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Think your sustainable seafood smarts run deep? Put your knowledge to the test with our Seafood Smarts quiz. Find out if you're a Bluefish Brainiac or merely a Floundering Flounder. After you’ve completed the quiz, please share it with your friends and family.
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You head out to your favorite Japanese restaurant. Which of these tempting sushi rolls is not on our sustainable seafood honor roll?
California roll with imitation crab
Spider roll with soft shell blue crab
Spicy tuna roll with longline caught yellowfin
Please select an answer!
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You're right!
You should stay away from the spicy tuna roll with longline caught yellowfin.
Fast Fact
Imitation crab and soft shell blue crab are both on the Seafood Watch Good Alternatives list. By choosing foods from the Best Choices and Good Alternatives lists, and skipping fish on the Avoid list, you're supporting better fishery and fish farming practices.
Sorry.
The answer is spicy tuna roll with longline caught yellowfin.
Fast Fact
Imitation crab and soft shell blue crab are both on the Seafood Watch Good Alternatives list. By choosing foods from the Best Choices and Good Alternatives lists, and skipping fish on the Avoid list, you're supporting better fishery and fish farming practices.
Special thanks to Jim Toomey & the Sherman's Lagoon gang for supporting Seafood Watch.
Which deep-sea fish, once known as the "slimehead," grows very slowly and doesn't reproduce until it's 20 years old?
Orange roughy
Monkfish
Cod
Please select an answer!
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You're right!
The answer is orange roughy.
Fast Fact
Orange roughy can live to be 100 years old—or older! Because they grow so slowly, they're vulnerable to overfishing.
Sorry.
The answer is orange roughy.
Fast Fact
Orange roughy can live to be 100 years old—or older! Because they grow so slowly, they're vulnerable to overfishing.
Special thanks to Jim Toomey & the Sherman's Lagoon gang for supporting Seafood Watch.
Which fishery has the highest bycatch?
Salmon
Squid
Shrimp
Please select an answer!
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You're right!
The answer is shrimp.
Fast Fact
Because shrimp are so small, the mesh on the nets that catch them must be small too. This makes accidental capture of other fish in the nets all too common.
Sorry.
The answer is shrimp.
Fast Fact
Because shrimp are so small, the mesh on the nets that catch them must be small too. This makes accidental capture of other fish in the nets all too common.
Special thanks to Jim Toomey & the Sherman's Lagoon gang for supporting Seafood Watch.
Commercial fisheries use a variety of fishing methods to catch the fish we eat. Which of these options is the most environmentally friendly?
Hook-and-line
Bottom trawl
Pelagic longline
Please select an answer!
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You're right!
The answer is hook-and-line.
Fast Fact
In hook-and-line fishing, lines are reeled in soon after a fish takes the bait. This gives fishermen a chance to quickly release unwanted catch from their hooks.
Sorry.
The answer is hook-and-line.
Fast Fact
In hook-and-line fishing, lines are reeled in soon after a fish takes the bait. This gives fishermen a chance to quickly release unwanted catch from their hooks.
Special thanks to Jim Toomey & the Sherman's Lagoon gang for supporting Seafood Watch.
Which of these popular farmed seafood items appears as a Best Choice?
Shrimp
Tilapia
Salmon
Please select an answer!
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You're right!
The answer is tilapia.
Fast Fact
Fish farming can be done responsibly but not all fish farms are created equal. It's best to choose farmed fish that are omnivores, rather than carnivores. Because carnivores eat food that's made from wild fish, farming these carnivores actually increases pressure on wild fisheries.
Sorry.
The answer is tilapia.
Fast Fact
Fish farming can be done responsibly but not all fish farms are created equal. It's best to choose farmed fish that are omnivores, rather than carnivores. Because carnivores eat feed that's made from wild fish, farming these carnivores actually increases pressure on wild fisheries.
Special thanks to Jim Toomey & the Sherman's Lagoon gang for supporting Seafood Watch.
Which of these famous chefs' dishes score Seafood Watch kudos?
Sautéed mahi mahi (US caught) with warm corn sauce and Kapakahi mashed potatoes by Sam Choy
Miso grilled wild Alaska salmon with Cucumber salad by John Ash
Both are sustainable options.
Please select an answer!
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You're right!
Both the mahi mahi (US caught) and the wild Alaska salmon are sustainable options.
Fast Fact
Each year, our Cooking for Solutions event brings together noted chefs from every region of the United States to celebrate tasty food that supports the health of the oceans and the soil. All events support our Seafood Watch program.
You're half right.
The good news is that you could order either one of those delectable dishes. Both the mahi mahi (US caught) and the wild Alaska salmon are sustainable options.
Fast Fact
Each year, our Cooking for Solutions event brings together noted chefs from every region of the United States to celebrate tasty food that supports the health of the oceans and the soil. All events support our Seafood Watch program.
Special thanks to Jim Toomey & the Sherman's Lagoon gang for supporting Seafood Watch.
Where is your Seafood Watch pocket guide right now?
In my wallet.
I have no clue where it is.
There is a Seafood Watch Pocket Guide?
Please select an answer!
Special thanks to Jim Toomey & the Sherman's Lagoon gang for supporting Seafood Watch.
Cool!
Keeping the Seafood Watch Pocket Guide with you let's you make smart seafood choices on the go.
Fast Fact
The Seafood Watch program has distributed 22 million pocket guides since the program began in 2000. They're updated twice a year in January and July. You can order or download the latest versions from our website at www.seafoodwatch.org, or log on with your mobile device.
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With the Seafood Watch Pocket Guide it's easy to make smart seafood choices on the go. Take the plunge—get a seafood watch pocket guide today!
Fast Fact
The Seafood Watch program has distributed 22 million pocket guides since the program began in 2000. They're updated twice a year in January and July. You can order or download the latest versions from our website at www.seafoodwatch.org, or log on with your mobile device.
Special thanks to Jim Toomey & the Sherman's Lagoon gang for supporting Seafood Watch.
You and a friend are at a restaurant. Your friend orders the Chilean sea bass. What's the best approach a Seafood Watch advocate could take?
Politely point out to the waiter that Chilean seabass is on the Seafood Watch Avoid list, hand them a pocket guide and encourage them to pass it along to the chef.
Tell your friend why you're not ordering the Chilean seabass, but don't say anything to the waiter.
Say "I've never tried it, this is my big chance!" and order the Chilean seabass yourself.
Please select an answer!
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You're right!
It's best not to order seafood that's on the Avoid list. Your choices will have an even bigger impact if you share your knowledge and ask restaurants to serve sustainable seafood.
Fast Fact
Seafood Watch advocates receive a kit of special materials designed to educate restaurants. There are over 2,400 Seafood Watch advocates and more people sign up every day!
Sorry.
Ordering foods that are on the Avoid list is not cool. Try asking restaurants to serve sustainable seafood—it's an easy way to support healthy oceans.
Fast Fact
Seafood Watch advocates receive a kit of special materials designed to educate restaurants. There are over 2,400 Seafood Watch advocates and more people sign up every day!
Special thanks to Jim Toomey & the Sherman's Lagoon gang for supporting Seafood Watch.
Thank you for taking the quiz and testing your sustainable seafood smarts.
