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Sustainable seafood advisory lists and certification are programs aimed at increasing consumer awareness of the environmental impact and sustainability of their seafood purchasing choices.

California-based Seafood Watch and Marine Conservation Society's fishonline are some of the best known guides. One of the best known certification programs is Marine Stewardship Council's scheme for consumer seafood products.

Other programs include regional guides, such as that produced by the Australian Marine Conservation Society (AMCS), and certification of restaurants as done by Vancouver Aquarium's Ocean Wise.

[edit] Guides and advisory lists

Marine Conservation Society (MCS), Fishonline website and Good Fish Guide (UK) and Northeast Atlantic)
Greenpeace: International Seafood Red list
Australian Marine Conservation Society (AMCS) produces Australia's Sustainable Seafood Guide, a similar consumer guide, advising consumers which species are in danger of being fished out. [1] [2]
Royal Forest and Bird Protection Society of New Zealand, Best Fish Guide
The Blue Ocean Institute Seafood Guide, [3]. Based in New York.
Oceans Alive: Best & Worst Seafood Choices
Audubon Society's National Seafood Wallet Card (USA)
Monterey Fish Market Seafood advisory list (West Coast, USA)
Canada’s Seafood Guide (SeaChoice), initiative of Sustainable Seafood Canada
The Environmental Justice Foundation (EJF) Consumer Guide To Prawns

[edit] Certification and labelling

The Marine Stewardship Council has a certification program for consumer seafood products, and lists certified products on its website [4]
Ocean Wise, a Vancouver Aquarium conservation program certifying restaurants, and publishing a dining guide.
Ocean Wise Australia, to be launched by the Australian Conservation Foundation in 2007, is an offshoot of Vancouver's Ocean Wise program.
Sustainable Fishery Advocates operates the FishWise program for labelling seafood by retailers.
Earth Island Institute's Friends of the Sea certification scheme for products from sustainable fisheries and aquaculture. Also an SMS-based seafood sustainability advisory service.