List of types of seafood
From Freepedia
Image:Seafood chijin.jpg 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
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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
- Blowfish
- Bream
- Brill
- Catfish (+ when U.S. farmed)
- Cod, particularly Pacific cod (0) and Atlantic cod (-)
- Dogfish
- Eel
- Flounder
- 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)
- Pompano
- 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)
- 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 troll or pole, Yellowfin tuna (+) when caught by troll or pole, Bigeye tuna (+) when caught by troll or pole, and Bluefin tuna (-)
- Turbot
- Whitefish
- Whiting
Roe
- Caviar (sturgeon roe) (+) when farmed
- Ikura (salmon roe)
- Kazunoko (herring roe)
- Lumpfish roe
- Masago (Capelin roe)
- Tobiko (Flying-fish roe)
- Uni (sea urchin 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 (+)
- Clam (+) when farmed, (0) when wild
- Cockle
- Conch
- Cuttlefish
- Mussel (+) when farmed, (0) when wild
- Octopus
- Oyster (+) when farmed, (0) when wild
- Snail
- Squid (0)
- Scallop, specifically Bay scallop/Sea scallop (0)
