Snapper 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.

Snapper
Status Variety Latin name Wild/Farmed Harvest method Region
Not Recommended Crimson snapper, Opakapaka, Hawaiian pink snapper Pristipomoides filamentosus Wild Various Hawaii
Not Recommended Hawaiian grey snapper, green jobfish Aprion virescens Wild Handline Hawaii
Not Recommended Mangrove snapper, grey snapper Lutjanus griseus Wild Hook and line, Various Gulf of Mexico, Imported, US Atlantic; Southern Stock
Not Recommended Mutton snapper Lutjanus analis Wild Bottom longline, Handline, Various Atlantic Ocean
Not Recommended Pacific Red Snapper, Lockfish Sebastes spp. Wild Bottom longline, Bottom trawl, Handline, Various Northeast Pacific Ocean
Not Recommended Red snapper Lutjanus campechanus Wild Bottom trawl, Various Imported, Mexico, US
Not Recommended Ruby Snapper, Queen snapper, Onaga, Palu, Deepwater red snapper Etelis carbunculus Wild Various Hawaii
Not Recommended Silk snapper Lutjanus vivanus Wild Bottom longline, Handline, Various Atlantic Ocean
Not Recommended Spot snapper, Redtail snapper, Silk snapper, Lane snapper Lutjanus synagris Wild Hook and line, Various Gulf of Mexico, Imported, US Atlantic; Southern Stock
Not Recommended Thai Snapper, Porgy, Red Hawaiian Porgy, Squirefish, Sea Bream, Red Bream, Cockney Pagrus auratus, Chrysophrys auratus Wild Beach seine, Bottom longline, Bottom trawl, Danish seine, Gillnet New Zealand
Not Recommended Vermilion snapper Rhomboplites aurorubens Wild Bottom longline, Handline, Various Atlantic Ocean
Not Recommended Yellowstripe snapper, Hawaiian ruby snapper, Ruby snapper Etelis coruscans Wild Handline Hawaii
Not Recommended Yellowtail snapper Ocyurus chrysurus Wild Bottom longline, Handline, Various Atlantic Ocean