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Helping people make better seafood choices for a healthy ocean

Search Seafood Recommendations

Our recommendations help you choose seafood that's fished or farmed in ways that have less impact on the environment.

Best Choices

Buy first, they're well managed and caught or farmed in ways that cause little harm to habitats or other wildlife.

Good AlternativeS

Buy, but be aware there are concerns with how they're caught or farmed.

Avoid

Don't buy, they're overfished or caught or farmed in ways that harm other marine life or the environment.

Ocean Issues

What Consumers Can Do

What Businesses Can Do

New and Updated Recommendations

Conch, Queen, Monterey Bay Aquarium Seafood Watch

This month we bring you updated recommendations for queen conch and farmed mussels.

Learn more about our recommendations

What's New

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A journey toward sustainability

Thailand supplies 16 percent of the shrimp eaten in the U.S., making this good news for farmers, businesses and you. Read our blog to learn more about how Thailand has improved and what's next on their journey to sustainability.
Learn more about the Thai shrimp journey

Recommendations

New Consumer Guides Now Available

Our classic, pocket-sized guides have been updated with our latest recommendations for July through December 2020 and are now available!
Get your consumer guide

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Conservation

We Have High Standards

We've reviewed the standards that underpin our program with the help from seafood experts from around the globe.
Learn about the updates

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