Seafood

a spear fisher with a speared tropical fish

Sustainable Seafood Overview

Are you a student researching sustainable seafood or someone looking to learn more about sustainable seafood? This overview dives into everything to know.

America’s ever-changing relationship with seafood

An image of a cell phone displaying the Fish App.

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There’s an App for That: Using Phones to Help Make Fishing Sustainable

A lionfish dish is laid out and ready to eat.

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Swap Your Turkey for a “Turkeyfish” This Thanksgiving

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The Great Pacific Migration of Bluefin Tuna

Orange roughy and various marine species, bycatch, on the deck of a research trawler

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Rough Going for Orange Roughy

Are You An Educator?

At Smithsonian Ocean, we have lesson plans, activities, and resources to help you engage your students in the wonders of our oceans.

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Seafood Articles

Map showing the range of the eastern and western populations of Atlantic bluefin tuna and their spawning grounds in the Gulf of Mexico and the Mediterranean Sea.

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Atlantic Bluefin Tuna (Thunnus thynnus)

A beach clean-up in Malaysia brings young people together to care for their coastline.

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How You Can Help the Ocean

David Barouh displays fresh fish for sale at Seattle’s Pike Place Market

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Sustainable Seafood Glossary of Terms

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Rough Going for Orange Roughy

Sea bass flock to a tropical coral reef in the Red Sea.

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5 Simple Things You Can Do for the Ocean

The Ocean of Life by Callum Roberts, US cover

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Five Questions for Callum Roberts, Author and Professor

Alexis Temkin stands in marsh grass holding a reptile.

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Five Questions With Alexis Temkin, Searching For Links Between Deepwater Horizon & Human Health

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Swap Your Turkey for a “Turkeyfish” This Thanksgiving

A woman stands holding a white tray that displays lionfish jewelry.

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When Life Gives You Lionfish…

Una mujer sostiene una bandeja blanca que exhibe joyas de pez león.

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Si la vida te da un pez león...

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The Great Pacific Migration of Bluefin Tuna

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America’s ever-changing relationship with seafood

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Sustainable Seafood Overview

America’s ever-changing relationship with seafood

There’s an App for That: Using Phones to Help Make Fishing Sustainable

Swap Your Turkey for a “Turkeyfish” This Thanksgiving

The Great Pacific Migration of Bluefin Tuna

Rough Going for Orange Roughy

Are You An Educator?

Atlantic Bluefin Tuna (Thunnus thynnus)

How You Can Help the Ocean

Sustainable Seafood Glossary of Terms

Rough Going for Orange Roughy

5 Simple Things You Can Do for the Ocean

Five Questions for Callum Roberts, Author and Professor

Five Questions With Alexis Temkin, Searching For Links Between Deepwater Horizon & Human Health

Swap Your Turkey for a “Turkeyfish” This Thanksgiving

When Life Gives You Lionfish…

Si la vida te da un pez león...

The Great Pacific Migration of Bluefin Tuna

America’s ever-changing relationship with seafood

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