Category Archives: Low in Contaminants

Tilapia (Ecuador - Farmed, ponds)



U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service

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Age 0-6: 4+ servings
Age 6-12: 4+ servings
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Not High in
Omega-3s
Not a Best Choice
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Snapper, Yellowtail (Intertional - wild, hook and line, bottom longline, trap)

yellowtail snapper
U.S. Food and Drug Administration

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Age 0-6: 3.5 servings
Age 6-12: 4+ servings
Red Ocean-Friendly
Not High in
Omega-3s
Not a Best Choice
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Snapper, Vermillion (International - wild, hook and line, blttom longline, trap)

South Carolina Department of Natural Resources

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Age 0-6: 4+ servings
Age 6-12: 4+ servings
Not Ocean-Friendly Not High in
Omega-3s
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Snapper, Mutton (International - wild, hook and line, bottom longline, trap)

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

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Age 0-6: 1.5 serving
Age 6-12: 2 servingsContaminant: Mercury
Not Ocean-Friendly
Not High in
Omega-3s
Not a Best Choice
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Shrimp, Pink (Imported - wild, bottom trawl)

U.S. Center for Coastal Monitoring and Assessment

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Age 0-6: 4+ servings
Age 6-12: 4+ servings
Not Ocean-Friendly Not High in
Omega-3s
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Shrimp, Pink (U.S. except Oregon and Canada - wild, pot/trap, trawl, bottom trawl, cast net)

U.S. Center for Coastal Monitoring and Assessment

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Age 0-6: 4+ servings
Age 6-12: 4+ servings
Somewhat Ocean-Friendly Not High in
Omega-3s
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Shrimp, Northern (Oregon - wild, trawl)

shrimp
U.N. Food & Agriculture Organization

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Age 0-6: 4+ servings
Age 6-12: 4+ servings
Ocean-Friendly Not High in
Omega-3s
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Shrimp, Northern (U.S. except CA, Canada - wild, pot/trap, trawl)

shrimp
U.N. Food & Agriculture Organization

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Age 0-6: 4+ servings
Age 6-12: 4+ servings
Somewhat Ocean-Friendly Not High in
Omega-3s
Not a Best Choice
Additional Comments: For more information, visit Environmental Defense Fund and Monterey Bay Aquarium

Shrimp, Brown (Imported - wild, bottom trawl, skimmer trawl, cast net)

shrimp
U.N. Food & Agriculture Organization

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Age 0-6: 4+ servings
Age 6-12: 4+ servings
Not Ocean-Friendly Not High in
Omega-3s
Not a Best Choice
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Shrimp, Brown (U.S. - wild, bottom trawl, skimmer trawl, cast net)

shrimp
U.N. Food & Agriculture Organization

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Age 0-6: 4+ servings
Age 6-12: 4+ servings
Somewhat Ocean-Friendly Not High in
Omega-3s
Not a Best Choice
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Shrimp, Tiger prawn (Imported - wild, bottom trawl)

shrimp
U.N. Food & Agriculture Organization

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Age 0-6: 4+ servings
Age 6-12: 4+ servings
Not Ocean-Friendly Not High in
Omega-3s
Not a Best Choice
Additional Comments: For more information, visit Environmental Defense Fund and Monterey Bay Aquarium

Pollock, Atlantic (Iceland - wild, bottom trawl, danish seine)

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service

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Age 0-6: 4+ servings
Age 6-12: 4+ servings
Not Ocean-Friendly Not High in
Omega-3s
Not a Best Choice
Additional Comments: For more information, visit Environmental Defense Fund and Monterey Bay Aquarium

Pollock, Atlantic (U.S., California - wild, gillent, bottom trawl)

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service

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Age 0-6: 4+ servings
Age 6-12: 4+ servings
Somewhat Ocean-Friendly Not High in
Omega-3s
Not a Best Choice
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Pollock, Atlantic (Norway - wild, bottom trawl, danish seine)

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service

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Age 0-6: 4+ servings
Age 6-12: 4+ servings
Somewhat Ocean-Friendly Not High in
Omega-3s
Not a Best Choice
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Pollock, Atlantic (Iceland - wild, gillnet)

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service

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Age 0-6: 4+ servings
Age 6-12: 4+ servings
Somewhat Ocean-Friendly Not High in
Omega-3s
Not a Best Choice
Additional Comments: For more information, visit Environmental Defense Fund and Monterey Bay Aquarium

Pollock, Atlantic (Norway - wild, gillnet, purse seine)

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service

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Age 0-6: 4+ servings
Age 6-12: 4+ servings
Ocean-Friendly Not High in
Omega-3s
Not a Best Choice
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Cod, Atlantic (East/West Baltic, Iceland - wild, bottom trawl, longline, gillnet)

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service

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Age 0-6: 4+ servings
Age 6-12: 4+ servings
Somewhat Ocean-Friendly Not High in
Omega-3s
Not a Best Choice
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Cod, Atlantic (Canada, U.S. - wild, hook and line)

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service

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Age 0-6: 4+ servings
Age 6-12: 4+ servings
Somewhat Ocean-Friendly Not High in
Omega-3s
Not a Best Choice
Additional Comments: For more information, visit Environmental Defense Fund and Monterey Bay Aquarium

Cod, Pacific (Russia, Japan - wild, bottom seine, gillnet trawl, longline)

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service

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Age 0-6: 4+ servings
Age 6-12: 4+ servings
Not Ocean-Friendly Not High in
Omega-3s
Not a Best Choice
Additional Comments: For more information, visit Environmental Defense Fund and Monterey Bay Aquarium

Shrimp (U.S., farmed in fully recirculating systems)

shrimp
U.N. Food & Agriculture Organization

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Age 0-6: 4+ servings
Age 6-12: 4+ servings
Ocean-Friendly Not High in
Omega-3s
Not a Best Choice
Additional Comments: For more information, visit Environmental Defense Fund and Monterey Bay Aquarium

Shrimp, Imported (Thailand - farmed, fully recirculating systems)

shrimp
U.N. Food & Agriculture Organization

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Age 0-6: 4+ servingsAge: 6-12: 4+ servings Somewhat Ocean-Friendly
Not High in
Omega-3s
Not a Best Choice
Additional Comments: For more information, visit Environmental Defense Fund and Monterey Bay Aquarium

Scallop, Bay (Magdalena Bay and Baja Mexico, diver caught)

scallop
U.N. Food & Agriculture Organization

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Age 0-6: 4+ servings
Age 6-12: 4+servings
Somewhat Ocean-Friendly Not High in
Omega-3s
Not a Best Choice
Additional Comments: For more information, visit Environmental Defense Fund and Monterey Bay Aquarium

 

 

Haddock (Canadian/Icelandic Atlantic - wild, bottom trawl, bottom longline)

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service

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Age 0-6: 3 servings
Age 6-12: 4+ servings
Somewhat Ocean-Friendly

Not High in
Omega-3s
Not a Best Choice
Additional Comments: For more information, visit Environmental Defense Fund and Monterey Bay Aquarium

Cod, Atlantic (U.S. and Canadian Atlantic - wild, trawl)

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service

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Age 0-6: 4+ servings
Age 6-12: 4+ servings
Not Ocean-Friendly Not High in
Omega-3s
Not a Best Choice
Additional Comments: For more information, visit Environmental Defense Fund and Monterey Bay Aquarium

Shrimp (U.S. farmed in open systems)

shrimp
U.N. Food & Agriculture Organization

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Age 0-6: 4+ servings
Age 6-12: 4+ servings
Somewhat Ocean-Friendly Not High in
Omega-3s
Not a Best Choice
Additional Comments: For more information, visit Environmental Defense Fund and Monterey Bay Aquarium

Tilapia (Brazil, Costa Rica, Honduras, China and Taiwan - farmed, ponds)



U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service

 

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Age 0-6: 4+ servings
Age 6-12: 4+ servings
Somewhat Ocean-Friendly Not High in
Omega-3s
Not a Best Choice
Additional comments: For more information, visit Environmental Defense Fund and Monterey Bay Aquarium

Tilapia (U.S. - farmed, closed recirculating systems)



U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service

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Age 0-6: 4+ servings
Age 6-12: 4+ servings
Ocean-Friendly

Not High in
Omega-3s
Not a Best Choice
Additional comments: For more information, visit Environmental Defense Fund and Monterey Bay Aquarium

Shrimp, Spot Prawn (U.S. - wild, pot/trap)

spot prawn
U.N. Food & Agriculture Organization

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Age 0-6: 4+ servingsAge 6-12: 4+ servings Somewhat Ocean-Friendly
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Omega-3s
Not a Best Choice
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Scallop, Sea (U.S. and Canadian Atlantic, dredge)

scallop
U.N. Food & Agriculture Organization

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Age 0-6: 4+ servings
Age 6-12: 4+servings
Somewhat Ocean-Friendly Not High in
Omega-3s
Not a Best Choice
Additional Comments: For more information, visit Environmental Defense Fund and Monterey Bay Aquarium

 

 

Sardines (Atlantic - wild, purse seine, midwater trawl)

Southwest Fisheries Science Center

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Age 0-6: 4+ servings
Age 6-12: 4+servings
Not Ocean-Friendly High in
Omega-3s
KidSafe Seafood Best Choice Species
Additional Comments: For more information, visit Environmental Defense Fund and Monterey Bay Aquarium


 

 

Salmon, Sockeye (California, Oregon, Washington - wild, drift gillnet, purse seine, troll)

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service

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Age 0-6: 4+ servings
Age 6-12: 4+servings
Somewhat Ocean-Friendly
High in
Omega-3s
KidSafe Seafood Best Choice Species
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Salmon, Pink (California, Oregon, Washington - wild, drift gillnet, purse seine, troll)

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service

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Age 0-6: 4+ servings
Age 6-12: 4+servings
Somewhat Ocean-Friendly Not High in
Omega-3s
Not a Best Choice
Additional Comments: For more information, visit Environmental Defense Fund and Monterey Bay Aquarium


 

 

Salmon, Coho (California, Oregon, Washington - wild, drift gillent, purse seing, troll)

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service

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Age 0-6: 4+servings
Age 6-12: 4+servings

Somewhat Ocean-Friendly
High in
Omega-3s
KidSafe Seafood Best Choice Species
Additional Comments: For more information, visit Environmental Defense Fund and Monterey Bay Aquarium

 

 

Salmon, Chum (California, Oregon, Washington - wild, drift gillnet, purse seine, troll)

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service

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Age 0-6: 4+ servings
Age 6-12: 4+ servings
Somewhat Ocean-Friendly
High in
Omega-3s
KidSafe Seafood Best Choice Species
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Rockfish, Pacific (wild, hook and line, jig)

U.S. Food and Drug Administration Regulatory Fish Encyclopedia

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Age 0-6: 4+ servings
Age 6-12: 4+ servings

Somewhat Ocean-Friendly
Not High in
Omega-3s
Not a Best Choice
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Rockfish, Pacific (California, Oregon, Washington - wild, hook and line)

U.S. Food and Drug Administration Regulatory Fish Encyclopedia

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Age 0-6: 4+ servings
Age 6-12: 4+ servings 
Ocean Friendly Not High in
Omega-3s
Not a Best Choice
Additional Comments: For more information, visit Environmental Defense Fund and Monterey Bay Aquarium

 

Mahimahi (Taiwan, Peru, Ecuador - wild, troll and pole/line, handline, surface net)

mahi mahi
U.N. Food & Agriculture Organization

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Age 0-6: 3.5 servings
Age 6-12: 4+ servings
Somewhat Ocean-Friendly High in
Omega-3s
Not a Best Choice
Additional Comments: For more information, visit Environmental Defense Fund and Monterey Bay Aquarium

Mahimahi (U.S. Pacific, Hawaii - wild, troll and pole/line, handline)

mahi mahi
U.N. Food & Agriculture Organization

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Age 0-6: 3.5 servings
Age 6-12: 4+ servings
Somewhat Ocean-Friendly High in
Omega-3s
Not a Best Choice
Additional Comments: For more information, visit Environmental Defense Fund and Monterey Bay Aquarium

Mackerel, Atlantic (U.S. - wild, midwater trawl)

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service

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Age 0-6: 4+ servings
Age 6-12: 4+ servings
Somewhat Ocean-Friendly High in
Omega-3s
KidSafe Seafood Best Choice species
Additional Comments: For more information, visit Environmental Defense Fund and Monterey Bay Aquarium

Haddock (U.S. Atlantic - wild, handline)

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service

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Age 0-6: 3 servings
Age 6-12: 4+ servings
Ocean-Friendly

Not High in
Omega-3s
Not a Best Choice
Additional Comments: For more information, visit Environmental Defense Fund and Monterey Bay Aquarium

Crayfish or Crawfish (Imported - farmed)

Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources

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Age 0-6: 4+ servings
Age 6-12: 4+ servings
Not Ocean-Friendly Not High in
Omega-3s
Not a Best Choice
Additional Comments: For more information, visit Environmental Defense Fund and Monterey Bay Aquarium

Crab, Dungeness (Canada, Washington, Oregon, California - trap)

dungeness
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service

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Age 0-6: 4+ servings
Age 6-12: 4+servings
Ocean-Friendly
Not High in
Omega-3s
Not a Best Choice
Additional Comments: For more information, visit Environmental Defense Fund and Monterey Bay Aquarium

Cod, Pacific (U.S. - trawl)

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service

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Age 0-6: 4+ servings
Age 6-12: 4+ servings
Somewhat Ocean-Friendly Not High in
Omega-3s
Not a Best Choice
Additional Comments: For more information, visit Environmental Defense Fund and Monterey Bay Aquarium

Cod, Pacific (U.S. - wild, bottom longline, jib)

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service

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Age 0-6: 4+ servings
Age 6-12: 4+ servings
Ocean-Friendly Not High in
Omega-3s
Not a Best Choice
Additional Comments: For more information, visit Environmental Defense Fund and Monterey Bay Aquarium

Cod, Atlantic (Iceland, North East Arctic, Easte Baltic Sea - wild, hook and line)

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service

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Age 0-6: 4+ servings
Age 6-12: 4+ servings
Ocean-Friendly
Not High in
Omega-3s
Not a Best Choice
Additional Comments: For more information, visit Environmental Defense Fund and Monterey Bay Aquarium

Barramundi (Australia, SW Asia, Taiwan - farmed, open net pen/cage)

barramundi

(C) Nick Thorne 2001

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Age 0-6: 4+ servings
Age 6-12: 4+ servings
Not Ocean-Friendly
Not High in
Omega-3s
Not a Best Choice
Additional Comments: For more information, visit Environmental Defense Fund and Monterey Bay Aquarium

Barramundi (Australia - farmed, closed recirculating systems)

barramundi

(C) Nick Thorne 2001

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Age 0-6: 4+ servings
Age 6-12: 4+ servings
Somewhat Ocean-Friendly
Not High in
Omega-3s
Not a Best Choice
Additional Comments: For more information, visit Environmental Defense Fund and Monterey Bay Aquarium

Abalone (Farmed, contained aquaculture)

abalone
N yotarou

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Age 0-6: 4+ servings
Age 6-12: 4+ servings
Ocean-Friendly Not High in
Omega-3s
Not a Best Choice
Additional Comments: For more information, visit Environmental Defense Fund and Monterey Bay Aquarium

Anchovies

anchovy

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service

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Age 0-6: 4+ servings
Age 6-12: 4+ servings
Ocean-Friendly High in
Omega-3s
KidSafe Seafood Best Choice
Additional Comments: For more information, visit Environmental Defense Fund

Arctic Char (Farmed, closed system)

 

arctic char

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Age 0-6: 4+ servings
Age 6-12: 4+ servings
Ocean-Friendly High in
Omega-3s
KidSafe Seafood Best Choice
Additional Comments: For more information, visit Environmental Defense Fund and Monterey Bay Aquarium

Barramundi (U.S. - farmed, closed recirculating systems)

barramundi

(C) Nick Thorne 2001

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Age 0-6: 4+ servings
Age 6-12: 4+ servings
Ocean-Friendly
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Omega-3s
Not a Best Choice
Additional Comments: For more information, visit Environmental Defense Fund and Monterey Bay Aquarium

Catfish, Channel (Farmed, closed ponds)

channel catfish
U.S. Food and Drug Administration

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Age 0-6: 4+ servings
Age 6-12: 4+ servings
Ocean-Friendly Not High in
Omega-3s
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Additional Comments: For more information, visit Environmental Defense Fund and Monterey Bay Aquarium

Clam, Butter

U.S. Geological Survey

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Age 0-6: 4+ servings

Age 6-12: 4+ servings

Ocean-Friendly Not High in
Omega-3s
Not a Best Choice
Additional Comments: For more information, visit Environmental Defense Fund and Monterey Bay Aquarium

Clam, Manila (Farmed)

U.S. Geological Survey

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Age 0-6: 4+ servingsAge 6-12: 4+ servings Ocean-Friendly Not High in
Omega-3s
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Clam, Pacific Geoduck (Washington and British Columbia - wild)

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service

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Age 0-6: 4+ servingsAge 6-12: 4+ servings Ocean-Friendly Not High in
Omega-3s
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Additional Comments: For more information, visit Environmental Defense Fund and Monterey Bay Aquarium

Clam, Littleneck (U.S. Atlantic - wild)

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Age 0-6: 4+ servings
Age 6-12: 4+ servings
Somewhat Ocean-Friendly Not High in
Omega-3s
Not a Best Choice
Additional Comments: For more information, visit Environmental Defense Fund and Monterey Bay Aquarium

Cod, Atlantic (U.S. Iceland and North East Arctic - wild, danish seine, bottom trawl, bottom longline, bottom gillnet, pound net)

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service

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Age 0-6: 4+ servings
Age 6-12: 4+ servings
Somewhat Ocean-Friendly Not High in
Omega-3s
Not a Best Choice
Additional Comments: For more information, visit Environmental Defense Fund and Monterey Bay Aquarium

Cod, Pacific (Imported - wild)

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service

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Age 0-6: 4+ servings
Age 6-12: 4+ servings
Not Ocean-Friendly Not High in
Omega-3s
Not a Best Choice
Additional Comments: For more information, visit Environmental Defense Fund and Monterey Bay Aquarium

Crab, Dungeness (Alaska - wild, pot/trap)

dungeness
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service

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Age 0-6: 4+ servings
Age 6-12: 4+servings
Somewhat Ocean-Friendly
Not High in
Omega-3s
Not a Best Choice
Additional Comments: For more information, visit Environmental Defense Fund and Monterey Bay Aquarium

Crab, King (U.S.)

king crab
Alaskan Fisheries Science Center

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Age 0-6: 4+ servings
Age 6-12: 4+ servings
Ocean-Friendly
Not High in
Omega-3s
Not a Best Choice
Additional Comments: For more information, visit Environmental Defense Fundand Monterey Bay Aquarium

Crab, Snow (Alaska and Canada - wild, pot/trap)

snow crab
U.N. Food & Agriculture Organization

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Age 0-6: 4+ servingsAge 6-12: 4+ servings Somewhat Ocean-Friendly
Not High in
Omega-3s
Not a Best Choice
Additional Comments: For more information, visit Environmental Defense Fund and Monterey Bay Aquarium

Crayfish or Crawfish (U.S. - farmed)

Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources

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Age 0-6: 4+ servings
Age 6-12: 4+ servings
Ocean-Friendly Not High in
Omega-3s
Not a Best Choice
Additional Comments: For more information, visit Environmental Defense Fund and Monterey Bay Aquarium

Haddock (U.S. Atlantic - wild, bottom/otter trawl)

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service

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Age 0-6: 3 servings
Age 6-12: 4+ servings
Somewhat Ocean-Friendly

Not High in
Omega-3s
Not a Best Choice
Additional Comments: For more information, visit Environmental Defense Fund and Monterey Bay Aquarium

Mackerel, Atlantic (Canada, U.S. Atlantic - wild, purse seine)

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service

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Age 0-6: 4+ servings
Age 6-12: 4+ servings
Ocean-Friendly High in
Omega-3s
KidSafe Seafood Best Choice species
Additional Comments: For more information, visit Environmental Defense Fund and Monterey Bay Aquarium

Mahimahi (Taiwan, Peru, Ecuador - wild, longline)

mahi mahi
U.N. Food & Agriculture Organization

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Age 0-6: 3.5 servings
Age 6-12: 4+ servings
Not Ocean-Friendly High in
Omega-3s
Not a Best Choice
Additional Comments: For more information, visit Environmental Defense Fund and Monterey Bay Aquarium

Mussel, Blue (Farmed)

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service

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Age 0-6: 4+ servings
Age 6-12: 4+ servings
Ocean-Friendly Not High in
Omega-3s
Not a Best Choice
Additional Comments: For more information, visit Environmental Defense Fund and Monterey Bay Aquarium

Mussel, Mediterranean (Farmed)

U.S. Geological Survey

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Age 0-6: 4+ servings
Age 6-12: 4+ servings
Ocean-Friendly Not High in
Omega-3s
Not a Best Choice
Additional Comments: For more information, visit Environmental Defense Fund and Monterey Bay Aquarium

Mussel, New Zealand Green (Farmed)

new zealand mussel
U.N. Food & Agriculture Organization

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Age 0-6: 4+ servings
Age 6-12: 4+ servings
Ocean-Friendly Not High in
Omega-3s
Not a Best Choice
Additional Comments: For more information, visit Environmental Defense Fund and Monterey Bay Aquarium

Oyster, Eastern (U.S. Gulf of Mexico - wild, dredge, tongs)

U.S. Geological Survey

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Age 0-6: 4+ servings
Age 6-12: 4+ servings
Ocean-Friendly Not High in
Omega-3s
Not a Best Choice
Additional Comments: For more information, visit Environmental Defense Fund and Monterey Bay Aquarium

Oyster, Farmed

oyster
U.N. Food & Agriculture Organization

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Age 0-6: 4+ servings
Age 6-12: 4+ servings
Ocean-Friendly High in
Omega-3s
Kidsafe Seafood Best Choice Species
Additional Comments: For more information, visit Environmental Defense Fund and Monterey Bay Aquarium

Paddlefish (Farmed)

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service

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Age 0-6: 4+ servings
Age 6-12: 4+ servings
Data Deficient Not High in
Omega-3s
Not a Best Choice
Additional Comments: For more information, visit Environmental Defense Fund

Paddlefish (U.S. - wild, grad seine, nets, traps, lines)

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service

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Age 0-6: 4+ servings
Age 6-12: 4+ servings
Not Ocean-Friendly Not High in
Omega-3s
Not a Best Choice
Additional Comments: For more information, visit Environmental Defense Fund and Monterey Bay Aquarium

Pollock, Pacific or Walleye (Alaska - wild, midwater trawl)

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service

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Age 0-6: 4+ servings
Age 6-12: 4+ servings
Somewhat Ocean-Friendly Not High in
Omega-3s
Not a Best Choice
Additional Comments: For more information, visit Environmental Defense Fund and Monterey Bay Aquarium

Rainbow Trout (Farmed)

U.S. Food and Drug Administration Regulatory Fish Encyclopedia

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Age 0-6: 4+ servings
Age 6-12: 4+ servings
Ocean-Friendly High in
Omega-3s
KidSafe Seafood Best Choice Species
Additional Comments: For more information, visit Environmental Defense Fund and Monterey Bay Aquarium

 

Rockfish, Pacific (wild, trawl)

U.S. Food and Drug Administration Regulatory Fish Encyclopedia

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Age 0-6: 4+ servings
Age 6-12: 4+ servings
Not Ocean Friendly
Not High in
Omega-3s
Not a Best Choice
Additional Comments: For more information, visit Environmental Defense Fund and Monterey Bay Aquarium

 

Salmon, Chum (Alaska - wild, drift gillnet, purse seine, troll)

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service

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Age 0-6: 4+ servings
Age 6-12: 4+ servings
Ocean-Friendly

High in
Omega-3s
KidSafe Seafood Best Choice Species
Additional Comments:For more information, visit Environmental Defense Fundand Monterey Bay Aquarium

 

 

Salmon, Coho (Alaska - drift gillnet, purse seine, troll)

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service

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Age 0-6: 4+servings
Age 6-12: 4+servings
Ocean-Friendly

High in
Omega-3s
KidSafe Seafood Best Choice Species
Additional Comments: For more information, visit Environmental Defense Fund and Monterey Bay Aquarium

 

 

Salmon, Pink (Alaska - wild, drift gillnet, purse seine, troll)

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service

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Age 0-6: 4+ servings
Age 6-12: 4+servings
Ocean-Friendly
Not High in
Omega-3s
Not a Best Choice
Additional Comments: For more information, visit Environmental Defense Fund and Monterey Bay Aquarium


 

 

Salmon, Sockeye (Alaska - wild, drift gillnet, purse seing, troll)

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service

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Age 0-6: 4+ servings
Age 6-12: 4+servings
Ocean-Friendly High in
Omega-3s
KidSafe Seafood Best Choice Species
Additional Comments: For more information, visit Environmental Defense Fund and Monterey Bay Aquarium


 

 

Sardines (British Columbia, California, Oregon, Washington - wild, purse seine, midwater trawl)

Southwest Fisheries Science Center

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Age 0-6: 4+ servings
Age 6-12: 4+servings
Ocean-Friendly
High in
Omega-3s
KidSafe Seafood Best Choice Species
Additional Comments: For more information, visit Environmental Defense Fund and Monterey Bay Aquarium


 

 

Scallop, Calico (Peru, wild, diver caught)

scallop
U.N. Food & Agriculture Organization

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Age 0-6: 4+ servings
Age 6-12: 4+servings
Ocean-Friendly Not High in
Omega-3s
Not a Best Choice
Additional Comments: For more information, visit Environmental Defense Fund


 

 

Scallop (Farmed, off bottom)

scallop
U.N. Food & Agriculture Organization

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Age 0-6: 4+ servings
Age 6-12: 4+servings
Somewhat Ocean-Friendly Not High in
Omega-3s
Not a Best Choice
Additional Comments: For more information, visit Environmental Defense Fund and Monterey Bay Aquarium

 

 

Shad, American (U.S. Atlantic, wild)

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service

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Age 0-6: 4+ servings
Age 6-12: 4+servings
Not Ocean-Friendly
High in
Omega-3s
Not a Best Choice
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Shrimp, Imported (Farmed, open systems)

shrimp
U.N. Food & Agriculture Organization

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Age 0-6: 4+ servingsAge: 6-12: 4+ servings Not Ocean-Friendly
Not High in
Omega-3s
Not a Best Choice
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Shrimp, U.S. (Gulf of Mexico and South Atlantic, wild)

shrimp
U.N. Food & Agriculture Organization

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Age 0-6: 4+ servingsAge 6-12: 4+ servings Somewhat Ocean-Friendly Not High in
Omega-3s
Not a Best Choice
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Shrimp, Pink (Oregon - wild, trawl)

U.S. Center for Coastal Monitoring and Assessment

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Age 0-6: 4+ servings
Age 6-12: 4+ servings
Ocean-Friendly Not High in
Omega-3s
Not a Best Choice
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Shrimp, Spot Prawn (Canada - wild, trap)

spot prawn
U.N. Food & Agriculture Organization

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Age 0-6: 4+ servingsAge 6-12: 4+ servings Ocean-Friendly

Not High in
Omega-3s
Not a Best Choice
Additional Comments: For more information, visit Environmental Defense Fund and Monterey Bay Aquarium

Skate (U.S. Atlantic - wild, otter trawl)

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service

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Age 0-6: 3.5 servings
Age 6-12: 4+ servings
Not Ocean-Friendly Not High in
Omega-3s
Not a Best Choice
Additional Comments: For more information, visit Environmental Defense Fund and Monterey Bay Aquarium

Snapper, Vermillion (U.S. Gulf of Mexico/S Atlantic - wild, hook and line, bottom longline, trap)

South Carolina Department of Natural Resources

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Age 0-6: 4+ servings
Age 6-12: 4+ servings
Not Ocean-Friendly Not High in
Omega-3s
Not a Best Choice
Additional Comments: For more information, visit Environmental Defense Fund and Monterey Bay Aquarium

Striped Bass (Farmed)

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service

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Age 0-6: 4+
Age 6-12: 4+
Ocean-Friendly
Not High in
Omega-3s
Not a Best Choice
Additional Comments: For more information, visit Environmental Defense Fund and Monterey Bay Aquarium