula

fornicata

Cancale Bay Atlantic slipper

limpet dredgeWild Dredge

Bay of Cancale,

ICES area VIIe.

FAO statistical

area 27

Ling MSC Ocean Wise Ling Molva molva

ISF Iceland Saithe Fishery:

Expedited Assessment of the

ISF Iceland Ling

Wild

Bottom trawl,

Danish seine,

Longline, Handline,

Gillnet, Various

Icelandic EEZ

Ling MSCNot

RecommendedLing

Genypterus

blacodes

New Zealand EEZ ling trawl and

longline fisheryWild

Bottom trawl,

Bottom longline

New Zealand EEZ -

Management

areas: LIN3,

LIN4, LIN5, LIN6,

LIN 7

Lingcod Ocean Wise

Lingcod (Buffalo

cod, blue cod,

white cod)

Ophiodon

elongatusWild

Bottom trawl,

Bottom longline,

Handline

Washington,

Oregon, California

Lingcod Ocean Wise

Lingcod (Buffalo

cod, blue cod,

white cod)

Ophiodon

elongatusWild

Bottom longline,

Jig, Troll, Midwater

trawl

British Columbia

Lingcod MSC Ocean Wise LingcodOphiodon

elongatus



Bottom trawl,

Midwater trawl,

Various

Washington,

Oregon, California

LingcodNot

Recommended

Lingcod (Buffalo

cod, blue cod,

white cod)

Ophiodon

elongatusWild Bottom trawl British Columbia

Lionfish Ocean Wise LionfishPterois volitans,

Pterois milesWild Spear, Trap

US Atlantic & Gulf

of Mexico

Lobster Ocean WiseCalifornia spiny

lobster

Panulirus

interruptusWild Trap Baja California

Lobster Ocean WiseCaribbean spiny

lobster

Panulirus

interruptusWild Casitas, Trap Bahamas

Lobster Ocean WiseCaribbean spiny

lobsterPanulirus argus Wild Trap Florida

Lobster Ocean Wise

Caribbean,

California Spiny

Lobster

Panulirus argus,

P. interruptusWild

Casitas, Diver,

TrapMexico

Lobster Ocean Wise Norway lobsterNephrops

norvegicusWild Trap

Kattegat Bay,

Norway

Lobster MSC Ocean Wise American lobsterHomarus

americanusEastern Canada offshore lobster Wild Trap

Canada - Lobster

Fishing Area 41


americanusGaspésie lobster trap Wild Trap

Canada - LFAs 19,

20 and 21

Lobster MSC Ocean Wise European lobsterHomarus

gammarusNormandy and Jersey lobster Wild

Trap

North and West

Cotentin (Basse

Normandie,

France), Jersey

and Granville Bay.

Lobster MSC Ocean Wise Rock lobster Jasus tristani Tristan da Cunha rock lobster Wild Trap

Tristan da Cunha

islands

Lobster MSC Ocean Wise Spiny lobster Panuliris argus

Sian Ka'an and Banco

Chinchorro Biosphere Reserves

spiny lobster

WildDiver, Casitas,

Hand harvestMexico


americanus

Bay of Fundy, Scotian Shelf and

Southern Gulf of St. Lawrence

lobster trap

Wild Trap

UoC1 - Southern

Gulf of St

Lawrence, LFAs

23, 25, 26A and

26B

LobsterNot

RecommendedAmerican lobster

Homarus

americanusWild Trap

US Gulf of Maine,

US Georges

Banks, Southern

New England

LobsterNot

Recommended

Caribbean Spiny

LobsterPanulirus argus Wild Trap

Belize, Brazil,

Honduras,

Nicaragua

LobsterNot

RecommendedNorway lobster

Nephrops

norvegicusWild Bottom trawl, Trap

Northeast Atlantic

Ocean (except

Mediterranean

Sea)

Lobster MSCNot


Homarus

americanusIles-de-la-Madeleine Lobster Wild Trap

Magdalen Islands

LFA 22

Lobster MSCNot


Homarus

americanus

Prince Edward Island lobster

trapWild

Trap

Prince Edward

Island, LFAs 24,

25, and 26A

Lobster MSCNot


Homarus

americanus

Bay of Fundy, Scotian Shelf and

Southern Gulf of St. Lawrence

lobster trap

Wild

Trap

UoC2 - Scotian

Shelf, LFAs 27-33,

UoC3 - Scotian

Shelf, LFAs 34,

UoC4 - Bay of

Fundy, LFAs 35-

38

Lobster MSCNot


Homarus

americanus

Lobster MSCNot

RecommendedRock lobster Panulirus cygnus Australian Western rock lobster Wild Trap Western Australia

Lobster MSCNot

RecommendedRed Rock Lobster

Panulirus

interuptus Gulf of Maine lobster fishery Wild

Trap

FAO Fishing Area

21 Northwest

Atlantic

LCMA 1

Lobster MSCNot

RecommendedRock lobster Jasus frontalis Juan Fernandez Rock lobster Wild

Trap

Chile - Robinson

Crusoe and Sta

Clara, Alejandro

Selkirk, Islas

Desventuradas

Lobster MSCNot

RecommendedYellow Squat

Lobster

Cervimunida

johni

Chile squat lobsters and nylon

shrimp modified trawl fisheryWild

Trawl

FAO statistical

area 87, South

East Pacific

Lobster MSCNot

Recommended Red Squat Lobster

Pleuroncodes

monodon


shrimp modified trawl fisheryWild

Trawl

FAO statistical

area 87, South

East Pacific

Lobster MSCNot

Recommended

Yellow Squat

Lobster

Cervimunida

johniChile squat lobsters demersal

trawl Camanchaca FisheryWild Trawl Chile

Lobster MSCNot

Recommended Red Squat Lobster

Pleuroncodes

monodonChile squat lobsters demersal

trawl Camanchaca FisheryWild Trawol Chile

Lobster MSCNot

RecommendedNephrops

Nephrops

norvegicusDanish and Swedish nephrops Wild

Bottom trawl Denmark

Lobster Under Review American lobsterHomarus

americanusWild Trap Canada

Lumpfish MSC Ocean Wise LumpfishCyclopterus

lumpusGreenland lumpfish Wild Gillnet

Greenland - North-

west Atlantic

Mackerel Ocean Wise Atka mackerelPleurogrammus

monopterygiusWild Bottom trawl Alaska

Mackerel Ocean Wise Atlantic mackerelScomber

scombrusWild Purse seine US


scombrusWild Purse seine Canada

Mackerel Ocean WiseKing mackerel,

Spanish mackerel

Scomberomorus

cavalla, S.

maculatus

Wild Handline, GillnetGulf of Mexico, US

South Atlantic


scombrusWild Midwater trawl US Atlantic

Mackerel MSC Ocean WiseNorth East

Atlantic mackerel

Scomber

scombrus

MINSA North East Atlantic

mackerelWild

Midwater trawl,

Purse Seine,

Handline, Various

North East

Atlantic, Europe &

Norway

Mackerel MSC Ocean Wise Mackerel scadScomber

scombrus

Faroese Pelagic Organisation

(FPO) North East Atlantic

mackerel

WildPurse seine,

Midwater trawl

North east

Atlantic. FAO

statistical area 27

Mackerel MSC Ocean Wise MackerelScomber

scombrus


Sustainability Group(NIPSG)

Irish Sea-Atlantic mackerel &

North Sea herring

Wild Midwater trawl

North East

Atlantic ICES

Areas VI, VII,

IVa.

Mahi Mahi Ocean WiseMahi mahi

(dolphinfish)

Coryphaena

hippurusWild

Troll, Pole,

HandlineUS Atlantic


(dolphinfish)

Coryphaena

hippurusWild Pelagic longline

US Atlantic, US

Gulf of Mexico


(dolphinfish)

Coryphaena

hippurusWild Pelagic longline Ecuador

Mahi MahiNot

Recommended

Mahi mahi

(dolphinfish)

Coryphaena

hippurusWild Troll, Pole

US Pacific

(Hawaii)

Mahi MahiNot

Recommended

Mahi mahi

(dolphinfish)

Coryphaena

hippurusWild Pelagic longline

Guatemala, Costa

Rica, Peru, East

Pacific Ocean,

North Pacific

Ocean, South

Pacific Ocean,

West Central

Pacific Ocean,

Indian Ocean,

Indonesia,

Panama, Taiwan

Mahi MahiNot

Recommended

Mahi mahi

(dolphinfish)

Coryphaena

hippurusWild FAD purse seine

North Atlantic,

South Atlantic,

East Pacific

Mahi MahiNot

Recommended

Mahi mahi

(dolphinfish)

Coryphaena

hippurusWild

Unassociated

purse seineEast Pacific Ocean

MarlinNot

RecommendedBlack marlin Istiompax indica Wild Pelagic longline

North Pacific,

South Pacific,

Western Central

Pacific

MarlinNot

RecommendedBlue marlin Makaira nigricans Wild Pelagic longline

North Pacific,

South Pacific,

Western Central

Pacific

MarlinNot

RecommendedStriped marlin

Tetrapturus

audaxWild Pelagic longline

North Pacific,

South Pacific,

Western Central

Pacific

Menhaden Ocean WiseAtlantic

menhaden

Brevoortia

tyrannusWild Purse seine US Atlantic

Menhaden Ocean Wise Gulf menhadenBrevoortia

patronusWild Purse seine US Gulf of Mexico

Milkfish Naturland Ocean Wise Milkfish Chanos chanos Farmed Various Worldwide

MonkfishNot

Recommended

Goosefish,

anglerfish

Lophius

americanusWild

Bottom trawl;

Bottom gillnetUS Atlantic

Mullet Ocean Wise Striped mullet Mugil cephalus Wild Seine, VariousUS Atlantic and

Gulf of Mexico

MulletNot

RecommendedRed Mullet Illex argentinus

Wild

Bottom gillnet,

bottom trawl,

beam trawl

United Kingdom:

Cornwall

Mussels ASC Ocean Wise Mussels Multiple Species Farmed Various Worldwide

MusselsCanadian

OrganicOcean Wise Mussels Multiple Species Farmed Various Canada

MusselsFood Alliance

ShellfishOcean Wise Mussels Multiple Species Farmed Various Worldwide

Mussels Naturland Ocean Wise Mussels Multiple Species Farmed Various Worldwide

Mussels GAA BAP Ocean Wise Mussels Multiple Species Farmed Various Worldwide

Mussels Ocean Wise Blue mussel Mytilus edulis Farmed Off-bottom culture Worldwide

Mussels Ocean Wise Blue mussel Mytilus edulis Wild Hand rake, dredge

Maine,

Massachusetts

(rake only), New

York, Rhode

Island

Mussels Ocean Wise Bay mussel Mytilus trossulus Farmed Off-bottom culture BC

Mussels Ocean Wise Green mussel Perna canaliculus Farmed Off-bottom cultureNew Zealand

(most)

Mussels Ocean WiseMediterranean

mussel

Mytilus

galloprovincialisFarmed Off-bottom culture Worldwide

Mussels Ocean Wise Mussels (various)Mytilus spp.,

Perna spp.Farmed

Off-bottom

culture, On-bottom

culture

Worldwide

Mussels MSC Ocean Wise Chilean mussel Mytilus chilensis

Chilean mussel fishery and

suspended culture Toralla S.A

and Cultivos Toralla S.A

Wild Off-bottom culture South East Pacific

Mussels MSC Ocean Wise Mussels Mytilus spp Exmouth mussels Wild Off-bottom cultureNW English

Channel

Mussels MSC Ocean Wise Mussels Mytilus edulisRoyal Frysk Jutland blue shell

mussel dredgeWild Dredge

East coast of

Jutland, Denmark

Mussels MSC Ocean Wise Mussels Mytilus edulis North Menai Strait mussel Wild On-bottom culture Irish Sea

Mussels MSC Ocean Wise Mussels Mytilus edulisDFPO Limfjord mussel and

cockleWild Dredge

Denmark’s

Limfjord, FAO

Statistical Area 27

Mussels MSC Ocean Wise Mussels Mytilus edulis Netherlands blue shell mussel Wild Dredge, On-bottom cultureThe Waddenzee and Zeeuwse delta of the Dutch coastal region

Mussels MSC Ocean Wise Mussels Mytilus edulis Schleswig-Holstein blue shell musselWild Drede, On-bottom cultureICES Area IVb – in the German part of the Wadden Sea around Niedersachsen; Schleswig-Holstein and Flensburger Innenförde area. North Sea, FAO statistical area 27

Mussels MSC Ocean Wise Mussels Mytilus edulisLimfjord blue shell mussel

(rope grown)Farmed Off-bottom culture

Limfjorden,

Denmark

MusselsNot

RecommendedBlue mussel Mytilus edulis Wild Dredge Massacheusetts

Mussels MSCNot

RecommendedBlue mussel Mytilus edulis

DFPO Inner Danish Waters blue

shell mussel

Wild Dredge

Eastern Inner

Danish Waters -

ICES IIIa and

Baltic Sea area 22

Mussels MSCNot

RecommendedMussels Mytilus edulis

Ireland Bottom Grown Mussel

(Mytilus edulis) FisheryWild

Modified Dutch

bottom dredge

with limited hand

raking

Ireland

Mussels MSCNot


Northern Ireland Bottom Grown

Mussel (Mytilus edulis) FisheryWild Dredge, Hand rake Northern Ireland

Mussels MSCNot


Netherlands suspended culture

musselFarmed

Off-bottom

culture, On-bottom

culture

North Sea

Mussels MSCNot


Shetland and Scottish Mainland

Rope Grown mussel Enhanced

fishery

Farmed Off-bottom cultureScottish Mainland

& Shetland

Mussels MSCNot


SSPO Swedish West Coast rope

grown musselFarmed Off-bottom culture

Skagerrak &

Kattegat

Octopus Ocean Wise Common octopus Octopus vulgaris Wild Pot Spain, Portugal

Octopus Ocean Wise Day octopus Octopus cyanea Wild Spear, Handline Hawaii

Octopus Ocean WiseGiant Pacific

octopus

Enteroctopus

dolfleiniWild Trap, Pot

British Columbia,

Alaska

Octopus Ocean Wise Night octopus Octopus ornatus Wild Spear, Handline Hawaii

OctopusNot

RecommendedCommon octopus Octopus vulgaris Wild Bottom trawl, Trap

Spain, Portugal,

Morocco,

Mauritania

OctopusNot

RecommendedCommon octopus Octopus vulgaris Wild Handline Mexico

OctopusNot

RecommendedDay octopus Octopus cyanea Wild

Trap, Spear,

HandlineIndonesia

OctopusNot

RecommendedRed octopus Octopus maya Wild Handline Mexico

Not

RecommendedOpah Lampris guttatus Wild Gillnet California

Not

Recommended

Opah aka

MoonfishLampris guttatus Wild Pelagic longline

Hawaii, Pacific

Ocean (North,

South, WCPO)

Orange

Roughy

Not

Recommendedaka Slimehead

Hoplostethus

atlanticusWild Bottom trawl New Zealand

Orange

RoughyMSC

Not

Recommended

Orange roughy

aka slimehead

Hoplostethus

atlanticusWild Bottom trawl New Zealand

Oysters ASC Ocean Wise Oysters Multiple Species Farmed Various Worldwide

OystersCanadian

OrganicOcean Wise Oysters Multiple Species Farmed Various Canada

OystersFood Alliance

ShellfishOcean Wise Oysters Multiple Species Farmed Various Worldwide

Oysters Ocean Wise Eastern oysterCrassostrea

virginicaWild Dredge, Tong US Gulf of Mexico

Oysters Ocean Wise Eastern oysterCrassostrea

virginicaWild Tong, Hand rake

Canada: Gulf of

St. Lawrence

Oysters Ocean Wise Oysters - various

Crassostrea spp.,

Ostrea spp.,

Saccostera spp.

Farmed

Off-bottom

culture, On-bottom

culture

Worldwide

Oysters MSC Ocean WiseEuropean flat

oysterOstrea edulis

Dutch Oyster Association oyster

fisheryWild Dredge

Oosterschelde,

Lake Grevelingen

Oysters MSC Ocean Wise Pacific Oyster Crassostrea gigasDutch Oyster Association oyster

fisheryWild Dredge

Oosterschelde,

Lake Grevelingen

Oysters MSC Ocean WiseEuropean flat

oysterOstrea edulis Limfjord oyster dredge fishery Wild Dredge

Western Limfjord,

Denmark

Perch Ocean Wise Yellow perch Perca flavescens WildBottom gillnet,

Trap net

Canada (Lake

Erie, Lake Huron,

Lake Ontario,

Lake Superior) &

US (Lake Huron,

Lake Michigan,

Lake Ontario,

Lake Superior)

Opah

Perch Ocean Wise Yellow perch Perca flavescens Wild Trap net Maryland, US

Perch Ocean Wise Yellow perch Perca flavescens Farmed

Recirculating

aquaculture

system (RAS)

Worldwide

PerchNot

RecommendedYellow perch Perca flavescens Wild Midwater gillnet Manitoba

Perch MSCNot

RecommendedCommon perch Perca fluviatilis Irikla Reservoir perch Wild Gillnet

Irikla Reservoir,

Caspian Sea

Basin, Russia

Perch MSCNot

RecommendedPerch Perca fluviatilis Bratsk Reservoir perch Wild Trap net

Bratsk Reservoir,

Angara River,

Irkutsk oblast,

Russia

PikeNot

RecommendedNorthern pike Esox lucius Wild Midwater gillnet Manitoba

Pike MSCNot

RecommendedNorthern pike Esox lucius

Waterhen Lake walleye and

Northern pike Commercial

Gillnet

Wild GillnetWaterhen Lake,

Manitoba

Plaice Ocean Wise Alaska plaice

Pleuronectes

quadrituberculatu

s

Wild

Bottom trawl,

Midwater trawl,

Bottom longline

Alaska

Plaice MSC Ocean Wise Alaska plaice

Pleuronectes

quadrituberculatu

s



Bering Sea and

Aleutian Islands

PlaiceNot

RecommendedAmerican plaice

Hippoglossoides

platessoidesWild Bottom trawl

US Atlantic - New

England

PlaiceNot

RecommendedEuropean plaice

Pleuronectes

platessaWild

Danish seine,

Bottom trawl,

Bottom longline,

Bottom gillnet

Iceland

Plaice MSCNot

RecommendedPlaice

Pleuronectes

platessa

Cooperative Fishery

Organisation (CVO) North Sea

plaice and sole

Wild Trawl, Various North Sea

Plaice MSCNot

RecommendedDover Sole Solea solea

Cooperative Fishery


plaice and sole

Wild Trawl, Various North Sea

Plaice MSCNot

RecommendedPlaice

Pleuronectes

platessa

Osprey Trawlers North Sea twin-

rigged plaiceWild Bottom trawl Central North Sea

Plaice MSCNot

RecommendedPlaice

Pleuronectes

platessa

Ekofish Group-North Sea twin

rigged otter trawl plaiceWild Bottom trawl

Between Scotland

and Denmark

Plaice MSCNot

RecommendedPlaice

Pleuronectes

platessa

DFPO Denmark North Sea

plaiceWild

Danish seine,

Bottom trawl,

Gillnet

The North Sea

Plaice MSCNot

RecommendedPlaice

Pleuronectes

platessa

North Sea – Skagerrak Plaice

Fishery Scope Extension

Assessment

Wild

Danish

seine,Gillnet,

Demersal trawl,

Longline

North Sea,

Skagerrak &

Kattegat, FAO

statistical area 27,

ICES Area IV,

Division IIIa.

Pollock Ocean Wise Atlantic pollock Pollachius virens Wild Purse seine, Gillnet Norway

Pollock MSC Ocean Wise Alaskan pollockTheragra

chalcogramma

Alaska Pollock - Bering Sea and

Aleutian IslandsWild Midwater trawl

Bering Sea and

Aleutian Islands

Pollock MSC Ocean Wise Alaskan pollockTheragra

chalcogrammaAlaska Pollock- Gulf of Alaska Wild Trawl Gulf of Alaska

Pollock MSC Ocean Wise Atlantic pollock Pollachius virensUS Acadian redfish, haddock


US FAO Fishing

Area 21 in

Division 21.4X

and Division 21.5t

PollockNot

RecommendedAtlantic pollock Pollachius virens Wild

Bottom trawl;

Bottom gillnet

US - Georges

Bank, Gulf of

Maine

PollockNot


Trawl; Gillnet;

Danish SeineCanada

PollockNot


Trawl; Gillnet;

Danish SeineIceland

Pollock MSCNot

RecommendedRussian pollock

Theragra

chalcogrammaRussia Sea of Okhotsk pollock Wild Midwater trawl

Russia, Sea of

Okhotsk

PomfretNot

RecommendedBigscale pomfret

Taractichthys

steindachneri,

Eumegistus

illustris

WildPelagic longline;

HandlineHawaii

Pompano Ocean Wise Florida pompanoTrachinotus

carolinusWild

Handline, Seine,

Gillnet, Cast netUS

Pompano Ocean Wise Pompano Trachinotus spp. Farmed

Recirculating

aquaculture

system (RAS)

Worldwide

PompanoNot

RecommendedPompano Trachinotus spp. Farmed Open net pen

Asia, Dominican

Republic

PorgyNot

Recommended

Red porgy,

Seabream, Silver

snapper, Tai

Pargus pargus Wild HandlineUS Atlantic, Gulf

of Mexico

Redfish MSC Ocean Wise Acadian redfishSebastes

fasciatus Canada 3LN redfish Wild Midwater trawl Northeast Atlantic

Redfish MSCNot

RecommendedAcadian redfish

Sebastes

fasciatusCanada 3LN redfish Wild Bottom trawl Northeast Atlantic


fasciatus

US Acadian redfish, haddock


US FAO Fishing

Area 21 in

Division 21.4X

and Division 21.5t


fasciatus

Redfish MSC Ocean Wise Golden Redfish Sebastes marinus ISF Iceland golden redfish Wild

Bottom trawl,

Danish seine,

Bottom longline,

Handline, Gillnet,

Nephrops trawl

North East

Atlantic

Rockfish Ocean Wise Aurora rockfish Sebastes aurora Wild Bottom trawl

California,

Oregon,

Washington

Rockfish Ocean Wise Black rockfishSebastes

melanopsWild Handline

California,

Washington,

Oregon

Rockfish Ocean Wise Blackgill rockfishSebastes

melanostomusWild

Bottom longline,

Bottom trawl

California,

Washington,

Oregon

Rockfish Ocean WiseBlackspotted

rockfish

Sebastes

melanostictusWild Bottom trawl Alaska

Rockfish Ocean Wise Blue rockfishSebastes

mystinusWild Handline

California,

Washington,

Oregon

Rockfish Ocean Wise Bocaccio rockfishSebastes

paucispinisWild

Bottom longline;

Bottom trawl

California,

Washington,

Oregon

Rockfish Ocean Wise Brown rockfishSebastes

auriculatusWild Handline

California,

Washington,

Oregon

Rockfish Ocean Wise CabezonScorpaenichthys

m armoratusWild Handline

California,

Oregon,

Washington

Rockfish Ocean Wise Canary rockfish Sebastes pinniger Wild Midwater trawl British Columbia

Rockfish Ocean Wise Canary rockfish Sebastes pinniger Wild Bottom trawl

California,

Washington,

Oregon

Rockfish Ocean WiseChilipepper

rockfishSebastes goodei Wild Bottom trawl

California,

Washington,

Oregon

Rockfish Ocean Wise China rockfishSebastes

nebulosusWild Handline

California,

Washington,

Oregon

Rockfish Ocean WiseDarkblotched

rockfishSebastes crameri Wild Bottom trawl California

Rockfish Ocean Wise Dusky rockfishSebastes

variabilisWild Bottom trawl Alaska

Rockfish Ocean WiseGreenstriped

rockfish

Sebastes

elongatusWild Bottom trawl

California,

Washington,

Oregon

Rockfish Ocean WiseLongspine

thornyhead

Sebastolobus

altivelusWild

Bottom trawl,

Bottom longline

California,

Washington,

Oregon

Rockfish Ocean WiseLongspine

thornyhead

Sebastolobus

altivelusWild

Bottom trawl,

Bottom longlineBritish Columbia

Rockfish Ocean Wise Northern rockfishSebastes

polyspinisWild Bottom trawl Alaska

Rockfish Ocean WisePacific Ocean

perchSebastes alutus Wild Bottom trawl California, Alaska

Rockfish Ocean Wise Rougheye rockfishSebastes

aleutianusWild

Bottom trawl,

Bottom longlineCalifornia, Alaska

Rockfish Ocean WiseShortspine

thornyhead

Sebastolobus

alascanusWild

Bottom trawl,

Bottom longline

Alaska, California,

Washington,

Oregon

Rockfish Ocean WiseShortraker

rockfishSebastes borealis Wild Bottom trawl Alaska

Rockfish Ocean WiseSilvergrey

rockfish

Sebastes

brevispinisWild Midwater trawl British Columbia

Rockfish Ocean Wise Splitnose rockfishSebastes

diploproaWild Bottom trawl

California,

Washington,

Oregon

Rockfish Ocean Wise Tiger rockfishSebastes

nigrocinctusWild

Bottom longline,

Troll, Jig

British Columbia

(Inshore)

Rockfish Ocean Wise Vermilion rockfishSebastes

miniatusWild Bottom longline California

Rockfish Ocean Wise Widow rockfish Sebastes flavidus WildBottom trawl,

Midwater trawlCalifornia, Oregon

Rockfish Ocean Wise Quillback rockfish Sebastes maliger WildBottom longline,

Jig, Troll

British Columbia

(Inshore &

Offshore)

Rockfish Ocean Wise Yelloweye rockfishSebastes

ruberrimusWild

Bottom longline,

Jig, Troll

British Columbia

(Inshore)

Rockfish Ocean WiseYellowmouth

rockfishSebastes reedi Wild Midwater trawl British Columbia

Rockfish Ocean Wise Yellowtail rockfish Sebastes flavidus Wild

Midwater trawl,

Bottom longline,

Jig, Troll

California,

Oregon,

Washington

Rockfish Ocean Wise Yellowtail rockfish Sebastes flavidus Wild

Midwater trawl,

Bottom longline,

Jig, Troll

British Columbia

Rockfish MSC Ocean WiseChilipepper

rockfishSebastes goodei



Bottom trawl,

Midwater trawl,

Various

Washington,

Oregon, California

Rockfish MSC Ocean Wise Splitnose rockfishSebastes

diploproa



Bottom trawl,

Midwater trawl,

Various

Washington,

Oregon, California

Rockfish MSC Ocean Wise Widow rockfish Sebastes flavidusUS West Coast limited entry


Bottom trawl,

Midwater trawl,

Various

Washington,

Oregon, California

Rockfish MSC Ocean Wise Yellowtail rockfish Sebastes flavidusUS West Coast limited entry


Bottom trawl,

Midwater trawl,

Various

Washington,

Oregon, California

RockfishNot

Recommended

Black and yellow

rockfish

Sebastes

chrysomelasWild Handline California

RockfishNot

RecommendedCanary rockfish Sebastes pinniger Wild Bottom trawl British Columbia

RockfishNot

RecommendedChina rockfish

Sebastes

nebulosusWild Bottom longline British Columbia

RockfishNot

RecommendedCopper rockfish Sebastes caurinus Wild Bottom longline British Columbia

RockfishNot

Recommended

Darkblotched

rockfishSebastes crameri Wild

Bottom trawl,

Midwater trawlBritish Columbia

RockfishNot

Recommended

Greenstriped

rockfish

Sebastes

elongatusWild Bottom trawl British Columbia

RockfishNot

RecommendedGrass rockfish

Sebastes

rastrelligerWild Handline

California,

Washington,

Oregon

RockfishNot

Recommended

Pacific Ocean

perchSebastes alutus Wild

Bottom trawl,

Midwater trawlBritish Columbia

RockfishNot

Recommended

Redbanded

rockfish

Sebastes

babcockiWild

Bottom longline,

Bottom trawl,

Midwater trawl

British Columbia

RockfishNot

RecommendedRedstripe rockfish Sebastes proriger Wild Bottom trawl British Columbia

RockfishNot

RecommendedRougheye rockfish

Sebastes

aleutianusWild

Bottom trawl,

Midwater trawl,

Bottom longline,

Jig, Troll

British Columbia

RockfishNot

Recommended

Shortraker

rockfishSebastes borealis Wild

Bottom trawl,


RockfishNot

Recommended

Shortspine

thornyhead

Sebastes

alascanusWild Bottom trawl British Columbia

RockfishNot

Recommended

Silvergrey

rockfish

Sebastes

brevispinisWild Bottom trawl British Columbia

RockfishNot

RecommendedTiger rockfish

Sebastes

nigrocinctusWild

Bottom longline,

Troll, Jig

British Columbia

(Offshore)

RockfishNot

RecommendedVermilion rockfish

Sebastes

miniatusWild Handline

California,

Washington,

Oregon

RockfishNot

RecommendedWidow rockfish

Sebastes

entomelasWild Bottom trawl British Columbia

RockfishNot

RecommendedYelloweye rockfish

Sebastes

ruberrimusWild

Bottom longline,

Troll, Jig

British Columbia

(Outside)

RockfishNot

Recommended

Yellowmouth

rockfishSebastes reedi Wild Bottom trawl British Columbia

RockfishNot

RecommendedYellowtail rockfish Sebastes flavidus Wild Bottom trawl British Columbia

Sablefish Ocean WiseSablefish, black

cod, butterfish

Anoplopoma

fimbriaWild

Bottom longline,

Bottom trawlBritish Columbia


cod, butterfish

Anoplopoma

fimbriaFarmed Open net pen British Columbia


cod, butterfish

Anoplopoma

fimbriaWild

Bottom longline,

TrapAlaska


cod, butterfish

Anoplopoma

fimbriaWild

Bottom trawl,

Bottom longline,

Trap

California

Sablefish MSC Ocean WiseSablefish, black

cod, butterfish

Anoplopoma

fimbria



Bottom trawl,

Midwater trawl,

Various

Washington,

Oregon, California

Sablefish MSC Ocean WiseSablefish, black

cod, butterfish

Anoplopoma

fimbriaUS North Pacific sablefish Wild Bottom longline Alaska

Saithe MSC Ocean Wise Saithe Pollachius virens



and saithe

Wild Bottom trawl

North East Arctic

– ICES Sub Areas

I and II

Saithe MSC Ocean Wise Saithe Pollachius virens Germany North Sea saithe trawl Wild Bottom trawl

EC waters: ICES

Sub-Area IIa,

IIIa, IIIbcd, IV

Saithe MSC Ocean Wise Saithe Pollachius virens Norway North Sea saithe Wild

Danish seine,

Trawl, Purse seine,

Jig, Longline,

Various

The Norwegian

Sea

Saithe MSC Ocean Wise Saithe Pollachius virens Norway North East Arctic Saith Wild

Danish seine,

Trawl, Purse seine,

Jig, Longline,

Various

North Sea

Saithe MSC Ocean Wise Saithe Pollachius virens Faroe Island saithe Wild Trawl, Longline, JigFaroe Plateau and

Faroe Bank

Saithe MSC Ocean Wise Saithe Pollachius virensFaroe Islands North East Arctic

cod and saitheWild Bottom trawl

ICES areas I and

II within

Norwegian and

Russian EEZ and

International

waters; FAO area

27

Saithe MSC Ocean Wise Saithe Pollachius virens ISF Iceland saithe Wild

Bottom trawl,

Danish seine,

Longline, Handline,

Gillnet, Nephrops

trawl

Iceland

Saithe MSC Ocean Wise Saithe Pollachius virensGreenland cod, haddock and

saithe trawWild Bottom trawl

ICES Areas I and

II: within

Norwegian and

Russian EEZ and

International

Waters

Saithe MSC Ocean Wise Saithe Pollachius virensUK Fisheries/DFFU/Doggerbank

Group saitheWild Bottom trawl

NE Atlantic, ICES

Subareas IV, VI

and Iia

Saithe MSC OCean Wise Saithe Pollachius virensBarents Sea cod, haddock and

saitheWild Bottom trawl

Barents Sea -

ICES Areas I and

II. Within

Norwegian and

Russian EEZ and

International

Waters

Saithe MSCNot

RecommendedSaithe Pollachius virens EURONOR saithe Wild Bottom trawl

The North Sea

and the Arctic

Ocean (ICES

subareas I, II and

IV)

Saithe MSCNot

RecommendedSaithe Pollachius virens

Scapêche and Compagnie de

Pêche de St. Malo saitheWild Bottom trawl

North Sea, West

Scotland, Arctic

Saithe MSCNot


Scottish Fisheries Sustainable

Accreditation Group (SFSAG)

saithe

Wild Bottom trawlNorth Sea and

West of Scotland

Saithe MSCNot



Skagerrak saitheWild

Bottom trawl,

Gillnet

North Sea (ICES

area IV) and

Divisions

IIIa,b,c,d

Salmon

(Atlantic)Ocean Wise Atlantic salmon Salmo salar Farmed

Recirculating

aquaculture

system (RAS)

Worldwide

Salmon

(Atlantic)Ocean Wise

Atlantic salmon

(Blue Circle Brand

only)

Salmo salar Farmed Open net pen

Norway - Kvaroy

and Selsoyvik

farms only

Salmon

(Atlantic)

Not

RecommendedAtlantic salmon Salmo salar Farmed Open net pen British Columbia

Salmon

(Atlantic)

Not

RecommendedAtlantic salmon Salmo salar Farmed Open net pen Norway

Salmon

(Atlantic)

Not

RecommendedAtlantic salmon Salmo salar Farmed Open net pen Chile

Salmon

(Atlantic)

Not

RecommendedAtlantic salmon Salmo salar Farmed Open net pen Scotland

Salmon

(Atlantic)

Not

RecommendedAtlantic salmon Salmo salar Farmed Open net pen

Atlantic Canada,

Maine, US

Salmon

(Atlantic)ASC

Not

RecommendedAtlantic Salmon Salmo spp. Farmed Open net pen Worldwide

Salmon

(Chinook)Ocean Wise

Chinook salmon,

tyee, king, spring

Oncorhynchus

tshawytschaWild

Purse seine;

Gillnet; TrollAlaska

Salmon

(Chinook)Ocean Wise Chinook salmon

Oncorhynchus

tshawytschaWild Gillnet

BC north coast,

BC central coast,

transboundary

Canada

Salmon


Oncorhynchus

tshawytschaWild Troll, Pole BC north coast

Salmon


Oncorhynchus

tshawytschaWild Gillnet

Washington North

Pacific

Salmon


Oncorhynchus

tshawytschaFarmed Open net pen New Zealand

Salmon

(Chinook)MSC Ocean Wise Chinook salmon

Oncorhynchus

tshawytscha

Alaska Salmon - Prince William

SoundWild

Gillnets, seines

driftnets, hook and

line, troll,

Prince William

Sound, Alaska

Salmon

(Chinook)

Not

RecommendedChinook salmon

Oncorhynchus

tshawytschaWild

Gillnet, Purse

seine, Troll

US Washington,

Oregon, California

** except WA

North Pacific

Salmon

(Chinook)

Not


Oncorhynchus

tshawytschaWild Troll, Pole

BC: West

Vancouver Island

Salmon

(Chinook)

Not


Oncorhynchus

tshawytschaWild

Unassociated

purse seine, GillnetBC south coast

Salmon

(Chum)Ocean Wise Chum salmon

Oncorhynchus

ketaWild

Purse seine,

Gillnet, TrollBC and Alaska

Salmon

(Chum)Ocean Wise Chum salmon

Oncorhynchus

ketaWild Gillnet

United States:

Washington North

Pacific

Salmon

(Chum)MSC Ocean Wise Chum salmon

Oncorhynchus

ketaBritish Columbia Chum Salmon Wild

Purse seine, Troll,

Gillnet

Inner South

Coast, West

Vancouver Island

Salmon


Oncorhynchus

ketaVA-Delta Kamchatka salmon Wild

Trap net in sea,

beach seines in

river

Russia: Sea of

Okhotsk and

Ozernaya,

Koshegochek,

Golgina, Opala,

Kol and

Vorovskaya Rivers

Salmon

(Chum)

Not

RecommendedChum salmon

Oncorhynchus

ketaWild

Troll, Gillnet, Purse

seine

US Washington,

Oregon, California

** except WA

North Pacific

Salmon

(Chum)MSC

Not

RecommendedChum salmon

Oncorhynchus

keta

Iturup Island pink & chum

salmonWild Trap

Iturup Island,

Russia

Salmon


Oncorhynchus

kisutch


SoundWild

Gillnets, seines

driftnets, hook and

line, troll,

Prince William

Sound, Alaska

Salmon (Coho) Ocean Wise Coho salmonOncorhynchus

kisutchWild Gillnet

Washington North

Pacific


kisutchWild

Purse seine,

Gillnet, TrollAlaska


kisutchWild Gillnet

BC central coast,

transboundary

Canada


kisutchWild

Troll, Unassociated

purse seineNorth Coast BC

Salmon (Coho) Ocean WiseCoho salmon,

sockeye salmon

Oncorhynchus

kisutch, O. nerkaFarmed

Recirculating

aquaculture

system (RAS)

Canada: BC, US

Salmon


Oncorhynchus

keta


SoundWild

Gillnets, seines

driftnets, hook and

line, troll,

Prince William

Sound, Alaska

Salmon (Coho)Not

RecommendedCoho salmon

Oncorhynchus

kisutchWild


seine

US Washington,

Oregon, California

** except WA

North Pacific

Salmon (Coho)Not


Oncorhynchus

kisutchWild

Unassociated

purse seine, GillnetBC south coast

Salmon (Coho)Not


Oncorhynchus

kisutchWild Troll, Pole

BC: West

Vancouver Island

Salmon (Coho)Not


Oncorhynchus

kisutchFarmed Open net pen Chile

Salmon (Pink) Ocean Wise Pink salmonOncorhynchus

gorbuschaWild Gillnet, Purse seine US Puget Sound


gorbuschaWild

Purse seine,



gorbuschaWild Reefnet Washington

Salmon (Pink) MSC Ocean Wise Pink salmonOncorhynchus

gorbuschaBritish Columbia Pink Salmon Wild

Beach seine,

Gillnet, Weir, Purse

seine, Various

Fraser River,

Inner South

Coast,

North/Central

Coast, Haida

Gwaii


gorbuschaVA-Delta Kamchatka salmon Wild

Trap net in sea,

beach seines in

river

Russia: Sea of

Okhotsk and

Ozernaya,

Koshegochek,

Golgina, Opala,

Kol and

Vorovskaya Rivers


gorbuscha


SoundWild

Gillnets, seines

driftnets, hook and

line, troll,

Prince William

Sound, Alaska

Salmon (Pink)Not

RecommendedPink salmon

Oncorhynchus

gorbuschaWild


seine

US Washington,

Oregon, California

** except Puget

Sound (gillnet,

drift net, purse

seine)

Salmon (Pink) MSCNot


Oncorhynchus

gorbuscha

Iturup Island pink & chum

salmonWild Trap

Iturup Island,

Russia

Salmon (Pink) MSCNot


Oncorhynchus

gorbuscha

Sakhalin Island Northeast trap

net pink salmonWild Trap net, Gillnet

East Sakhalin

Island, Russia

Salmon

(Sockeye)Ocean Wise Sockeye salmon

Oncorhynchus

nerkaWild Gillnet

Washington North

Pacific

Salmon

(Sockeye)Ocean Wise Sockeye salmon

Oncorhynchus

nerkaWild

Purse seine,


Salmon

(Sockeye)Ocean Wise

Sockeye salmon

(Early summer

run)

Oncorhynchus

nerkaWild Reefnet

Washington -

Lummi Island,

San Juan Island

Salmon

(Sockeye)MSC Ocean Wise Sockeye salmon

Oncorhynchus

nerka


SoundWild

Gillnets, seines

driftnets, hook and

line, troll,

Prince William

Sound, Alaska

Salmon

(Sockeye)MSC Ocean Wise Sockeye salmon

Oncorhynchus

nerka

British Columbia sockeye

salmonWild Gillnet, Purse seine

Barkley Sound,

Nass River,

Skeena River

Salmon

(Sockeye)

Not

RecommendedSockeye salmon

Oncorhynchus

nerkaWild


seine

US Washington,

Oregon, California

** except WA

North Pacific

Salmon

(Sockeye)MSC

Not

RecommendedSockeye salmon

Oncorhynchus

nerkaOzernaya River sockeye salmon Wild Gillnet, Purse seine

Ozernaya River,

Russia

Salmon

(Sockeye)Under Review Sockeye salmon

Oncorhynchus

nerkaWild

Purse seine,

Gillnet, TrollRussia, Japan

Sanddab Ocean Wise Pacific sanddabCitharichthys

sordidusWild Bottom trawl

Washinton,

Oregon, California

Sardine Ocean Wise Pacific sardine Sardinops sagax Wild Purse seineUS Pacific,

Canadian Pacific

Sardine MSC Ocean Wise SardineSardina

pilchardus

South Brittany sardine purse

seineWild Purse seine Bay of Biscay

SardineNot

Recommended

European sardine

/ Atlantic sardine

Sardina

pilchardusWild

Unassociated

purse seine,

Midwater trawl

Mediterranean

Sea, Black Sea

Sardine MSCNot

RecommendedSardine

Sardina

pilchardusCornwall sardine, UK Wild Ring net, Gillnet Cornwall, UK

Sardine MSCNot

RecommendedSardine

Sardina

pilchardus

Gulf of California, Mexico –

sardineWild Purse seine

Gulf of California,

Mexico

Sardine MSCNot

RecommendedSardine

Sardina

pilchardusPortugal sardine purse seine Wild Purse seine Portugal

Sardine MSCNot

RecommendedSardine

Sardina

pilchardus

Bay of Biscay purse seine

sardine fisheryWild Purse seine Bay of Biscay

Scad Ocean Wise Bigeye scad

Selar

crumenophthalm

us

WildHandline, Purse

seineHawaii

Scad Ocean Wise Mackerel scadDecapterus

macarellusWild Handline, Lift net Hawaii

Scallop ASC Ocean Wise Scallops (various) Multiple Species Farmed Various Worldwide

ScallopCanadian

OrganicOcean Wise Scallops (various) Multiple Species Farmed Various Canada

Scallop Ocean WiseBaja scallop, lions

paw scallop

Nodipecten

subnodosusWild Diver Baja California

Scallop Ocean Wise Bay scallop

Argopecten

irradians (or

Aequipecten)

Farmed

Off-bottom

culture, On-bottom

culture, Dredge,

Hand harvest

Worldwide

Scallop Ocean WiseChilean/Peruvian

scallop

Argopecten

purpuratusFarmed Off-bottom culture Chile

Scallop Ocean Wise Japanese scallop Pecten yessoensis Farmed Off-bottom culture Japan

Scallop Ocean WiseMexican Bay

Scallops

Agropecten

ventricosusWild Diver

Magdalena Bay,

Baja California

Sur (Mexico)

Scallop Ocean WisePeruvian Calico

scallop

Argopecten

purpuratusWild Diver Peru, Sechura Bay

Scallop Ocean WiseQualicum Beach

scallopPatinopecten x Farmed Off-bottom culture Vancouver Island

Scallop Ocean Wise Scallops (various)

Argopecten spp.,

Chlamys spp.,

Patinopecten

spp.,

Patenopecten

spp.

Farmed

Off-bottom

culture, On-bottom

culture

Worldwide

Scallop Ocean WiseWeathervane

scallop

Patinopecten

caurinusWild Dredge Alaska

Scallop MSC Ocean WisePategonian

Scallop

Zygochlamys

patagonicaPategonian Scallop Wild Dredge Argentina

Scallop MSC Ocean Wise Queen scallopAequipecten

opercularisFaroe Islands queen scallop Wild Dredge Faroe Islands

Scallop MSC Ocean Wise Yesso scallopPatinopecten

yessoensisZhangzidao scallop

Wild/Farme

d

Off-bottom

culture, Diver,

Dredge

The North Yellow

sea

ScallopNot

Recommended

Sea scallop (giant

scallop)

Placopecten

magellanicusWild Dredge Canada

Scallop MSCNot

Recommended

Atlantic Sea

Scallop

Placopecten

magellanicus

FBSA Canada Full Bay sea

scallopWild Dredge

The Bay of Fundy

and Scallop

Fishing Area 29

Scallop MSCNot

RecommendedJapanese scallop

Patinopecten

yessoensis

Japanese scallop hanging and

seabed enhanced fisheriesWild Various

Japan Sea and

Funka Bay

Scallop MSCNot

RecommendedKing scallops Pecten maximus



scallop fishery

Wild Dredge

EU waters-ICES

Areas IVa which is

within 6 nautical

miles of Shetland

Scallop MSCNot

RecommendedSea scallop

Placopecten

magellanicusUS Sea Scallop Wild Dredge

US Mid-Atlantic,

Georges Banks

ScallopNot

RecommendedBay scallop

Argopecten

irradiansWild Dredge

US: New York,

Massachusetts

Scup/ Porgy Ocean Wise ScupStenotomus

chrysopsWild Bottom trawl US: New England

Scup/ Porgy Ocean Wise

aka Fairmaid,

Ironside,

Scuppaug

Stenotomus

chrysopsWild Bottom trawl US: mid-Atlantic

Sea bass,

EuropeanOcean Wise

European

seabass, branzino

Dicentrarchus

labraxFarmed

Recirculating

Aquaculture

System (RAS)

Worldwide

Sea bass,

EuropeanMSC Ocean Wise

Dutch rod and line

fishery for sea

bass

Dicentrarchus

labraxWild Handline

Southern North

Sea

Sea bass,

European

Not

Recommended

European

seabass, branzino

Dicentrarchus

labraxFarmed Open net pen

Mediterranean

Sea

Sea BreamNot

RecommendedBlack seabream

Spondylisosoma

cantharusWild

Handline, Midwater

trawl, Bottom

gillnet, Bottom

trawl

United Kingdom,

France

Sea BreamNot

Recommended

Gilthead

seabreamSparus aurata Farmed Open net pen

Mediterranean

Sea

Sea Cucumber Ocean WiseGiant Red Sea

Cucumber

Paratichopus

californicusWild Diver British Columbia

Seaweed Ocean Wise Seaweed All species Farmed Various Worldwide

Shark Ocean Wise Spiny dogfish Squalus acanthias Wild Bottom trawlWashington,

Oregon, California

SharkNot

Recommended

Common thresher

sharkAlopias vulpinus Wild Gillnet California

SharkNot

RecommendedBlue shark Prionace glauca Wild

Pelagic longline,

Deepset longline,

Shallowset longline

South Pacific, East

Pacific, North

Pacific, WCPO,

Indian Ocean,

North Atlantic,

South Atlantic,

Canada

SharkNot

RecommendedSilky shark

Cacharhinus

falciformisWild

Pelagic longline,

FAD purse seine

East Pacific, South

Pacific, North

Pacific, Sri Lanka

Indian Ocean

SharkNot

RecommendedPorbeagle shark Lamna nasus Wild Pelagic longline Canadian Atlantic

SharkNot

RecommendedPorbeagle shark Lamna nasus Wild

Handline, Pelagic

longline, VariousAtlantic ocean

SharkNot

Recommended

Shortfin mako

sharkIsurus oxyrinchus Wild Gillnet California

SharkNot

Recommended

Shortfin mako

sharkIsurus oxyrinchus Wild Pelagic longline

WCPO, North

Pacific, South

Pacific, Indian

Ocean, North

Atlantic, South

Atlantic, Canada

North Atlantic, US

North Atlantic

SharkNot

RecommendedSpiny dogfish Squalus acanthias Wild

Trawl; Longline;

Handline

Worldwide

(except US West

coast)

Shrimp/Prawn

sASC Ocean Wise Shrimp Multiple Species Farmed Various Worldwide

Shrimp/Prawn

sNaturland Ocean Wise Shrimp Multiple Species Farmed Various Worldwide

Shrimp/Prawn

sOcean Wise

Giant freshwater

prawn

Macrobrachium

rosenbergiiFarmed Pond

Central America,

North America,

South America

Shrimp/Prawn

sOcean Wise

Giant freshwater

prawn

Macrobrachium

rosenbergiiFarmed Pond Asia

Shrimp/Prawn

sOcean Wise

Northern pink

shrimpPandalus borealis Wild Trap

Nova Scotia:

Chedabucto Bay

Shrimp/Prawn

sOcean Wise

Humpback shrimp

(Coonstripe

shrimp)

Pandalus

hypsinotusWild Trap

BC, Alaska,

California

Shrimp/Prawn

sOcean Wise Northern shrimp Pandalus borealis Wild Bottom trawl Alaska

Shrimp/Prawn

sOcean Wise Northern shrimp Pandalus borealis Wild Bottom trawl British Columbia

Shrimp/Prawn

sOcean Wise Pink shrimp Pandalus jordani Wild Modified trawl Oregon

Shrimp/Prawn

sOcean Wise Pink shrimp Pandalus jordani Wild Bottom trawl British Columbia

Shrimp/Prawn

sOcean Wise Ridgeback shrimp Sicyonia ingentis Wild Bottom trawl California

Shrimp/Prawn

sOcean Wise Sidestripe shrimp

Pandalopsis

disparWild Bottom trawl British Columbia

Shrimp/Prawn

sOcean Wise Sidestripe shrimp

Pandalopsis

disparWild Bottom trawl Alaska

Shrimp/Prawn

sOcean Wise Spot prawn

Pandalus

platycerosWild Trap

Alaska,

Washington

Shrimp/Prawn

sOcean Wise Spot prawn

Pandalus

platycerosWild Trap BC

Shrimp/Prawn

sOcean Wise

Tiger shrimp

(Selva brand

only)

Penaeus

monodonFarmed

Silvofishery:

extensive mixed

shrimp and

mangrove forestry

using Selva

Shrimp Criteria®

Vietnam: Ca Mau

Shrimp/Prawn

sOcean Wise Whiteleg shrimp

(Lito) Penaeus

vannameiFarmed

Recirculating

aquaculture

system (RAS),

Pond, Raceway

US

Shrimp/Prawn

sMSC Ocean Wise Coldwater Prawn Pandalus borealis

Norway North East Arctic cold

water prawnWild Trawl

Barents Sea and

Svalbard

Shrimp/Prawn

sMSC Ocean Wise

Northern

Coldwater PrawnPandalus borealis

Canada Scotian Shelf Northern

prawn TrawlWild Bottom trawl

CAN - Shrimp

Fishing Areas

(SFA) 13, 14, 15

Shrimp/Prawn

sMSC Ocean Wise

Northern


Gulf of St. Lawrence northern

shrimpWild Bottom trawl

Gulf of St.

Lawrence, SFA 9,

10, 12

Shrimp/Prawn

sMSC Ocean Wise

Northern


Canada offshore northern and

striped shrimpWild Bottom trawl

Atlantic Canada -

SFAs 1,2,3,4,5,6,

Shrimp/Prawn

sMSC Ocean Wise

Offshore Striped

Shrimp

Pandalus

montagui



Atlantic Canada -

SFAs 2,3,& 4

Shrimp/Prawn

sMSC Ocean Wise

Northern shrimp,

pink shrimp,

deepwater prawn,

deep-sea prawn,

great northern

prawn and

crevette nordique

Pandalus borealisFaroe Islands North East Arctic

cold water prawnWild

Bottom trawl;

Modified trawlBarrents sea

Shrimp/Prawn

sMSC Ocean Wise

Oregon Pink

shrimpPandalus jordani

Oregon and Washington pink

shrimpWild Midwater Trawl

Oregon &

Washington Coast

Shrimp/Prawn

sMSC Ocean Wise

Northern


Estonia North East Arctic cold

water prawnWild

Bottom trawl;

Modified trawl

ICES Ia,b and IIb.

FAO 27

Shrimp/Prawn

s

Not

Recommended

Northern




Atlantic Canada -

SFA 7

Shrimp/Prawn

s

Not

Recommended

Argentine red

shrimpPleoticus muelleri Wild Bottom trawl Argentina

Shrimp/Prawn

s

Not

RecommendedBlue shrimp

Litopenaeus

stylirostrisWild Trawl; Various

Gulf of Mexico,

Mexico

Shrimp/Prawn

s

Not

Recommended

Brown shrimp

(Gulf shrimp)

Farfantepenaeus

aztecusWild

Bottom trawl,

Skimmer trawl

US South Atlantic,

US Gulf of Mexico

Shrimp/Prawn

s

Not

Recommended

Chinese white

shrimp

(Fennero)

Penaeus chinensisFarmed Pond Asia

Not

Recommended

Giant freshwater

prawn

Macrobrachium

rosenbergiiFarmed Pond Bangladesh

Shrimp/Prawn

s

Not

RecommendedHumpy shrimp

Pandalus

goniurusWild Various

BC, Alaska,

California,

Oregon,

WashingtonShrimp/Prawn

s

Not

RecommendedPink shrimp Pandalus jordani Wild Bottom trawl

California,

Washington

Shrimp/Prawn

s

Not

Recommended

Pink shrimp (Gulf

shrimp)

Penaeus

duorarumWild

Bottom trawl,

Skimmer trawl

US South Atlantic,

US Gulf of Mexico

Shrimp/Prawn

s

Not

Recommended

Rock shrimp (Gulf

shrimp)

Sicyonia

brevirostrisWild

Bottom trawl,

Midwater trawl,

Cast net

Gulf of Mexico,

Florida Gulf,

South Atlantic

Shrimp/Prawn

s

Not

Recommended

Royal red shrimp

(Gulf shrimp)

Hymenopenaeus

robustus,Wild

Bottom trawl,

Skimmer trawl

Gulf of Mexico, US

South Atlantic

Shrimp/Prawn

s

Not

Recommended

Seabob shrimp

(Gulf shrimp)

Xiphopenaeus

kroyeriWild

Bottom trawl,

Skimmer trawl

US South Atlantic,

US Gulf of Mexico

Shrimp/Prawn

s

Not

RecommendedSpot prawn

Pandalus

platycerosWild Trap California

Shrimp/Prawn

s

Not

RecommendedTiger prawn

Penaeus

monodonFarmed Pond

Asia, South

America

Shrimp/Prawn

s

Not


Penaeus

monodonFarmed Pond Bangaldesh

Shrimp/Prawn

s

Not


Penaeus

monodonFarmed Pond India

Shrimp/Prawn

s

Not


Penaeus

monodonFarmed Pond Indonesia

Shrimp/Prawn

s

Not

RecommendedGiant tiger prawn

Penaeus

monodonFarmed Pond Malaysia

Shrimp/Prawn

s

Not

RecommendedWhite shrimp

Litopenaeus

vannameiFarmed Pond Malaysia

Shrimp/Prawn

s

Not

RecommendedWhiteleg shrimp

(Lito) Penaeus

vannameiFarmed Pond Honduras

Shrimp/Prawn

s

Not


(Lito) Penaeus

vannameiFarmed Pond India

Shrimp/Prawn

s

Not


(Lito) Penaeus

vannameiFarmed Pond Indonesia

Shrimp/Prawn

s

Not


(Lito) Penaeus

vannameiFarmed Pond Ecuador

Shrimp/Prawn

s

Not


(Lito) Penaeus

vannamei

Wild/Farme

dTrawl; Pond Mexico to Peru

Shrimp/Prawn

s

Not


(Lito) Penaeus

vannameiFarmed Pond Thailand

Shrimp/Prawn

s

Not


(Lito) Penaeus

vannameiFarmed Pond China

Shrimp/Prawn

sMSC

Not

Recommended

Atlantic seabob

shrimp

Xiphopenaeus

kroyeri

Suriname Atlantic seabob

shrimpWild Bottom trawl Suriname

Shrimp/Prawn

sMSC

Not

Recommended

Brown Tiger

Prawn

Penaeus

esculentusExmouth Gulf prawn Wild Bottom trawl

North/northwest

waters of

Exmouth Gulf,

Western Australia

Shrimp/Prawn

sMSC

Not

Recommended

Western King

prawn

Penaeus

latisulcatusExmouth Gulf prawn Wild Bottom trawl

North/northwest

waters of

Exmouth Gulf,

Western Australia

Shrimp/Prawn

sMSC

Not

Recommended

Brown Tiger

Prawn

Penaeus

esculentusShark Bay prawn Wild Bottom trawl

North/northwest

waters of

Exmouth Gulf,

Western Australia

Shrimp/Prawn

sMSC

Not

Recommended

Western King

prawn

Penaeus

latisulcatusShark Bay prawn Wild Bottom trawl

North/northwest

waters of

Exmouth Gulf,

Western Australia

Shrimp/Prawn

sMSC

Not

RecommendedColdwater Prawn Pandalus borealis Fogo Island cold water shrimp Wild Bottom trawl

North west

Atlantic Canadian

waters

Shrimp/Prawn

sMSC

Not

RecommendedColdwater Prawn Pandalus borealis

West Greenland coldwater

prawnWild Bottom trawl West Greenland

Shrimp/Prawn

sMSC

Not

Recommended

Cold water

prawns, shrimp,

northern shrimp,

deep-water

shrimp, pink

shrimp, northern

red shrimp

Pandalus borealis

Denmark Skagerrak and the

Norwegian Deep cold water

prawn

Wild Bottom trawl

Skagerrak,

Kattegat and the

Norwegian Deep.

ICES divisions:

IIIa and IVa East.

FAO statistical

area: 27

Shrimp/Prawn

sMSC

Not

Recommended

Cold water

prawns, shrimp,

northern shrimp,

deep-water

shrimp, pink

shrimp, northern

red shrimp

Pandalus borealis

Norway Skagerrak and the

Norwegian Deep cold-water

prawn

Wild Bottom trawl

North Sea and

Skagerrak, FAO

statistical area 27.

ICES Divisions

IIIa and IVa East

Shrimp/Prawn

sMSC

Not

RecommendedKing Prawn

Penaeus

latisulcatusSpencer Gulf king prawn Wild Bottom trawl

The Spencer Gulf

of South Australia

Shrimp/Prawn

sMSC

Not

RecommendedNorthern Shrimp Pandalus borealis

Sweden Skagerrak, Kattegat

and the Norwegian Deep cold-

water prawn

Wild Bottom trawl

ICES Divisions

IIIa West and IVa

East (Skagerrak

and the

Norwegian Deep)

in Norwegian and

EU waters, FAO

27

Shrimp/Prawn

sMSC

Not

Recommended Nylon Shrimp

Heterocarpus

reedi


shrimp modified trawl fishery Wild

Bottom trawl;

Modified trawl

FAO statistical

area 87, South

East Pacific

Skate Ocean Wise Big skate Raja binoculata WildBottom longline,

bottom trawlBritish Columbia

Skate Ocean Wise Big skate Raja binoculata Wild Bottom trawl

Oregon,

California,

Washington

Skate Ocean Wise California skate Raja inornata Wild Bottom trawl

Oregon,

California,

Washington

Skate Ocean Wise Longnose skate Raja rhina Wild Bottom trawl

Oregon,

California,

Washington

Skate MSC Ocean Wise Longnose skate Raja rhinaUS West Coast limited entry


Bottom trawl;

Midwater trawl

Washington,

Oregon, California

SkateNot

RecommendedLongnose skate Raja rhina Wild

Bottom trawl,


SkateNot

RecommendedWinter skate Leucoraja ocellata Wild

Trawl, Bottom

gillnetUS Atlantic

Smelt Ocean Wise Rainbow smelt Osmerus mordax WildBottom gillnet,

Midwater trawl

Canada (Lake

Erie, Lake Huron)

Smelt Ocean Wise Rainbow smelt Osmerus mordax WildBottom gillnet,

Trap net

US (Lake

Superior)

Smelt MSC Ocean Wise Great silver smelt Argentina silus Faroe Islands silver smelt Wild TrawlFaroe Bank &

Faroe Plateau

Smelt Under Review Night smelt Spirinchus starksi Wild Dip net; Gillnet California, Oregon

Snapper Ocean Wise Blacktail snapper Lutjanus fulvus WildHandline, surround

net, diverHawaii

Snapper Ocean WiseBluestriped

snapperLutjanus kasmira Wild

Handline, surround

net, diverHawaii

Snapper Ocean Wise Gray snapper Lutjanus griseus Wild DiverUS: Gulf of

Mexico

Snapper Ocean WiseGray snapper

(uku)Aprion virescens Wild

Handline, Troll,

PoleHawaii

Snapper Ocean Wise Kalekale snapperPristipomoides

sieboldiiWild Handline Hawaii

Snapper Ocean Wise Mutton snapper Lutjanus analis Wild Handline, DiverUS Gulf of Mexico,

US South Atlantic

Snapper Ocean WiseOblique-banded

snapper

Pristipomoides

zonatusWild Handline Hawaii

Snapper Ocean Wise Pink snapperPristipomoides

filamentosusWild Handline Hawaii

Snapper Ocean Wise Red snapper Etelis carbunculus Wild Handline Hawaii

Snapper Ocean Wise Ruby snapper Etelis coruscans Wild Handline Hawaii

Snapper Ocean Wise Rusty jobfishAphareus

rustilansWild Handline Hawaii

Snapper Ocean Wise Yellowtail snapperOcyurus

chrysurusWild Handline Gulf of Mexico

SnapperNot

RecommendedRed snapper

Lutjanus

campechanusWild

Handline, Troll,

Pole

US - Gulf of

Mexico, South

Atlantic

SnapperNot

RecommendedLane snapper Lutjanus synagris Wild Handline, Trap Brazil Atlantic

SnapperNot

RecommendedLane snapper Lutjanus synagris Wild

Handline, Bottom

longline

Gulf of Mexico, US

South Atlantic

SnapperNot

RecommendedMutton snapper Lutjanus analis Wild Handline, Trap Brazil Atlantic

SnapperNot

RecommendedMutton snapper Lutjanus analis Wild Bottom longline US Gulf of Mexico

SnapperNot

RecommendedGray snapper Lutjanus griseus Wild Handline

US: Gulf of

Mexico, Southeast

Atlantic

SnapperNot

Recommended

Thai Snapper,

Porgy, Red

Hawaiian Porgy,

Squirefish, Sea

Bream, Red

Bream, Cockney

Pagrus auratus,

Chrysophrys

auratus

Wild

Trawl; Bottom

longline; Handline;

Danish seine

New Zealand

SnapperNot

RecommendedVermilion snapper

Rhomboplites

aurorubensWild

Handline, Troll,

Pole

US - Gulf of

Mexico, South

Atlantic

SnapperNot

RecommendedYellowtail snapper

Ocyurus

chrysurusWild

Handline, Troll,

Pole, Trap

US - Gulf of

Mexico, South

Atlantic, Brazil

Sole Ocean Wise Butter sole Isopsetta isolepis Wild Bottom trawl Alaska

Sole Ocean Wise Dover soleMicrostomus

pacificusWild Bottom trawl Alaska

Sole Ocean Wise Dover soleMicrostomus

pacificusWild Bottom trawl

Washington,

Oregon, California

Sole Ocean Wise English sole Parophrys vetulus Wild Bottom trawl British Columbia

Sole Ocean Wise English sole Parophrys vetulus Wild Bottom trawlWashington,

Oregon, California

Sole Ocean Wise Flathead soleHippoglossoides

elassodonWild Bottom trawl Alaska

Sole Ocean Wise Petrale sole Eopsetta jordani Wild Bottom trawl British Columbia

Sole Ocean Wise Petrale sole Eopsetta jordani Wild Bottom trawlWashington,

Oregon, California

Sole Ocean Wise Rex soleGlyptocephalus

zachirusWild Bottom trawl California, Alaska

Sole Ocean Wise Rock soleLepidopsetta

bilineataWild Bottom trawl Alaska

Sole Ocean Wise Yellowfin sole

Pleuronectes

asper aka

Limanda aspera

Wild Bottom trawl Alaska

Sole MSC Ocean Wise Dover soleMicrostomus

pacificus



Bottom trawl,

Midwater trawl

Washington,

Oregon and

California

Sole MSC Ocean Wise English sole Parophrys vetulusUS West Coast limited entry


Bottom trawl,

Midwater trawl

Washington,

Oregon and

California

Sole MSC Ocean Wise Petrale sole Eopsetta jordaniUS West Coast limited entry


Bottom trawl,

Midwater trawl

Washington,

Oregon and

California

Sole MSC Ocean Wise Flathead SoleHippoglossoides

elassodon



Bering Sea and

Aleutian Islands

Sole MSC Ocean Wise Northern rock soleLepidopsetta

polyxystra



Bering Sea and

Aleutian Islands

Sole MSC Ocean Wise Yellowfin sole Limanda asperaAlaska Flatfish - Bering Sea and


Bering Sea and

Aleutian Islands

Sole MSC Ocean Wise Flathead SoleHippoglossoides

elassodonAlaska Flatfish - Gulf of Alaska Wild Bottom trawl Gulf of Alaska

Sole MSC Ocean Wise Northern rock soleLepidopsetta

polyxystraAlaska Flatfish - Gulf of Alaska Wild Bottom trawl Gulf of Alaska

Sole MSC Ocean Wise Rex soleGlyptocephalus

zachirusAlaska Flatfish - Gulf of Alaska Wild Bottom trawl Gulf of Alaska

Sole MSC Ocean WiseSouthern Rock

Sole

Lepidopsetta

bilineataAlaska Flatfish - Gulf of Alaska Wild Bottom trawl Gulf of Alaska

SoleNot

RecommendedDover sole

Microstomus

pacificusWild Bottom trawl British Columbia

SoleNot

RecommendedRex sole Errex zachirus Wild Bottom trawl British Columbia

SoleNot

RecommendedRock sole

Lepidopsetta

bilineataWild Bottom trawl British Columbia

Sole MSCNot

RecommendedDover Sole Solea solea

Cooperative Fishery


plaice and sole

Wild Trawl; Various The North Sea

Sole MSCNot

RecommendedDover Sole Solea solea DFPO Denmark North Sea sole Wild

Bottom trawl;

GillnetNorth Sea

Sole MSCNot

RecommendedDover sole Solea solea

FROM Nord North Sea and

Eastern Channel trammel net

sole

Wild Trammel net

North Sea and

Eastern Channel:

FAO area 27.

North Sea stock:

ICES subarea IVc.

Eastern Channel

stock: ICES

division VIId

SpearfishNot

RecommendedShortbill spearfish

Tetrapturus

angustirostrisWild

Pelagic longline,

Pole, Handline,

Purse seine,

Various

Hawaii, Pacific

Imported

Sprat MSC Ocean Wise European Sprat Sprattus sprattus LFPO pelagic trawl sprat Wild Trawl; various Northeast Atlantic

Squid Ocean WiseHumboldt squid,

jumbo squidDosidicus gigas Wild Jig

Mexico, Gulf of

California

Squid Ocean WiseHumboldt squid,

jumbo squidDosidicus gigas Wild Jig Chile, Peru

Squid Ocean WiseJapanese flying

squid

Todarodes

pacificusWild

Jig, unassociated

purse seine, trap

net

Japan

SquidNot

Recommended

Japanese flying

squid

Todarodes

pacificusWild Bottom trawl Japan

SquidNot

RecommendedIndian squid Loligo duveauceli Wild Bottom trawl India, Thailand

SquidNot

RecommendedLongfin squid Loligo pealei Wild Bottom trawl US Atlantic

SquidNot

RecommendedMarket squid Loligo opalescens Wild Purse seine California

SquidNot

RecommendedMitre squid Loligo chilensis Wild Bottom trawl China, Thailand

SquidNot

Recommended

Argentine shortfin

squidIllex argentinus Wild Jig Argentina

SquidNot

RecommendedShortfin squid Illex illecebrosus Wild Bottom trawl East coast US

Steelhead Ocean Wise SteelheadOncorhynchus

mykissFarmed

Open net pen, Man-

made lakeLois Lake, Canada

Steelhead Ocean Wise SteelheadOncorhynchus

mykissFarmed

Recirculating

aquaculture

systems (RAS)

Worldwide

Steelhead Under Review SteelheadOncorhynchus

mykiss

Farmed/Wil

d

Open net pen,

RacewayCanada

Sturgeon Ocean Wise Atlantic sturgeonAcipenser

oxyrinchusFarmed

Recirculating

aquaculture

system (RAS)

US

Sturgeon Ocean Wise Beluga sturgeon Huso huso Farmed

Recirculating

aquaculture

system (RAS)

US

Sturgeon Ocean Wise Russian sturgeonAcipenser

gueldenstaedtiiFarmed

Recirculating

aquaculture

system (RAS)

US

Sturgeon Ocean WiseShortnose

sturgeon

Acipenser

brevirostrumFarmed

Recirculating

aquaculture

system (RAS

Worldwide

Sturgeon Ocean Wise Siberian sturgeon Acipenser baerii Farmed

Recirculating

aquaculture

system (RAS)

US

Sturgeon Ocean Wise Sturgeon Various spp Farmed

Recirculating

aquaculture

systems (RAS)

Worldwide

Sturgeon Ocean Wise SterletAcipenser

ruthenusFarmed

Recirculating

aquaculture

system (RAS)

US

Sturgeon Ocean Wise White sturgeonAcipenser

transmontanusFarmed

Recirculating

aquaculture

system (RAS)

Worldwide

Sturgeon Ocean Wise White sturgeonAcipenser

transmontanusFarmed

Recirculating

aquaculture

system (RAS)

US

SturgeonNot

RecommendedAtlantic sturgeon

Acipenser

oxyrinchus

oxyrinchus

WildLarge mesh

bottom gillnet

Quebec: St

Lawrence River

SturgeonNot

RecommendedLake sturgeon

Acipenser

fulvescensWild

Large mesh

bottom gillnet

Quebec: St

Lawrence River

SturgeonNot

RecommendedPaddlefish

Polyodon

spathulaWild Drift gillnet

Mississippi River,

US

SturgeonNot

Recommended

Shovelnose

sturgeon

Scaphirhynchus

platorhynchusWild Drift gillnet

Mississippi River,

US

SturgeonNot

RecommendedWhite sturgeon

Acipenser

transmontanusWild Drift gillnet

Columbia River

Ore.

Sturgeon Under Review Atlantic sturgeon

Acipenser

oxyrinchus

oxyrinchus

Wild Bottom gillnetNew Brunswick,

St. Johns River

Swordfish Ocean Wise Swordfish Xiophias gladius WildShallow-set

longlineHawaii

Swordfish Ocean Wise Swordfish Xiophias gladius Wild BuoyUS Atlantic,

Northern Stock

Swordfish Ocean Wise Swordfish Xiophias gladius Wild Pelagic longlineAtlantic US, Gulf

of Mexico

Swordfish Ocean Wise Swordfish Xiophias gladius Wild Harpoon, HandlineAtlantic Canada,

US, Hawaii

Swordfish Ocean Wise Swordfish Xiophias gladius Wild Harpoon, Handline Pacific Ocean

Swordfish Ocean Wise Swordfish Xiophias gladius Wild HarpoonSouth Atlantic

Ocean

Swordfish MSC Ocean WiseNorth Atlantic

swordfishXiophias gladius

North West Atlantic Canada

harpoon swordfishWild Harpoon

NAFO areas 3, 4,

5, & 6 as well as

outside the NAFO

Convention Area,

in the ICCAT

Northern

Swordfish

Boundary Area

SwordfishNot

RecommendedSwordfish Xiophias gladius Wild Pelagic longline

Pacific Ocean

(excluding

Hawaii)

Not

RecommendedSwordfish Xiophias gladius Wild Gillnet California

SwordfishNot

RecommendedSwordfish Xiophias gladius Wild

Shallow-set

longline, Pelagic

longline

Indian Ocean

SwordfishNot

RecommendedSwordfish Xiophias gladius Wild Pelagic longline

Atlantic Ocean

(excluding US)

Swordfish MSCNot

Recommended

North Atlantic

swordfishXiphias gladius

North West Atlantic Canada

longline swordfishWild Pelagic longline

Atlantic Canadian

EEZ and

international

waters within the

ICCAT Northern

Swordfish

Boundary Area

Swordfish MSCNot

Recommended

Broadbill

swordfishXiphias gladius

Walker Seafood Australia

albacore, yellowfin tuna and

swordfish

Wild Pelagic longline

Australia - FAO


Western and

Central Pacific

Ocean

Tilapia Ocean Wise Blue TilapiaOreochromis

aureusFarmed Raceway Peru

Tilapia Ocean Wise Nile tilapiaOreochromis

niloticusFarmed Open net pen

Mexico,

Indonesia,

Honduras

Tilapia Ocean Wise Nile TilapiaOreochromis

niloticusFarmed

Recirculating

aquaculture

system (RAS)

Worldwide

Tilapia Ocean Wise Tilapia

Oreochromis

spp.,

Sarotherodon

spp.,Tilapia spp.

Farmed

Recirculating

aquaculture

system (RAS)

US

Tilapia Ocean Wise Tilapia

Oreochromis

spp.,

Sarotherodon

spp.,Tilapia spp.

Farmed Pond Ecuador

Tilapia Naturland Ocean Wise Tilapia Oreochromis spp Farmed Various Worldwide

TilapiaNot

RecommendedTilapia

Oreochromis

niloticus,

O.niloticus x

Farmed Ponds China

TilapiaNot

RecommendedTilapia

Oreochromis

mossambicus, O.

niloticus,

Oreochromis spp.

Farmed Ponds Taiwan

TilapiaNot

RecommendedTilapia

Oreochromis

mossambicus, O.

niloticus,

Oreochromis spp.

Farmed Open net pen Columbia

TilefishNot

RecommendedBlue tilefish

Caulolatilus

micropsWild

Bottom longline;

Handline

Gulf of Mexico, US

S. Atlantic

Tilefish Ocean Wise Golden tilefishLopholatilus

chamaeleonticepsWild

Bottom longline;

Handline

Western Atlantic

(East Coast of

North America)

Not

RecommendedQueen triggerfish Balistes vetula Wild

Handline, pot,

trap, diver, bottom

longline

US, Puerto Rico

Not

RecommendedGray triggerfish Balistes capriscus Wild Handline US Gulf of Mexico

Not

RecommendedGray triggerfish Balistes capriscus Wild Diver, Handline

US Southeast

Atlantic

Trout Ocean WiseBrook trout,

speckled trout

Salvelinus

fontinaliFarmed

Recirculating

Aquaculture

Systems (RAS)

Worldwide

Trout Ocean Wise Lake troutSalvelinus

namaycushWild Trap net, Gillnet

Canada (Lake

Huron), US (Lake

Huron, Lake

Superior -

Michigan and

Minnesota, Lake

Michigan)

Trout Ocean Wise Rainbow troutOncorhynchus

mykissFarmed

Recirculating

Aquaculture

Systems (RAS)

Worldwide

Trout Ocean WiseRainbow trout,

steelhead

Oncorhynchus

mykissFarmed

Open net pen, Man-

made lakeLois Lake, Canada


steelhead

Oncorhynchus

mykissWild Midwater gillnet

US Washington:

Quillayute River


steelhead

Oncorhynchus

mykissFarmed Raceway, Pond

United States:

Washington


steelhead

Oncorhynchus

mykissFarmed Open net pen United States

TroutNot

RecommendedRainbow trout

Oncorhynchus

mykissWild Midwater gillnet

US Washington:

Chehalis River,

Hoh River, Queets

River, Quinault

River, Humptulis

River

TroutNot

RecommendedLake trout

Salvelinus

namaycushWild Trap net; Gillnet

Canada (Lake

Superior), US

(Lake Superior -

Wisconsin)

Trout Under Review SteelheadOncorhynchus

mykissFarmed Open net pen Canada

Tuna

(Albacore)Ocean Wise Albacore tuna Thunnus alalunga Wild Troll, Pole

Pacific Ocean

(excluding

Hawaii)

Tuna

(Albacore)Ocean Wise Albacore tuna Thunnus alalunga Wild Deepset longline Hawaii

Tuna

(Albacore)Ocean Wise Albacore tuna Thunnus alalunga Wild Troll, Pole

North Atlantic

Ocean

Tuna

(Albacore)MSC Ocean Wise Albacore tuna Thunnus alalunga

American Western Fish Boat

Owners Association (WFOA)

albacore tuna North Pacific

Wild Troll, Pole, Jig US North Pacific

Tuna

(Albacore)MSC Ocean Wise Albacore tuna Thunnus alalunga

Canadian Highly Migratory

Species Foundation (CHMSF)

British Columbia albacore tuna

North Pacific

Wild Troll, Jig British Columbia

Tuna

(Albacore)MSC Ocean Wise Albacore tuna Thunnus alalunga New Zealand albacore tuna troll Wild Troll New Zealand

Triggerfish

Tuna

(Albacore)

Not

RecommendedAlbacore tuna Thunnus alalunga Wild Pelagic longline Pacific Ocean

Tuna

(Albacore)

Not

RecommendedAlbacore tuna Thunnus alalunga Wild

Pelagic longline,

Deepset longline,

Shallowset longline

Indian Ocean

Tuna

(Albacore)

Not

RecommendedAlbacore tuna Thunnus alalunga Wild Pelagic longline

North Atlantic

Ocean

Tuna

(Albacore)

Not

RecommendedAlbacore tuna Thunnus alalunga Wild

Troll, Pole, Pelagic

longline

South Atlantic

Ocean

Tuna

(Albacore)

Not

RecommendedAlbacore tuna Thunnus alalunga Wild Gillnet California

Tuna

(Albacore)MSC

Not

RecommendedAlbacore tuna Thunnus alalunga Fiji albacore tuna longline Wild Pelagic longline Fiji

Tuna

(Albacore)MSC

Not

RecommendedAlbacore tuna Thunnus alalunga



swordfish


Australia - FAO


Western and

Central Pacific

Ocean

Tuna

(Albacore)MSC

Not

RecommendedAlbacore tuna Thunnus alalunga

North Atlantic albacore artisanal

fisheryWild Troll, Pole

North Atlantic,

FAO 27 Atlantic,

Northeast

Tuna (Bigeye)Not

RecommendedBigeye tuna Thunnus obesus Wild Greenstick Atlantic Ocean

Tuna (Bigeye)Not

RecommendedBigeye tuna Thunnus obesus Wild

FAD purse seine,

Pelagic longlinePacific Ocean

Tuna (Bigeye)Not


FAD purse seine,

Pelagic longlineIndian Ocean

Tuna (Bigeye)Not


FAD purse seine,

Pelagic longlineAtlantic Ocean

Tuna (Blackfin)Not

RecommendedBlackfin tuna

Thunnus

atlanticusWild

Troll, Pole,

GreenstickAtlantic Ocean

Tuna (Blackfin)Not

RecommendedBlackfin tuna

Thunnus

atlanticusWild

FAD purse seine,

Pelagic longlineAtlantic Ocean

Tuna (Bluefin)Not

Recommended

Pacific Bluefin

tuna

Thunnus

orientalisWild

Unassociated

purse seine,

Pelagic longline

Pacific Ocean

Tuna (Bluefin)Not

Recommended

Pacific Bluefin

tuna

Thunnus

orientalisFarmed Open net pen Japan, Mexico

Tuna (Bluefin)Not

Recommended

Pacific Bluefin

tuna

Thunnus

orientalisWild Gillnet California

Tuna (Bluefin)Not

Recommended

Atlantic Bluefin

tunaThunnus thynnus Wild All gears Worldwide

Tuna (Bluefin)Not

Recommended

Atlantic Bluefin

tunaThunnus thynnus Farmed Open net pen

Mediterranean

Sea

Tuna (Bluefin)Not

Recommended

Southern Bluefin

tunaThunnus maccoyii Farmed Open net pen Australia

Tuna (Bluefin)Not

Recommended

Southern Bluefin

tunaThunnus maccoyii Wild Pelagic longline

Pacific Ocean,

Indian Ocean

Tuna

(Skipjack)Ocean Wise Skipjack tuna

Katsuwonus

pelamisWild

Troll, Pole,

Unassociated

purse seine

Pacific Ocean

(excluding

Hawaii)

Tuna


Katsuwonus

pelamisWild Longline Hawaii

Tuna


Katsuwonus

pelamisWild Troll, Pole Indian Ocean

Tuna


Katsuwonus

pelamisWild

Unassociated

purse seineIndian Ocean

Tuna


Katsuwonus

pelamisWild

Troll, Pole,

Greenstick,

Unassociated

purse seine

Atlantic Ocean

Tuna

(Skipjack)MSC Ocean Wise Skipjack tuna

Katsuwonus

pelamis

PNA Western and Central

Pacific skipjack and tunaWild

Unassociated

purse seine

Western and

Central Pacific

Tuna


Katsuwonus

pelamis

Tri Marine Western and Central

Pacific skipjack and yellowfin

tuna

WildUnassociated

purse seine

Western and

Central Pacific

Tuna


Katsuwonus

pelamis

Solomon Islands skipjack and

yellowfin tuna purse seine and

pole & line

Wild

Unassociated

purse seine, Pole,

Troll

Western and

Central Pacific

Ocean. FAO

Statistical area 71

Tuna

(Skipjack)

Not

RecommendedSkipjack tuna

Katsuwonus

pelamisWild FAD purse seine

Pacific Ocean

(excluding

Hawaii)

Tuna

(Skipjack)

Not


Katsuwonus

pelamisWild FAD purse seine Indian Ocean

Tuna

(Skipjack)

Not


Katsuwonus

pelamisWild FAD purse seine Atlantic Ocean

Tuna (Tongol) Ocean Wise Tongol tuna Thunnus tonggol Wild Handline, Troll

Western Central

Pacific Ocean

(Indonesia)

Tuna (Tongol) Ocean Wise Tongol tuna Thunnus tonggol WildUnassociated

purse seine

Western Central

Pacific Ocean

(Malaysia and

Thailand)

Tuna (Tongol)Not

RecommendedTongol tuna Thunnus tonggol Wild

Unassociated

purse seine

Indian Ocean

(Thailand,

Malaysia, Iran)

Tuna (Tongol)Not

RecommendedTongol tuna Thunnus tonggol Wild Troll, Pole

Indian Ocean

(Indonesia, Iran)

Tuna (Tongol)Not

RecommendedTongol tuna Thunnus tonggol Wild Gillnet, Drift gillnet

Indian Ocean

(Indonesia, Iran)

and WCPO

(Indonesia)

Tuna

(Yellowfin)Ocean Wise Yellowfin tuna

Thunnus

albacaresWild Handline

Western Central

Pacific Ocean

(excluding

Hawaii)Tuna


Thunnus

albacaresWild Deepset longline Hawaii

Tuna


Thunnus

albacaresWild

Dolphin-set purse

seine

Pacific Ocean

(East)

Tuna


Thunnus

albacaresWild

Unassociated

purse seine

Pacific Ocean

(West)

Tuna


Thunnus

albacaresWild Greenstick North Atlantic

Tuna

(Yellowfin)MSC Ocean Wise Yellowfin tuna

Thunnus

albacares

PNA Western and Central

Pacific skipjack and tunaWild

Unassociated

purse seine

Western and

Central Pacific

Tuna


Thunnus

albacares

Maldives pole & line skipjack &

yellowfin tunaWild Pole, Troll Maldives

Tuna


Thunnus

albacares

Tri Marine Western and Central

Pacific skipjack and yellowfin

tuna

WildUnassociated

purse seine

Western and

Central Pacific

Tuna


Thunnus

albacares

Solomon Islands skipjack and

yellowfin tuna purse seine and

pole & line

WildUnassociated

purse seine

Western and

Central Pacific

Ocean. FAO

Statistical area 71

Tuna

(Yellowfin)

Not

RecommendedYellowfin tuna

Thunnus

albacaresWild Troll, Pole Atlantic Ocean

Tuna

(Yellowfin)

Not


Thunnus

albacaresWild

FAD purse seine,

Pelagic longline

Pacific Ocean

(excluding

Hawaii)

Tuna

(Yellowfin)

Not


Thunnus

albacaresWild

Unassociated

purse seine

Pacific Ocean

(East)

Tuna

(Yellowfin)

Not


Thunnus

albacaresWild

Troll, Pole, FAD

purse seine,

Unassociated

purse seine,

Pelagic longline

Indian Ocean

Tuna

(Yellowfin)

Not


Thunnus

albacaresWild

Unassociated

purse seine, FAD

purse seine,

Pelagic longline

Atlantic Ocean

Tuna

(Yellowfin)MSC

Not


Thunnus

albacares



swordfish


Australia - FAO


Western and

Central Pacific

Ocean

Turbot Ocean Wise

Greenland

halibut;

Greenland turbot

Reinhardtius

hippoglossoidesWild

Bottom longline,

Bottom trawlAlaska

TurbotNot

RecommendedGreenland turbot

Reinhardtius

hippoglossoidesWild

Bottom gillnet,

Bottom longline,

Bottom trawl

Greenland

Turbot MSC Ocean Wise Greenland HalibutReinhardtius

hippoglossoides

West Greenland Halibut

offshore Greenland Halibut Wild Bottom trawl

Greenland

Northwest Atlantic

Urchin Ocean Wise

Green sea urchin,

red sea urchin,

uni

Strongylocentrotu

s droebachiensis,

Strongylocentrotu

s franciscanus

WildDiver, Hand

harvest

BC, Atlantic

Canada

UrchinNot

Recommended

Green sea urchin,

uni

Strongylocentrotu

s droebachiensisWild Various Maine

UrchinNot

RecommendedRed urchin

Strongylocentrotu

s franciscanusWild

Diver, Hand

harvestCalifornia

Vendance MSC Ocean Wise Vendance Coregonus albulaNKF Bothnian Bay vendace

trawlWild Bottom trawl

FAO 27 Atlantic,

ICES subdivision

area IIIa, 31

Wahoo Ocean WiseWahoo (Pacific

kingfish)

Acanthocybium

solandriWild Troll, Handline

US: Pacific

(Hawaii) and US

Atlantic

WahooNot

Recommended

Wahoo (Pacific

kingfish)

Acanthocybium

solandriWild Pelagic longline

US Atlantic, US

Gulf of Mexico

WahooNot

Recommended

Wahoo (Pacific

kingfish)

Acanthocybium

solandriWild FAD purse seine

North Atlantic,

South Atlantic,

East Pacific

Walleye Ocean Wise

aka yellow

pickerel, pickerel,

yellow pike, dore

Sander vitreus WildBottom gillnet,

Trap net

Canada (Lake

Erie, Lake Huron,

Lake Ontario), US

(Lake Huron, Lake

Michigan, Lake

Superior -

Michigan)

Walleye MSC Ocean Wise Walleye Sander vitreus

Waterhen Lake walleye and

Northern pike Commercial

Gillnet

Wild GillnetWaterhen Lake,

Manitoba

WalleyeNot

Recommended

aka yellow

pickerel, pickerel,

yellow pike, dore

Sander vitreus WildBottom gillnet,

Trap net

Canada (Lake

Superior, Lake

Manitoba, Lake

Winnipeg, Lake

Winnipegosis), US

(Lake Superior -

Wisconsin)

WeakfishNot

Recommended

aka Grey trout,

northern seatrout,

Atlantic seatrout

Cynoscion regalis WildGillnet; Seine;

Bottom trawlUS Atlantic

Whitefish,

LakeOcean Wise Lake whitefish

Coregonus

clupeaformisWild

Bottom gillnet,

Trap net

Canada (Lake

Erie, Lake Huron,

Lake Ontario,

Lake Superior) &

US (Lake Huron,

Lake Erie, Lake

Michigan -

Wisconsin and

Michigan, Lake

Superior -

Michigan)

Whitefish,

Lake

Not

RecommendedLake whitefish

Coregonus

clupeaformisWild

Bottom gillnet,

Trap net

Canada (Lake

Manitoba, Lake

Winnipeg, Lake

Winnipegosis) &

US (Lake Superior

- Wisconsin)

Whitefish,

Lake

Not

RecommendedRound whitefish

Prosopium

cylindraceumWild Trap net; Gillnet Great Lakes

White Seabass Ocean Wise White seabassAtractoscion

nobilisWild

Handline, Drift

gillnetCalifornia

White SeabassNot

RecommendedWhite seabass

Atractoscion

nobilisWild Bottom gillnet California

Whiting MSC Ocean Wise Blue whitingMicromesistius

poutassou

Faroese Pelagic Organisation

(FPO) North East Atlantic blue

whiting

Wild Midwater trawl

North east

Atlantic. FAO

statistical area 27

Whiting MSC Ocean WiseSouthern blue

whiting

Micromesistius

australis

New Zealand EEZ southern blue

whiting pelagic trawlWild Midwater trawl

New Zealand -

Bounty Platform,

Bounty Island,

Pukaki rise

Wreckfish Ocean Wise aka Sea bassPolyprion

americanusWild Handline US North Atlantic

Yellowtail Ocean WiseCalifornia

yellowtailSeriola lalandi Wild Handline California

Yellowtail Ocean Wise

Almaco jack

(Hamachi,

yellowtail,

amberjack,

kampachi)

Seriola rivoliana FarmedSubmersible net

penHawaii

Yellowtail Ocean WiseGreater

amberjackSeriola dumerili Wild Diver US Gulf of Mexico

YellowtailNot

Recommended

Hamachi,

Yellowtail,

kingfish,

amberjack

Seriola

quinqueradiata,

S. lalandi

Farmed Open net pen Japan

YellowtailNot

Recommended

California

yellowtailSeriola lalandi Wild

Drift gillnet,

Bottom gillnetCalifornia

YellowtailNot

Recommended

Greater

amberjackSeriola dumerili Wild Handline

US South Atlantic,

US Gulf of Mexico

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