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Safe Fish guide
mercury levels in fish
High:
Tuna, fresh and frozen
King Mackerel
Shark
Swordfish
Tilefish
Low:
Catfish
Cod
Crab
Flounder
Grouper
Haddock
Herring
Lobster
Mahi-Mahi
Perch
Oysters
Rainbow Trout
Salmon
Sardines
Scallops
Shrimp
Spiny Lobster
Tilapia
Trout (farmed)
Tuna, canned (choose chunk or chunk light)
Women of child-bearing age as well as those who are pregnant or nursing should avoid fish that are typically high in mercury and restrict seafood consumption to eight ounces of uncooked or six ounces of cooked fish per week according to the EPA.sustainable seafood guide
Safest choices:*
Catfish (farmed)
Caviar (farmed)
Clams (farmed)
Dungeness Crab
Snow Crab (Canada)
Stone Crab
Pacific Halibut
Spiny/Rock Lobster (US/Australia)
Mussels (farmed)
Oysters (farmed)
Salmon (Alaska, wild-caught)
Salmon (canned)
Sardines
Shrimp/Prawns (trap-caught or farmed)
Striped Bass (farmed)
Yellowtail Tuna (troll-caught)
Consume in moderation:
Amberjack
Clams (wild-caught)
Pacific Cod
Blue Crab
King Crab (Alaska)
Snow Crab (US)
Summer Flounder/Fluke
Haddock (New England)
Maine Lobster
Mahi-Mahi/Dolphinfish/Dorado
Oysters (wild-caught)
Pollock
Bay Scallops
Sea Scallops
Shrimp (U.S. wild-caught)
Pacific Soles
Tuna (canned)
Avoid:
Caviar (wild-caught)
Black Sea Bass
Chilean Sea Bass
Atlantic/Icelandic Cod
King Crab (imported)
Atlantic Flounders (except summer flounder)
Grouper
Atlantic Halibut
Monkfish
Orange Roughy
Pacific Rockfish/Rock Cod
Queen Conch
Salmon (farmed, Atlantic, and Pacific except Alaskan)
Sharks
Shrimp (imported or trawl caught)
Red Drum
Red Snapper
Atlantic Soles
Sturgeon (wild-caught)
Swordfish
Bluefin Tuna
Albacore Tuna
Big Eye Tuna
*all farmed selections assume farms are ecologically sensitive and chemical/hormone/pesticide-free.
