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Spaghetti with seafood (''Spaghetti allo scoglio'').

Fried fish and french fries from the fishette on Harbor drive in San Diego.

Galician Mariscada

'Seafood' is any sea animal or seaweed that is served as food or is suitable for eating. This usually includes seawater animals, such as fish and shellfish (including mollusks and crustaceans). By extension, in North America although not generally in the United Kingdom, the term seafood is also applied to similar animals from fresh water and all edible aquatic animals are collectively referred to as seafood.
Edible seaweeds are rarely considered seafood, even though they come from seawater and are widely eaten around the world. See .
The harvesting of seafood is known as fishing and the cultivation of seafood is known as aquaculture, mariculture, or simply fish farming.
Seafood is a source of protein in many diets around the world.

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Predicted collapse
Dishes
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References
External links

Predicted collapse


Main articles: Overfishing

Research into population trends of various species of seafood is pointing to a global collapse of seafood species by 2048. Such a collapse would occur due to pollution and overfishing, threatening oceanic ecosystems, according to some researchers.[1]
A major international scientific study released in November 2006 in the journal ''Science'' found that about one-third of all fishing stocks worldwide have collapsed (with a collapse being defined as a decline to less than 10% of their maximum observed abundance), and that if current trends continue all fish stocks worldwide will collapse within fifty years.[2]
The FAO State of World Fisheries and Aquaculture 2004 report estimates that in 2003, of the main fish stocks or groups of resources for which assessment information is available, "approximately one-quarter were overexploited, depleted or recovering from depletion (16%, 7% and 1% respectively) and needed rebuilding."[3]
Organizations such as the National Fisheries Institute, however, disagree with such findings and assert that currently observed declines in fish population are due to natural fluctuations and that enhanced technologies will eventually alleviate whatever impact humanity is having on oceanic life.[4]

Dishes


Ingredients for a seaside Prawn Cocktail in Cartagena de Indias.


Bouillabaisse

Calamari

Ceviche

Cioppino

Clam chowder

Moules frites

Sashimi

Sushi

See also



Fish (food)

Fish market

List of types of seafood

Seafood Watch, sustainable consumer guide (USA)

Overfishing

References


1. World Seafood Supply Could Run Out by 2048 Researchers Warn boston.com. Retrieved February 6, 2007
2. "'Only 50 years left' for sea fish", BBC News. 2 November 2006.
3. "The Status of the Fishing Fleet," ''The State of World Fisheries and Aquaculture: 2004.''
4. Seafood Could Collapse by 2050, Experts Warn msnbc.com. Retrieved July 22, 2007

37. Robson, A. 2006. "Shellfish view of omega-3 and sustainable fisheries." Nature 444, 1002
Shellfish in NATURE

External links



Buying and Selecting Quality Seafood

Wikibooks Cookbook

Fish Wise

One Fish

Seafood Recipes & Safety Info

Marine Stewardship Council

★ The Sushi FAQ - Sushi Calories and Nutritional Information

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