- PriceFree
- CategoryLifestyle
- First releasedJanuary 7, 2009
- Versions2 archived
- Installable1 of 2
- AvailabilityRemoved from the App Store
- SellerMonterey Bay Aquarium
- Bundle IDorg.montereybayaquarium.sfwGA
RequirementsCompatible with iPhone and iPod touch. Requires iOS 4.0 or later.
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Report an issueSeafood Watch recommendations help you choose ocean-friendly seafood at your favorite restaurants and stores. Our app brings you the most current recommendations for seafood and sushi along with complete information about how each item should be fished or farmed. Our new Project FishMap feature lets you contribute to the app, adding the names of restaurants and stores in the U.S. where you’ve found sustainable seafood and locating what other users have found at businesses near you.
Features • Provides free, up-to-date recommendations at your fingertips with detailed seafood information • Uses your phone’s GPS to load the right regional guide for your location • Enables you to search for seafood quickly and easily by common market name • Allows you to sort seafood by "Best Choice," "Good Alternative" or "Avoid" rankings • Sushi guide lists fish by Japanese name as well as common market name • Provides alternatives to seafood on the “Avoid” list • New Project FishMap feature lets you contribute to the app by adding the names of restaurants and stores where you've found ocean-friendly seafood and locate businesses where others have found sustainable seafood • Highlights our list of “Super Green” seafood that’s good for you and the oceans
Chart History
Ratings Over Time
sampled from 37 archived captures| Date | Version | Rating | Ratings | Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| March 24, 2010 | 2.0.2 | — | 4,593 | Free |
| January 2, 2011 | 3.0.1 | — | 6,127 | Free |
| January 13, 2012 | — | — | 6,597 | Free |
| January 3, 2013 | — | — | 6,658 | Free |
| November 28, 2015 | 4.3 | — | 6,769 | Free |
| May 26, 2018 | 5.3 | ★ 3.0 | 6,815 | Free |
| August 15, 2019 | 5.3 | ★ 3.0 | 6,853 | Free |
From archived App Store listing data, captured by the Wayback Machine.
Archived Reviews
8 of 25How am i supposed to figure out what seafood to eat or not eat without thumbing through and digging into each individual fish. There’s no consolidation of 1) just don’t eat these 5 fish if you’re on east coast or 2) just stick to these 10 options in the gulf. Too complicated. Consumers need simplicity to take any actions.
Was a great app!, Although many times hard to tell where the fish I was buying came from, it still helped thin out sustainably caught fish. Now it does not work with modern phones so this app really needs an upgrade.
Had to download this for an assignment why
This is a fabulous app. People who complain that supermarkets don’t label their seafood this way are missing the point. Buy better seafood from better store where you can ask questions. Yes, it’s more expensive, so buy less. And use this excellent app as a guide so you know what to ask. If we don’t make better choices, our grandchildren won’t have choices to make at all.
It’s been a while
Has the Monterey Bay Aquarium shut its doors?The app sure looks like it, with no maintenance to their app for years. Buggy to oblivion. Crashes constantly, endless looping waiting graphics, search brings no results, then similar search brings results and the next time it doesn’t again. Giving up and using A-Z list fails to load if. The only reliable thing here is the overly self-important opening animation. This is a great idea which so many of us would LOVE to use and share. It should be the Aquarium’s best global publicity and brand enhancement and a real force in spreading their mission ...but in this derelict state it seems that they are out of money or don’t really care. What a shame!
This app does exactly what the responsible ecologically minded people who use it need, it helps us make responsible choices about our seafood choices. The negative reviews here arent reviewing this app, theyre complaining about the problems that prevent them from eating responsibly.
When you open the app, there is an 10-second animation that you can’t skip. This is tremendously annoying. Sometimes the app just stops working. Earlier today, searching for “tuna” retrieved nothing. Now it works.
Period reviews recovered from Apple's customer-review feeds via the Wayback Machine.