Food group · 49 items

Seafood: Shelf Life Chart

Counter, fridge and freezer times for fish, shrimp, crab, lobster and smoked salmon, sealed or opened, collected in one sortable chart. Every figure comes from USDA FoodKeeper and was re-checked November 2026.

Fish

49 of 49 items shown · in A–Z order

Storage times from USDA FoodKeeper · printed from diagxcar.com · keep it on your fridge door.

			Good to freeze?	Fridge, sealed	Countertop
Bluefish	1–2 days	2–3 months	Yes	—	2 hours
Catfish	1–2 days	2–3 months	Yes	—	2 hours
Caviar	2 days	Not recommended	No	1–4 weeks	2 hours
Clams	1–2 days	2–3 months	Yes	—	2 hours
Cod	1–2 days	6–8 months	Yes	—	2 hours
Cod and lean white fish	1–2 days	6–8 months	Yes	—	2 hours
Cooked crab	3–4 days	1–3 months	Yes	—	2 hours
Cooked fish	3–4 days	1–2 months	Yes	—	2 hours
Cooked lobster tails	2–3 days	2–4 weeks	Yes	—	2 hours
Cooked salmon	3–4 days	1–2 months	Yes	—	2 hours
Cooked shellfish	3–4 days	1–3 months	Yes	—	2 hours
Cooked shrimp	3–4 days	1–3 months	Yes	—	2 hours
Crab legs	2–4 days	9–12 months	Yes	—	2 hours
Crayfish	1–3 days	6–18 months	Yes	—	2 hours
Dungeness crab	2–4 days	9–12 months	Yes	—	2 hours
Flounder	1–2 days	6–8 months	Yes	—	2 hours
Fresh clams and mussels	5–10 days	Not recommended	No	—	2 hours
Fresh crab meat	1–3 days	2–4 months	Yes	—	2 hours
Frozen whole lobster	1–2 days	2–4 weeks	Yes	—	2 hours
Haddock	1–2 days	6–8 months	Yes	—	2 hours
Halibut	1–2 days	6–8 months	Yes	—	2 hours
Hot-smoked fish (air pack)	14–45 days	9–12 months	Yes	—	2 hours
Hot-smoked fish (vacuum pack)	14–45 days	6–12 months	Yes	—	2 hours
Imitation crab (surimi)	Use-by date	9 months	Yes	—	2 hours
King crab legs	2–4 days	9–12 months	Yes	—	2 hours
Live clams, mussels and oysters	1–2 days	2–3 months	Yes	—	2 hours
Live lobster	1 day	Not recommended	No	—	2 hours
Mackerel	1–2 days	2–3 months	Yes	—	2 hours
Mullet	1–2 days	2–3 months	Yes	—	2 hours
Mussels	1–2 days	2–3 months	Yes	—	2 hours
Ocean perch	1–2 days	4–8 months	Yes	—	2 hours
Oysters	1–2 days	2–3 months	Yes	—	2 hours
Pasteurized crab meat	3–5 days	4–10 months	Yes	10–12 months	2 hours
Pickled herring	4–6 months	Not recommended	No	—	2 hours
Pollock	1–2 days	4–8 months	Yes	—	2 hours
Pollock and rockfish	1–2 days	4–8 months	Yes	—	2 hours
Rockfish	1–2 days	4–8 months	Yes	—	2 hours
Salmon	1–2 days	2–3 months	Yes	—	2 hours
Scallops	1–3 days	6–18 months	Yes	—	2 hours
Sea trout	1–2 days	4–8 months	Yes	—	2 hours
Shrimp	1–3 days	6–18 months	Yes	—	2 hours
Shrimp cocktail	3–4 days	1–3 months	Yes	—	2 hours
Shucked oysters, clams and mussels	3–10 days	3–4 months	Yes	—	2 hours
Smoked salmon	21–30 days	9–12 months	Yes	—	2 hours
Smoked salmon (air pack)	14–30 days	9–12 months	Yes	—	2 hours
Snow crab legs	2–4 days	9–12 months	Yes	—	2 hours
Sole	1–2 days	6–8 months	Yes	—	2 hours
Squid	1–3 days	6–18 months	Yes	—	2 hours
Tuna steaks	1–2 days	2–3 months	Yes	—	2 hours