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Topic: Agriculture and food "When the planes still swoop down and aerial spray a field in order to kill a predator insect with pesticides, we are in the Dark Ages of commerce. ~ Paul Hawken Smart Shopper's Fish Picks by The Green Guide Staff Updated June 2007 National Geographic Green Guide http://www.thegreenguide.com/doc/115/nofish YES Fish Low mercury (L), not overfished or farmed destructively Abalone (farmed) L Anchovies L Arctic char (farmed) L Barramundi (U.S. farmed) L Catfish (U.S. farmed) L Caviar (U.S. or French farmed) L Clams, soft-shell and steamers (farmed) L Crab, Dungeness (U.S. , trapcaught) L Crab, imitation (AK, wild-caught) L Crab, snow (Canada) L Crab, stone (FL) L Crawfish (U.S. farmed) L Croaker (Atlantic) L Cuttlefish L Herring L Hoki L Lobster, spiny/rock (U.S., Australia, Baja west coast) L Mackerel, Atlantic (purse seine-caught) L Mussels (U.S. farmed) L Oysters (Pacific farmed) L Pollock (AK, wild-caught) L Prawn, spot (BC, wild-caught) L Salmon (AK, wild-caught) L Sardines L Scad, big-eye and mackerel (HI) Scallops, bay (U.S. farmed) L Shrimp, pink (OR, wild-caught) L Squid, longfin (U.S. Atlantic) L Striped bass (farmed) L Sturgeon (farmed) L Tilapia (U.S. farmed) L Trout, rainbow (U.S. farmed) L SOMETIMES Fish Recovering and/or moderate mercury (M) - once/month Bluefish M Calamari L Clams (caught) L Cod (Pacific) M Crab, blue (Gulf Coast) M Crab, king (AK) L Crab, kona (HI, Australia) L Crab, snow (AK) L Flounder (Pacific) L Haddock (hook and line) Hake, silver, red and offshore (wildcaught) L Halibut (Pacific, wild-caught) M Jacksmelt M Lobster, Maine M Mackerel, Spanish (Atlantic) M Mahimahi (troll-caught) M Mussels, blue M Octopus (HI, Gulf of California; wild-caught) L Pomfret, big scale Prawn, spot (U.S., wild-caught) L Sablefish/black cod M Salmon (CA, OR,WA; wild-caught) L Sanddabs L Scup/Porgy Shrimp (U.S. Atlantic, U.S. Gulf of Mexico; farmed or trawl-caught) L Shrimp, northern (Canadian and U.S. Atlantic; wild-caught) L Sole (Pacific) L Squid, jumbo (Gulf of California) Tilapia (Central America farmed) L Trevally L Tuna (canned light) M Tuna (troll-caught Pacific albacore) M NO Fish Overfished, farmed destructively and/or high mercury (MM) Arctic char (freshwater) MM Bass/sea bass MM Catfish (wild) MM Caviar (Russian/Iranian) L Chilean sea bass MM Cod (Atlantic) M Conch, queen L Crab, king (imported) L Crawfish (farmed, imported) L Croaker (Pacific) MM Flounder (Atlantic) PCBs L Grenadier Groupers MM Gulf corvina (white sea bass) Haddock (trawl-caught) L Hake, white Halibut (Atlantic) MM Lobster (Caribbean) L Lobster, spiny (all imports but Australia) L Mackerel, king and Spanish (Gulf of Mexico) MM Mahimahi (imported longline) M Marlin MM Monkfish M Octopus (imported, trawl-caught) L Opah MM Orange roughy MM Oysters (eastern, Gulf Coast) PCBs, MM Pike MM Pompano, Florida M Rockfish (Pacific red snapper; trawl-caught) M Salmon (farmed) PCBs, Great Lakes M Scallops, sea (U.S., mid-Atlantic) Sea turtles Shark MM, Shrimp (imported) L Skate M Snapper (red or imported) M Sole (Atlantic) L Sturgeon (wild-caught) L Swordfish MM Tilapia (China, Taiwan farmed) L Tilefish MM Totoaba Tuna, albacore, bigeye, bluefin, yellowfin MM Turbot (Greenland halibut) L Yellow perch MM Warnings are based on populations of highest concern (children and women who are pregnant, nursing or of childbearing age). To learn which fish from local water bodies are safe to eat, call your state department of health, or see www.epa.gov/waterscience/fish. Besides mercury, toxins can include PCBs, dioxins and pesticides.