Your seafood choices matter. Some types of seafood are more environmentally friendly than others. The New England Aquarium’s Celebrate Seafood program will help you choose seafood that is good for you and good for the environment.

Ocean-Friendly Seafood Choices

When you choose ocean-friendly seafood, you help ensure that we will have plenty of tasty seafood choices for years to come. Our ocean-friendly seafood suggestions come with descriptions, buying tips and delicious recipes. Get detailed profiles of these species.

Wild-caught: Atlantic deep-sea red crab (US), Atlantic mackerel, bluefish, haddock (hook or longline) , northern pink shrimp, mahimahi (US), see the complete list ...

Farm-raised: Bay scallop (US), barramundi (US), hard-shell clam, blue mussel, oyster, tilapia (US, South and Central America), sturgeon (US), see the complete list ...

Celebrate Seafood Dinner Series

Join the Aquarium for a three-course meal featuring ocean-friendly seafood, wine pairings and cooking demonstrations by Aquarium and special guest chefs. Registration is required.