At the fish market...

Jama and I have the B E S T fish guy ever!
(Big Love to Peter at the West Hollywood and Culver City Farmer's Market on Monday and Tuesday respectively).

Here's the list I buy by, because it is always a good idea to know where your seafood comes from...

Low toxin levels, healthy, and harvested in an environmentally sustainable manner:

• Wild Alaskan Salmon (fresh/frozen/canned)
• Sardines
• Oysters (farmed)
• Catfish (U.S. farmed)
• Tilapia (U.S. farmed)
• Trout (farmed)
• Arctic Char (wild and farmed)
• Mussels (farmed)
• Atlantic Mackerel
• Shrimp (U.S. farmed)
• Striped Bass (U.S. farmed)
• Herring
• Pollock
• Anchovies
• Bay Scallops
• Clams (farmed)
• Caviar (farmed)
• Skipjack Tuna (pole-caught)
• Barramundi
• Crawfish (U.S. farmed)

With elevated toxins or in danger of being over fished, limit yourself to a couple of times per month:

• Canned Chunk Light Tuna
• Yellowfin/Albacore Tuna
• Lobster
• King/Snow Crabs
• Squid
• Pacific Sole
• Mahi-Mahi
• King Crab
• Sea Scallops
• Pacific Cod

Avoid these fish with high toxin levels or harvested in environmentally damaging ways:

• Farmed Atlantic Salmon
• Shark
• Grouper
• Orange Roughy
• Chilean Seabass
• Marlin
• Swordfish (imported)
• Bluefin Tuna
• Pacific Rockfish
• Red Snapper
• Tilefish
• American Eel