California: stay clear of these seafoods, per Monterey Bay Aquarium

Seafood is practically synonymous with summertime, but before you indulge in your favorite seafood dish, you may want to consider if that fish is actually sustainable or harmful for the environment. Monterey Bay Aquarium Seafood Watch revealed the types of seafood their scientists and conservationists recommend consumers avoid this summer based on sustainability, and many of the seafood listed are household favorites. We’ve taken a look at their California guide suggesting seafood lovers should avoid certain albacore, yellowfin, bluefin and skipjack tuna. Various types of salmon including Atlantic and coho, also make the Monterey Bay Aquarium Foundation program’s new list.

The regional guides focus on seafood primarily available in that given market, while Seafood Watch also suggests a list of fish that should be avoided nationwide. In general, the activists and scientists advise avoiding bluefin tuna, eel, and orange roughy across the board, Ryan Bigelow, program engagement manager for the Monterey Bay Aquarium Seafood Watch program told SFGATE. Every fish listed in the slideshow has been overfished, caught or farmed in ways that harm other marine life or […]

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