Snapper Has Moved Up

You can take the lead in saving our oceans by making responsible shopping and dining decisions. Guy Harvey has updated the Responsible Seafood Guide that identifies the best fish to eat, those you can eat with caution, and fish to avoid.  The Guide is based on the research Guy does that leads to finding commonsense solutions to reversing overfishing, pollution, and other threats to the marine habitat.  
Since 1999, Guy Harvey has funded research that has led to a broad understanding of the genetics of fish populations, which helps law enforcement officials curtail illegal trafficking of endangered species.  Other work has discovered new species in new habitats and clues for better fisheries management. 

Guy Harvey’s Island Grill will help you make choices that make difference.  Consume the “fish to eat” to support those fisheries and fish farms that are healthier for ocean wildlife and the environment.  So next time you’re ordering or purchasing seafood ask:

1. Where is the seafood from?
2. Is it farmed or wild-caught?
3. How was it caught?             

FISH TO EAT – Your best seafood choices are abundant, well managed, and caught or farmed in environmentally friendly ways.  

Barramundi: (U.S. farmed)
Catfish: (U.S. farmed)
Clams: (Atlantic)
Cod: (Pacific)
Crab: Dungeness,
….. Snow, Stone, Red King
Crawfish: (farmed)
Halibut: (Pacific)
Herring: (Atlantic)
Lincod
Lobster: Spiny (U.S.)
Mackerel: King, Spanish
Mahi Mahi / Dorado
Mullet: Striped
Mussels (farmed)
Oysters: (farmed)
Pollock (Alaska)
Salmon: Pink
Sablefish / Black Cod
Sardines
Sea Scallops
Sole: Dover, English
Striped Bass: (Atlantic)
Sturgeon: Caviar (farmed)
Tuna: Albacore, Skipjack
Turbot: (Greenland)
Tilapia: (U.S. farmed)
Trout: Rainbow (farmed)
Wahoo
Whiting (Pacific)

OK TO EAT, BUT PROCEDD WITH CAUTION – These are good choices, but there are some concerns about the way they are caught or farmed. They are, however, better choices than those in the Fish to Avoid category.

Basa / Tra: (farmed)
Crab: Blue, Imitation, Surimi
Flounder: Summer
Lobster: American / Maine
Oysters: (wild)
Grouper: Red, Black, Gag
SNAPPER
Salmon: Chinook, Sockeye
Shrimp: (U.S. farmed or wild)
Spiny Dogfish
Squid
Swordfish: (Atlantic)
Tuna: Yellowfin

 

 

FISH TO AVOID – These fish should be avoided, as they come from sources that are overfished or are caught or farmed in ways that harm other marine life or the environment.

Chilean / Toothfish
Cod: (Atlantic)
Grouper: Nassau, Goliath
Haddock
Halibut: (Atlantic)
Marlin
Monkfish
Orange Roughy
Rockfish: (Pacific)
Salmon: (Atlantic, wild and
…..farmed)
Sharks
Shrimp: (imported)
Sturgeon: Caviar (imported,wild)
Tilefish
Tuna: Bigeye, Bluefin