Sustainability Rating:Multiple Rankings What:Wild Caught Atlantic Cod When:Available Year-Round Where/How:Where – Iceland and Norway How – Wild Caught Back to Product Guide Characteristics Atlantic cod meat is mild and clean tasting and cooks up firm but flaky. Translucent when raw, cooked cod is a beautiful white. For Your Menu Of course, we all love Cod in traditional dishes …
Cockles, New Zealand
Sustainability Rating:Grey – Unranked What:New Zealand cockles are saltwater clams that’s a marine bivalve mollusk in the Veneridae family. When:Available Year-Round Where/How:Where – New Zealand How – Wild Caught/Rake Back to Product Guide Characteristics Cockles are a bit smaller than littlenecks (and some would say a bit more delicious…) For Your Menu Cockles are a beautiful and delicious shellfish …
Cobia
Sustainability Rating:Blue – Santa Monica Seafood Approved What:Cobia are the sole member of their scientific family, the Rachycentridae. When:Available Year-Round Where/How:Where – Panama How – Farm Raised Back to Product Guide Characteristics Cobia are delicious and a favorite of sport fishermen… The problem with catching them commercially in the wild is that they don’t school – enter aquaculture! …
Clams, Manila
Sustainability Rating:Green – Best Choice What:Farmed Clams (also known as Venus Clams) When:Available Year-Round Where/How:Where – USA How – Farm Raised Back to Product Guide Characteristics Small but sweet, you’ll love these clams! They cook up quickly with a delicious flavor. For Your Menu Enjoy Manila Clams steamed, add them to soups and stews, pair them with pasta. …
Clams (Hard Shelled, Farmed)
Sustainability Rating:Green – Best Choice What:Hard clams – also known as quahogs (pronounced coe-hogs). Other names – Littlenecks, Cherrystones, Chowder Clams – are this same species of clam and simply reference the clams size. When:Available Year-Round Where/How:Where – USA How – Farm Raised Back to Product Guide Characteristics Clam meat is sweet and flavorful and has a slight chewy texture. …
Bluenose
Sustainability Rating:Yellow – Good Alternative What:This popular fish goes by many names – Antarctic Butterfish, Stoneye, Blue Bream – but we use the FDA Acceptable Market Name – Bluenose. When:Available Sporadically Year-Round Where/How:Where – New Zealand How – Wild Caught/Bottom Trawl, Midwater Trawl, Setline Back to Product Guide Characteristics Bluenose cooks up nice and firm and stays moist – …
Catfish
Sustainability Rating:Green – Best Choice What:This all-American fish has remained a mainstay on the Top 10 Most Consumed Seafood List for decades! When:Available Year-Round Where/How:Where – U.S.A How – Farm-raised Back to Product Guide Characteristics If this farm-raised, grain-fed fish is one thing, it’s consistent! You can count on Catfish having a sweet, mild flavor, moist, dense meat …
Bass, Wild Striped
Sustainability Rating:Green – Best Choice What:Wild striped bass (often called “rockfish” on the East Coast) When:Available Year-Round Where/How:Where – Virginia, Maryland How – Wild Caught; Longline Back to Product Guide Characteristics Wild striped bass is a well managed fishery; coastal states work within strict quota limits. Wild striped bass have firm meat that cooks up velvety and flaky, …
Barramundi (USA)
Sustainability Rating:grey – unrated What:Barramundi (aka Giant Perch or Asian Seabass) has sky rocketed to international fame due to its adaptability to aquaculture. The name Barramundi came from the Australian Aboriginal language meaning large-scaled river fish. Consistent pricing and supply makes it a menu standout; it’s also delicious! When:Available Year-Round Where/How:Where – USA How – Farm Raised Back …
Bass (Pacifico), Farmed True Striped
Sustainability Rating:Yellow – Good Alternative What:Pacifico Aquaculture True Striped Bass are sustainably open-ocean raised striped bass, not to be confused with the hybrid species currently farmed in freshwater ponds and lakes. Striped Bass (Morone saxatilis), also known in the wild as rock fish or stripers, are large fish with black stripes running along their silvery metallic sides. BAP Certified with …