Overfishing Seafood Guide: What Not to Choose

The international longline fleets target swordfish and tuna because they are the most valuable commercially. Extremely overfished!

Populations of all three rockfish species in the Georgia Basin, which encompasses Puget Sound and the Strait of Georgia, were historically harvested at high levels, depleting their numbers. Rockfish are long-lived and mature slowly, with only sporadic episodes of successful reproduction, making them especially vulnerable to overfishing- NOAA news release

Large demand in Asia and Europe markets, caught in gill net and trawling fishing methods

The chilean seabass is extremely endangered and on the way to extinction due to overfishing. They are a slow-growing fish and take a long time to reach reproduction age, so they are vulnerable to being dangerously overfished. 

Beluga sturgeon stocks in the Caspian Sea have declined by a staggering 90 per cent in the past 20 years. They are overfished because there is a high demand for their eggs, which are considered some of the finest in the world. Help save the beluga sturgeon and do not eat! 

In Asia, there is a large demand for shark fin soup, therefore numerous amounts of sharks are overfished and being killed each day. help save the sharks and do not eat!