Smarter Living: Shopping Wise

Sustainable Seafood Guide

How to choose delicious seafood that's healthy for you and the environment

Delicious Seafood Recipes

These recipes from NRDC staff and some of our chef friends feature sustainable seafood -- fish that's abundant, caught or raised in an environmentally friendly manner, and low in mercury. You can browse through these pages for culinary inspiration, use them on your tablet while cooking or print out favorites to add to your own collection. And keep in mind that these recipes offer just a taste of your sustainable options. See the Monterey Bay Aquarium's frequently updated Seafood Guide to find sustainability ratings for almost any fish, and be sure to check NRDC's guide to Mercury Contamination in Fish to make sure you're eating fish safely.

salmon soup

Photo: Katie StoopsBarton Seaver's Avocado-Dill Soup with Smoked Trout

Bon appétit.

More on Sustainable Seafood from Smarter Living:

Shopping Wise

Seafood Sustainability

Advice On The Go:

Consult one of these guides for on-the-spot information:

  • NRDC Wallet Guides: Print out our handy guides to mercury in fish and sushi.
  • Smarter Living Label Lookup (and SmartPhone App!): Use NRDC's handy Label Lookup tool when next picking seafood at the supermarket. 
  • FishPhone: An instant text messaging service with advice from the Blue Ocean Institute. Message 30644 with the word "fish" and the name of the seafood you want to know about in the body of your message (for example: "fish salmon").
  • Monterrey Bay Aquarium's Seafood Watch SmartPhone App explains the most sustainable seafood choices on-the-go

Related NRDC Webpages:

Eat Local: Find Fresh Food Near You

Seafood Specials: Great Recipes that Help Save Oceans

NRDC: Smarter Living Label Lookup

Consumer Guide to Mercury in Fish

Barton Seaver’s Three Simple Steps to Fresh, Delicious and Sustainable Seafood For Your Family

Conserving Wild Fisheries

last revised 6/4/2009

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