Seafood Watch App for Android & iPhone

Use Seafood Watch to enjoy seafood responsibly.

Seafood Watch has always been a great resource in letting you know more about fish and seafood available to you. It recommends certain species that are to be avoided and why, then recommends alternatives. Now with the app for your smartphone, it makes it a whole lot easier to easier to enjoy seafood in a more sustainable way; if you follow my blog you will know, we, as a society, certainly aren’t doing enough to protect and sustain our oceans and sea creatures. You can read more about it be following the links at the bottom of this post.

And for those that don’t have an iphone or adroid phone, you can always download the printable pocket guide here.

Now about the app (click to visit website) ….

This app brings you up-to-date recommendations for ocean-friendly seafood and sushi.

And now the newest version, with Project FishMap, lets you share the locations of restaurants and markets where you’ve found sustainable seafood. As the map grows, you’ll also be able to see what others have found near you.

Help them map the businesses and restaurants in your area! Together we’ll make it easy to find ocean-friendly seafood wherever you are.

FEATURES

• Provides free, up-to-date recommendations at your fingertips with detailed seafood information
• Uses your phone’s GPS to load the right regional guide for your location
• Enables you to search for seafood quickly and easily by common market name
• Allows you to sort seafood by “Best Choice,” “Good Alternative” or “Avoid” rankings
• Sushi guide lists fish by Japanese name as well as common market name
• Provides alternatives to seafood on the “Avoid” list
• New Project FishMap feature lets you contribute to the app by adding the names of restaurants and stores where you’ve found ocean-friendly seafood and locate businesses where others have found sustainable seafood
• Highlights our list of “Super Green” seafood that’s good for you and the oceans

Here are a few more of my posts about seafood:

It’s Almost ‘The End of The Line’ For Seafood

Troubling news about drastically declining world fish stocks