The Audubon Society and the Aquarium of the Pacific has put together a "Guide to Seafood". This list ranks seafood by species status, which is how well a species is being managed, whether it is being overfished and being depleted. This list does not take into consideration other factors such as contamination. The list runs from abundant species to severely depleted species, best to worst.

Audubon's Guide to Seafood
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Abundant-
-Wild Alaska Salmon
-Dungeness Crab
-Mahimahi (Dolphinfish)
-Striped Bass
-Pacific Halibut
-Catfish
-Tilapia, U.S. farmed

Concern-
-Alaska Lingcod
-Tuna, canned
-Farmed Mussels (not dredged)
-Farmed Scallops (not dredged)
-Farmed clams (not dredged)
-Rainbow Trout
-Calamari (Squid)
-Lobster
-Red King Crab/Snow Crab
-Yellowfin Tuna steak (Ahi)

Depleted-
-Soles
-Swordfish
-Pacific Lingcod
-Farmed Salmon (incl. Atlantic)
-Grouper
-Shrimp
-Sharks
-Snappers
-Pacific Rockfish
-Orange Roughy
-Chilean Seabass (Patagonian Toothfish)


(From the Audubon/Aquarium of the Pacific Seafood Wallet Card, more information is available at http://www.audubon.org/campaign/lo/seafood/index.html )

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