Fish & Seafood
Get Sustainably Sourced Fish & Seafood whenever possible
Eat sustainably sourced fish that avoid overfishing and practices that are damaging to the environment. Avoid larger species with higher risk of contamination such as mercury, PCBs and pesticides.
What You Can Do
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Ask the question: "Do you sell or serve sustainable seafood?"
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Buy fish and seafood with the Marine Stewardship Council’s Blue MSC Label.
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Buy farmed fish and products certified by the Aquaculture Stewardship Council.
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Check out this seafood guide if you are based in Hong Kong.
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Watch this video to learn about sustainable fishing
Avoid Larger Species
(unless MSC or ASC certified)
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Chilean Sea Bass 雪花鱸魚 **
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Atlantic Cod**
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Atlantic Halibut**
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Eel 鰻魚**
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Giant Grouper (Hong Kong Sea Cage) 龍躉 (網箱)** (M) - farmed indoor is fine
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Humphead Wrasse 蘇眉
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High-finned Grouper 老鼠斑
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King Mackerel 鯖魚王 (M)
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Marlin馬林(M)
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Swordfish 劍魚 (M)
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Gulf Tilefish瓦魚(M)
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Bluefin Tuna 藍鰭吞拿魚**(M)
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Yellowfin Tuna 黃鰭吞拿魚**(M)
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Shark
** denotes overfished species or harvested in environmentally damaging ways
(M) mercury contamination
Sushi - Best Choices
Amaebi/Spot Prawn (AK & Canada)
Awabi/Abalone (farmed)
Bincho/ Albacore Tuna
Ebi/ Prawn, Shrimp (Canada, US)
Gindara/Sablefish (AK)
Hiramasa/Yellowtail (Mexico & US)
lkura/Salmon Roe (New Zealand)
lwana/ Arctic Char (farmed)
Iwashi/ Sardines
lzumidai/Tilapia (Canada, & US)
Kani/Crab: King (AK)
Katsuo/Skipjack Tuna (Pacific trolls)
Mirugai/ Geoduck
Nori/Seaweed (farmed)
Saba/ Atlantic Mackerel (Canada)
Sake/ Salmon (New Zealand)
Sawara/ King Mackerel (US)
Suzuki/ Bass (US hooks & lines, farmed)
Shiro Maguro / Albacore Tuna Belly
Uni/ Sea Urchin (Canada Pacific)
Zuwaigani/ Crab: Snow (AK)
Smaller Species Are Less Contaminated
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Artic Char
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Alaska Cod 鱈魚
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Anchovy (Adriatic Sea)
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Catfish (US)
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Crab, Lobster (US, Canada,Australia)
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Halibut (Alaska, Canada)
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Herring
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Clam - farmed (China) 蜆
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Mussel (New Zealand) 青口
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Oyster (US, China) 蠔
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Scallop (Queensland, W Australia) 帶子
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Whelk (Canada) 翡翠螺
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Mackerel (Atka or MSC label)
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Prawn, Shrimp (US, Canada)
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Pacific Sardine (US, Canada)
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Tilapia 福壽魚 (not China or Taiwan)
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Trout
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Wild Alaskan Salmon
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Albacore Tuna (US, Canada) 長鰭吞拿魚
Recommended in HK
source: seafood guide
https://www.wwf.org.hk/en/whatwedo/oceans/supporting_sustainable_seafood/
Relevant for Hong Kong
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Albacore Tuna (MSC) 長鰭吞拿魚
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Chilean Sea Bass (South Georgia, UK) (MSC)
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Pacific Cod (US) (MSC) 鱈魚
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Hoki (NZ) (MSC) 藍尖尾鱈魚
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Pollock (US) (MSC) 狹鱈魚
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Pacific Salmon (Canada) (MSC)
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Northern Shrimp (Canada) (MSC)
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Yellowfin Tuna (Indonesia, Phillipines)
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Giant Grouper (HK, Indoor/ farmed) 龍躉
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Leopard coral trout (Queensland)東星斑
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Boston Lobster (Canada, US) 波士頓龍蝦
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Rock Lobster (Queensland) 龍蝦
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Abalone - wild (Australia) 鮑魚
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Abalone - farmed (China, S Africa) 鮑魚
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Clam - farmed (China) 蜆
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Sea Cucumber (W Canada) 海參
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Geoduck Clam -farmed (Canada, US) 象拔蚌
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Oyster -farmed (China, US) 蠔
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Blue mussel (Denmark, US, Sweden) 藍青口
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Scallop -farmed (China, Japan) 帶子
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Scallop - caught (Queensland, W Aus) 帶子
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Whelk (Canada) 翡翠螺
