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Caviar and Sturgeon* (Imported Wild-caught)
Caviar, Paddlefish (Wild-caught from U.S.)
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Caviar (U.S. Farmed)
Sturgeon (U.S. Farmed)
Sturgeon: White (Wild-caught from OR and WA)
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Chilean Seabass/Patagonian Toothfish*
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Cobia (U.S. Farmed)
Sablefish/Black Cod/Butterfish (AK, Canadian Pacific)
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Sablefish/Black Cod/Butterfish (CA, OR, WA)
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Cod: Atlantic (Trawl-caught from Canadian and U.S. Atlantic)
Cod: Pacific (Imported)
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Cod: Pacific (U.S. Bottom Longline, Jig and Trap)
Cod: Atlantic (Hook-and-Line from Iceland and Northeast Arctic)
Haddock (U.S. Atlantic Hook-and-Line)
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Cod: Atlantic (Bottom Gillnet, Bottom Longline, Bottom Trawl and Danish Seine from Iceland and Northeast Arctic)
Cod: Atlantic (U.S. Gulf of Maine Hook-and-Line)
Cod: Pacific (U.S. Trawl)
Haddock (Iceland Atlantic and U.S. Atlantic Trawl)
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Crab: King (Imported)
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Crab: Dungeness; Kona (Australia); Stone
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Crab: Blue* (U.S.); Jonah; King (U.S.), Kona (HI); Snow (AK, Canada)
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Crawfish/Crayfish (Imported Farmed)
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Crawfish/Crayfish (U.S. Farmed)
Prawn: Spot (Canadian Pacific)
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Prawn: Spot (Canadian Pacific)
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Flounders or Soles (Atlantic Wild-caught, Except Summer Flounder)
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Halibut: Pacific (U.S.)
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Flounder, Sanddab, Sole (Wild-caught from U.S. Pacific)
Flounder: Summer (Wild-caught from U.S. Atlantic)*
Turbot, Greenland*
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Groupers (U.S. Atlantic*)
Grouper: Gag; Snowy; Warsaw; Yellowedge (U.S. Gulf of Mexico)*
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Mahi Mahi (Troll/Pole from the U.S. Atlantic)
Striped Bass (Farmed or Wild-caught*)
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Black Sea Bass
Brouper (Hawaii)
Grouper Black and Red (U.S. Gulf of Mexico)*
Mahi Mahi (Imported Troll/Pole and U.S.)
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Hake: White
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Tilapia (U.S. Farmed)
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Hake: Offshore, Red and Silver
Tilapia (Farmed in Brazil, Costa Rica, Ecuador and Honduras)
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Halibut: Atlantic or California* (Set Gillnet)
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Cobia (U.S. Farmed)
Halibut: Pacific (U.S.)
Tilapia (U.S. Farmed)
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Flounder, Sanddab, Sole (Wild-caught from U.S. Pacific)
Summer Flounder (Wild-caught from U.S. Atlantic)
Turbot, Greenland* |
Lobster: Caribbean Spiny (Brazil)
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Lobster: California Spiny (CA)
Lobster: Caribbean Spiny (FL)
Lobster: Spiny (Baja California, Mexico)
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Lobster: American/Maine (Trap-caught)
Lobster: Caribbean Spiny (Bahamas)
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Mahi Mahi (Imported Longline)
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Mahi Mahi (Troll/Pole from the U.S. Atlantic)
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Mahi Mahi (Imported Troll/Pole and U.S.)
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Marlin: Blue* or Striped* (Imported)
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Swordfish (Harpoon and Handline-caught from Canada, the U.S., North Atlantic and East Pacific)*
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Marlin: Blue (HI)*
Swordfish (Drift Gillnet from CA)*
Swordfish (Longline from HI and U.S. Atlantic)*
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Monkfish
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Mahi Mahi (Troll/Pole from the U.S. Atlantic)
Sablefish/Black Cod/Butterfish (AK, Canadian Pacific)
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Mahi Mahi (Imported Troll/Pole and U.S.)
Sablefish/Black Cod/Butterfish (CA, OR, WA)
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Orange Roughy*
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Halibut: Pacific (U.S.)
Tilapia (U.S. Farmed)
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Flounder, Sanddab, Sole (Wild-caught from U.S. Pacific)
Summer Flounder (Wild-caught from U.S. Atlantic)*
Turbot, Greenland*
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Rockfish: Pacific (Trawl)
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Halibut: Pacific (U.S.)
Rockfish: Black (U.S. Hook-and-Line)
Sablefish/Black Cod/Butterfish (AK, Canadian Pacific)
Striped Bass (U.S. Farmed or Wild-caught*)
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Flounder, Sanddab, Sole (Wild-caught from U.S. Pacific)
Rockfish (Hook-and-Line or Jig from the Pacific)
Sablefish/Black Cod/Butterfish (CA, OR, WA) |
Salmon (Farmed, including Atlantic)*
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Arctic Char (Farmed in Recirculating Systems)
Salmon (AK Drift Gillnet, Purse Seine and Troll)
Salmon, Freshwater Coho (U.S. Farmed in Tank Systems)
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Salmon (Drift Gillnet, Purse Seine and Troll from CA, OR, WA)
Salmon, Coho (Canadian Pacific, Wild-caught)
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Sharks* (Except Common Thresher and Shortfin Mako from California and Hawaii) and Spiny Dogfish* (Canadian Atlantic and U.S.)
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Cobia (U.S. Farmed)
Halibut: Pacific (U.S.)
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Dogfish: Spiny (British Columbia)*
Sharks: Common Thresher and Shortfin Mako (Wild-caught from California and Hawaii)
Sturgeon (U.S. Farmed)
Sturgeon: White (Wild-caught from OR and WA)
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Shrimp (Imported Except Canadian Wild-Caught and Thailand from Fully Recirculating Farms)
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Prawn: Spot (Canadian Pacific)
Shrimp (U.S. Farmed in Fully Recirculating Systems or Inland Ponds)
Shrimp: Pink (OR) |
Prawn: Spot (U.S. Pacific)
Shrimp (Wild-caught from Canada and U.S.)
Shrimp (U.S. Farmed in Open Systems)
Shrimp (Thailand from Fully Recirculating Farms)
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Snapper: Red or Vermilion (U.S.)
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Tilapia (U.S. Farmed)
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Snapper: Gray; Lane*; Mutton*; Yellowtail (Wild-caught from U.S. Atlantic and U.S. Gulf of Mexico)
Snapper: Gray; Pink; Ruby (Wild-caught from HI)
Snapper, Silk (Wild-caught from U.S. Caribbean, U.S. Gulf of Mexico and U.S. South Atlantic)
Tilapia (Farmed in Brazil, Costa Rica, Ecuador and Honduras)
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Swordfish (Imported)*
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Mahi Mahi (Troll/Pole from the U.S. Atlantic)
Swordfish (Harpoon or Handline from Canada, U.S., North Atlantic and East Pacific)* |
Mahi Mahi (Imported Troll/Pole and U.S.)
Swordfish (Drift Gillnet from CA)*
Swordfish (Longline from HI and U.S. Atlantic)*
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Tilapia (Farmed from China and Taiwan)
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Tilapia (U.S. Farmed)
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Tilapia (Farmed in Brazil, Costa Rica, Ecuador and Honduras)
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Tilefish: Blueline and Golden (U.S. Gulf of Mexico and U.S. South Atlantic)*
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Mahi Mahi (Troll/Pole from the U.S. Atlantic)
Striped Bass (U.S. Farmed or Wild-caught*)
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Mahi Mahi (Imported Troll/Pole and U.S.)
Tilefish, Golden (U.S. Mid-Atlantic)*
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Tuna: Canned (All Except Troll/Pole)
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Tuna: "White" Canned Albacore (Troll/Pole from the Canadian and U.S. Pacific)
Tuna: "Light" Canned Skipjack (Troll/Pole)
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Tuna: "White" Canned Albacore (Troll/Pole Except Canadian and U.S. Pacific)
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Tuna: Albacore (North Atlantic and All Longline Except HI)*
Tuna: Bigeye (All Longline Except U.S. Atlantic)*
Tuna: Blackfin (All Longline and Purse Seine)*
Tuna: Bluefin (Wild or Ranched)*
Tuna: Skipjack (Purse Seine and All Imported Longline)
Tuna: Tongol (All Gillnet and Purse Seine Except Malaysia)
Tuna: Yellowfin (All Purse Seine and Longline Except HI and U.S. Atlantic)* |
Tuna: Albacore (Troll/Pole from the Canadian and U.S. Pacific)
Tuna: Bigeye (Troll/Pole from the U.S. Atlantic)
Tuna: Skipjack (Troll/Pole)
Tuna: Yellowfin (Troll/Pole from the Pacific and U.S. Atlantic)
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Tuna: Albacore (HI Longline and South Atlantic Troll/Pole)*
Tuna, Bigeye (Troll/Pole and U.S. Atlantic Longline)
Tuna: Blackfin (Troll/Pole)*
Tuna: Skipjack (Longline from HI and the U.S. Atlantic)
Tuna, Tongol (Troll/Pole or from Malaysia)
Tuna, Yellowfin (Troll/Pole Except Pacific and U.S. Atlantic)
Tuna, Yellowfin (Longline from HI and the U.S. Atlantic) |