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Best seafood choices

Use our guides to help you make the best seafood choices.

Wherever you live or travel in the U.S., finding the best seafood choices is simple with our popular, national, regional, and sushi guides. All seafood guides are available online and as downloadable files. Plus, discover 10 seafoods that are good for you and the planet.

U.S. seafood guides

Cover of the Popular Seafood Guide with an illustrated king crab and the Monterey Bay Aquarium logo

Popular Seafood

Popular Seafood

The guide includes the fish and shellfish that you’re most likely to see at restaurants and stores.

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Cover of the National Seafood Guide with three illustrated yellowfin tuna and the Monterey Bay Aquarium logo

National

National

A list of popular seafood to choose and avoid across the U.S.

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Cover of the U.S. West Coast Seafood Guide with three illustrated yellowtail rockfish and the Monterey Bay Aquarium logo

U.S. West Coast

U.S. West Coast

A list of popular seafood to choose and avoid in Alaska, California, Nevada, Oregon, and Washington.

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Cover of the U.S. Central Seafood Guide with four illustrated rainbow trout and the Monterey Bay Aquarium logo

U.S. Central

U.S. Central

A list of popular seafood to choose and avoid across 22 Central U.S. states.

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Cover of the U.S. Northeast Seafood Guide with an illustrated blue crab and the Monterey Bay Aquarium logo. Blue crab illustration © Scandposters

U.S. Northeast

U.S. Northeast

A list of popular seafood to choose and avoid across the U.S. Northeast, from New Jersey to Maine.

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Cover of the U.S. Southeast Seafood Guide with an illustrated lionfish and the Monterey Bay Aquarium logo.

U.S. Southeast

U.S. Southeast

A list of popular seafood to choose and avoid across the U.S. Southeast, from Texas to Delaware.

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Cover of the U.S. Southwest Guide with an illustrated tilapia and the Monterey Bay Aquarium logo

U.S. Southwest

U.S. Southwest

A list of popular seafood to choose and avoid in Arizona and New Mexico.

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Cover of the Hawai'i Seafood Guide with an illustrated dolphinfish and the Monterey Bay Aquarium logo

Hawai'i

Hawai'i

A list of popular seafood to choose and avoid in Hawai’i.

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How to choose sustainable sushi

Animals & the ocean

Sushi Guide

A list of popular sushi to choose and avoid across the U.S.

View and download the guide – Sushi Guide

Looking for healthy and sustainable seafood?

Animals & the ocean

Healthy & sustainable seafood

Explore 10 seafoods that are good for you and the planet.

Explore – Healthy & sustainable seafood

Order consumer guides or recipe cards

We make printed consumer guides and recipe cards available in bulk for businesses and organizations to help spread the Seafood Watch message with their audiences. 

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Keep exploring

Animals & the ocean

Sustainable seafood by species

Learn which types of salmon, tuna, shrimp, and other seafood are the best options.

View species guides – Sustainable seafood by species

Change & impact

Find sustainable seafood restaurants

Explore Seafood Watch Best Choice restaurant partners serving ocean-friendly dishes.

Check out this page – Find sustainable seafood restaurants

Animals & the ocean

Seafood recipes

Looking for sustainable seafood recipes? These dishes are delicious, good for you, and good for the planet.

See recipes – Seafood recipes