List of types of seafood

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Fresh seafood on sale in Kaohsiung, Taiwan

The following is a partial list of types of seafood. Seafood includes fish, shellfish, and roe.

The list includes markings which summarize the assessment of Monterey Bay Aquarium about how well managed the world's supply of that seafood source is, as of 2004:

• '+' marks it as abundant and well-managed
• '0' indicates caution
• '-' recommends that it be avoided, due to overfishing or other mismanagement

Fish

Some of the following are referred to as whitefish in the market, but are not whitefishes in a taxonomic sense.

• Anchovy
• Bass, particularly Striped bass (+) when farmed
• Black cod/Sablefish (+) when Alaskan or British Columbian
• Bluefish
• Butter fish
• Blowfish
• Bream
• Brill
• Catfish (+ when U.S. farmed)
• Cod, particularly Pacific cod (0) and Atlantic cod (-)
• Dogfish
• Eel
• Flounder
• Grouper
• Haddock
• Halibut (+) when Pacific
• Herring
• Kingfish
• John Dory
• Lamprey
• Lingcod (-)
• Mackerel
• Mahi Mahi (0)
• Monkfish
• Mullet
• Orange roughy (0)
• Patagonian toothfish (also known as Chilean Sea Bass) (-)
• Pike
• Pollock (0)
• Pomfret
• Pompano
• Sablefish
• Sanddab, particularly Pacific sanddab (0)
• Sardine (+)
• Salmon (+) when wild from California or Alaska; (0) when wild from Oregon or Washington; (-) when farmed or Atlantic
• Sea bass (+)
• Shark (-), except U.S. west coast Thresher shark (0)
• Skate
• Snapper, particularly Rockfish/Rock Cod/Pacific snapper (-) if trawl-caught, (0) otherwise
• Sole (0)
• Sturgeon (+) when farmed, (-) otherwise
• Surimi (0)
• Swordfish (0) when U.S. west coast, (-) otherwise
• Tilapia (+) when farmed
• Tilefish
• Trout, particularly Rainbow trout (+) when farmed
• Tuna, particularly Albacore tuna (+) when caught by trolling or pole, Yellowfin tuna (+) when caught by trolling or pole, Bigeye tuna (+) when caught by trolling or pole, and Bluefin tuna (-)
• Turbot
• Wahoo
• Whitefish
• Whiting

Roe

• Caviar (sturgeon roe) (+) when farmed
• Ikura (salmon roe)
• Kazunoko (herring roe)
• Lumpfish roe
• Masago (Capelin roe)
• Shad roe
• Tobiko (Flying-fish roe)

Shellfish

Crustacean

• Crab, particularly Dungeness crab (+), King crab (0) when Alaskan, otherwise (-), Snow crab (+) when from Canada, (0) when from U.S.
• Crayfish
• Lobster, particularly American lobster (0) and Rock lobster/Spiny lobster (+) when Californian or Australian
• Shrimp/Prawns (+) when trap-caught, (0) when farmed or trawl-caught

Mollusks

• Abalone (+) when farmed, (-) when wild
• Clam (+) when farmed, (0) when wild
• Cockle
• Conch
• Cuttlefish
• Mussel (+) when farmed, (0) when wild
• Octopus
• Oyster (+) when farmed, (0) when wild
• Periwinkle
• Snail
• Squid (0)
• Scallop, specifically Bay scallop/Sea scallop (0)

Echinoderms

• Sea Cucumber
• Uni (sea urchin "roe")

External link and reference

• [Seafood Watch] from Monterey Bay Aquarium

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