Seafood ChoiCeS

Seafood Choices: Balancing Benefits and Risks
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6 oz
20
250
Tuna, light, canned
6 oz
Tilefish a
6 oz
Cod,
Atlantic a
Shark
6 oz
Catfish, farmed a
6 oz
15
200
6 oz
6 oz
Pollock,
6 oz
Atlantic a
Crab,
King a
10
Shrimp,
b
mixed
3 oz
Swordfish
6 oz
a
3 oz
6 oz
3 oz
Scallops,
bay and sea,
150
3 oz
3 oz
3 oz
Clams, mixed b
5
3 oz
3 oz
King mackerel a
3 oz
6 oz
3 oz
3 oz
0
100
0 0.2 0.4 0.6 0.8 1
3 oz
Tuna, white, canned
3 oz
6 oz
50
3 oz
6 oz
6 oz
20
6 oz
6 oz 6 oz
3 oz
3 oz3 oz 3 oz
3 oz 3 oz
3 oz
6 oz
6 oz
6 oz
Salmon, Atlantic, farmed
0
0.0 0.5 1.0 1.5 2.0 4.0
EPA/DHA (g)
a
FIGURE 7-8b Color version of Figure 7-7.
NOTES: The scales used in this figure for EPA/DHA and methylmercury content are arbitrary. Designers will need to carefully test
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the effect of the scales used for the bars on the message received by consumers.
7-8b
Redrawn in COLOR
aCooked, dry heat.
bCooked, moist heat.
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