How to use the guide
Choosing sustainable seafood is easy. Whenever you want to buy or eat seafood or organise a banquet with seafood items, always refer to the Seafood Guide, pick the "Recommended" (GREEN) species and stay away from the "Avoid" (RED) species.
In a restaurant
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While deciding what to order from the menu, take out your seafood guide |
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Please do not choose any seafood dish from the Avoid (Red) list |
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Check in the menu for seafood items that are listed as Recommended in the seafood guide |
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Do not hesitate to ask the waiter/waitress where the fish comes from |
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Or try to find out whether it was wild caught or reared in an aquaculture farm |
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If the waiter/waitress is unsure, please pick another seafood dish from the Recommended category or those from the less preferred Think Twice (Yellow) category |
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Ask the restaurant to provide more seafood dishes from the Recommended list - share the seafood guide with them for reference |
In a supermarket
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While deciding what to buy at the seafood counter, take out your seafood guide |
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Please do not choose any seafood from the Avoid list |
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Buy seafood item from the Recommended (Green) list |
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Do not hesitate to ask the shop assistant where the fish comes from |
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Or try to find out whether it was wild caught or reared in an aquaculture farm |
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If the shop assistant is unsure, please pick alternative seafood item from the Recommended category or those from the less preferred Think Twice (Yellow) list |
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Ask the supermarket to provide more seafood items from the Recommended list. Suggest that they provide information on the origin of the seafood and whether it was wild-caught or farmed on the product. Share the seafood guide with the supermarket for reference |
Organising a banquet
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Inform the banquet organiser that you wish to design the menu using the seafood guide as reference |
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Request that they do not serve any seafood dishes from the Avoid (Red) list and choose those from the Recommended (Green) list |
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Do not hesitate to state on the menu that all the seafood chosen are sustainably harvested (wild caught or farmed). You can even share the seafood guide with your guests |
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Share the seafood guide with your banquet organiser for future use and to promote sustainable seafood |