Sustainable Seafood Top Spring Picks

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In no particular order, but with some leaning towards the northeast. All products should be consistently available fresh this spring and early summer.
  • barramundi, farm raised, United States
  • pollack, wild, mid-trawled, Atlantic and Pacific
  • wild salmon, wild, seine net and line caught.
  • catfish, farmed, United States
  • pacific halibut, wild, line caught, United States and Canada
  • mackerel, wild, net and line caught, Atlantic
  • oysters, all varieties farmed and wild
  • bay scallops, look for Taylor Bays and fresh Mexican bays
  • Squid, wild, Worldwide
  • clams and mussels, especially hand dug, or suspended, United States and Canada
  • crayfish, wild and farmed, United States
This list should provide any creative chef or home cook a season of recipes. Your comments and questions are welcome. I have provided links above to help answer some questions you may have. For more about sustainable seafood choices please visit one or more of these sites:

Comments

Mark Powell said…
Mostly I'm good with your list, except trap-caught lobster. What do you think about the entanglement of whales in lobster gear, especially critically endangered right whales? See blogfish for more: http://blogfishx.blogspot.com/2008/04/side-of-whale-with-your-lobster.html
May 8, 2008 at 12:07 AM
Fishmonger said…
Thanks Mark, I appreciate your valuable comment concerning whale entanglement. I too share this concern, and in identifying sustainable choices I should have included this information. Since it was my intention to provide a clean list I have edited my post, and removed the lobsters.
May 8, 2008 at 7:51 AM
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