The West's best seafood

Our guide to healthy, sustainable choices from the West's amazing bounty

Seafood cooking and prep techniques

3 fish lovers share their favorite ways with seafood. Plus: How to clean squid and sardines, cook and clean crab, and barbecue oysters

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Captain Keith Colburn on seafood

Simple ways to serve seafood

'Deadliest Catch' captain Keith Colburn, chef Alice Waters, and surf champion Kelly Slater on healthy seafood and simple ways to love it

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