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Top 10 Eco-Best Seafood

April 20th, 2009 by mark

Environmental Defense Fund scientists have evaluated aspects of wild fisheries and fish farming operations and analyzed 200+ types of fish and shellfish common in the U.S. market.

The Eco-Best choices “represent fish whose fishing or farming methods have minor impacts on the environment.” 

In its top 10 Eco-Best Seafood, the Environmental Defense Fund also lists:

  1. Char, Arctic (farmed)
  2. Mackerel, Atlantic
  3. Mussels
  4. Oysters (farmed)
  5. Sablefish (Alaska, Canada)
  6. Salmon, wild (Alaska)
  7. Sardines, Pacific (U.S.)
  8. Trout, rainbow (farmed)
  9. Tuna, albacore (U.S., Canada)