Shrimp/Prawn seafood items

Ocean Wise’s recommendations are based on 4 criteria. An Ocean Wise recommended species is:

  1. Abundant and resilient to fishing pressures
  2. Well managed with a comprehensive management plan based on current research
  3. Harvested in a method that ensures limited bycatch on non-target and endangered species
  4. Harvested in ways that limit damage to marine or aquatic habitats and negative interactions with other species.

To learn more please refer to our Ocean Wise Recommendation Policy.

Shrimp/Prawn
Status Variety Latin name Wild/Farmed Harvest method Region
Ocean Wise Coonstriped shrimp Pandalus danae Wild Pot Alaska, California, Oregon, Washington
Ocean Wise Giant freshwater prawn Macrobrachium rosenbergii Farmed Contained farm, Zero-exchange US
Ocean Wise Humpback shrimp Pandalus hypsinotus Wild Trap British Columbia
Ocean Wise Northern (pink) shrimp Pandalus borealis Wild Trap Atlantic Canada
Ocean Wise Pink shrimp Pandalus jordani Wild Modified trawl Oregon
Ocean Wise Spot prawn Pandalus platyceros Wild Trap British Columbia
Ocean Wise Whiteleg shrimp (Lito) Penaeus vannamei Farmed Closed system, Inland tank, Zero-exchange US
Under Review Laughing Bird shrimp/Belize Aquaculture Penaeus vannamei Farmed Recirculating pond Belize
Not Recommended Atlantic Seabob Shrimp Xiphopenaeus kroyeri Wild Various Florida, Gulf of Mexico, US Atlantic; Southern Stock
Not Recommended Blue shrimp Litopenaeus stylirostris
Wild
Farmed
 Bottom trawl, Pond Asia, South America
Not Recommended Brown shrimp (Farfante) Penaeus aztecus Wild Bottom trawl, Cast net, Mid-water trawl Gulf of Mexico, Imported, US Atlantic; Southern Stock
Not Recommended Brown tiger prawn Penaeus esculentus Wild Various Imported
Not Recommended Chinese white shrimp (Fennero) Penaeus chinensis
Wild
Farmed
 Various Asia, Imported, South America
Not Recommended Giant freshwater prawn Macrobrachium rosenbergii Farmed Contained farm Imported
Not Recommended Green tiger prawn Penaeus semisculatus Wild Various Imported
Not Recommended Gulf Pink Shrimp (Farfante/Lito) Penaeus duorarum Wild Bottom trawl, Cast net, Mid-water trawl Gulf of Mexico, Imported, South Atlantic Ocean
Not Recommended Humpy shrimp Pandalus goniurus Wild Various Alaska, British Columbia, California, Oregon, Washington
Not Recommended Northern (pink) shrimp Pandalus borealis Wild Bottom trawl Canada, US
Not Recommended Pinkspotted shrimp Penaeus braziliensis Wild Various Imported
Not Recommended Rock shrimp Sicyonia brevirostris Wild Bottom trawl Florida Gulf, Gulf of Mexico, South Atlantic Ocean
Not Recommended Rock shrimp Sicyonia brevirostris Wild Bottom trawl, Cast net, Mid-water trawl Gulf of Mexico, Imported, US Atlantic; Southern Stock
Not Recommended Rock shrimp Penaeus megalops Wild Various Imported
Not Recommended Roughneck shrimp Trachypenaeus constrictus Wild Various Gulf of Mexico, South Atlantic Ocean
Not Recommended Royal red shrimp Hymenopenaeus robustus, Pleoticus robustus Wild Various Gulf of Mexico, South Atlantic Ocean
Not Recommended Sidestripe shrimp, sidestripe prawn Pandalopsis dispar Wild Bottom trawl Alaska, British Columbia, Oregon
Not Recommended Spot prawn Pandalus platyceros Wild Trap, Trawl Alaska, California, Oregon, Washington
Not Recommended Striped pink shrimp Pandalus montagui Wild Various Atlantic Canada, US
Not Recommended Tiger Prawn Penaeus monodon Farmed Coastal pond Asia, South America
Not Recommended White shrimp (Lito) Penaeus setiferous Wild Bottom trawl, Various Gulf of Mexico, Imported, South Atlantic Ocean, US
Not Recommended Whiteleg shrimp (Lito) Penaeus vannamei
Wild
Farmed
 Bottom trawl, Pond Asia, South America
Not Recommended Whiteleg Shrimp (Lito) Penaeus vannamei Farmed Recirculating pond Thailand
Not Recommended Whiteleg Shrimp (Lito) Penaeus vannamei Farmed Coastal pond US