Fresh Seafood (photo by Roswitha Schacht, courtesy of morguefile.com)

You know you really should eat more fish. But one of the excuses we frequently hear is, "well, with all the mercury and PCBs, I don't know which fish are safe!"

Let us remove that objection with a list of safe and sound seafood from Ocean's Alive, an initiative of the Environmental Defense Fund. In the organization's own words:

The Environmental Defense Oceans program works to find constructive solutions to the most critical problems facing the world's marine environments.

Our team of scientists, attorneys, policy experts and economists focuses on protecting ecosystems and fisheries. Our Oceans Alive campaign builds on the team's decades of experience and efforts to stem the tide of decline in our seas.

Keep in mind that Oceans Alive is not just trying to protect you from bad fish. They are also trying to protect fish from the bad people polluting the oceans and depleting stocks with overfishing.

Link to Oceans Alive

Link to a printable pocket guide to fish selection (.pdf format) that you can take to the supermarket.