Sensible Seafood

The Sensible Seafood program helps consumers make sustainable seafood choices in stores and restaurants. Working in partnership with Monterey Bay Aquarium and an Advisory Panel of regional seafood experts, our Sensible Seafood program provides you with a handy reference pocket guide​ that rates the most popular seafood items as green, yellow or red.  Green items are best choices for seafood that is abundant, well-managed, and fished or farmed in environmentally friendly ways.  Yellow items are good alternatives to consider when best choices are not available, though there may be some concerns with how they are caught or farmed.  You should avoid red items, at least for now, because they are over-fished or are caught or farmed in ways that harm other marine life or the environment. Click here for more information on Monterey Bay's program.