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Seafood - Fish and Shellfish

This page has information on fresh seafood including fish, shrimp, prawns, lobsters, crabs, scallops, clams, oysters, mussels, squid and other delicacies. We encourage seafood enthusiasts to share recipes, articles and other information.

Seafood Facts

"Americans are eating an average of 16 pounds of seafood a year--that's a lot of fish," said Jim Balsiger, acting NOAA assistant administrator for NOAA's Fisheries Service. " In 2009, Americans ate just 15.8 pounds of seafood per capita, down slightly from 2008..

Americans now spend over $50 billion a year for fishery products, according to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA).

The National Restaurant Association reported that Americans spent 48 percent of their food budget eating out nearly six times each week in 2008.

Top seafood eaten by Americans include shrimp, canned tuna, pollock and tilapia. Seafood is generally low in fat, high in protein and nutrients, and high in Omega 3.

The USA imports roughly 84 percent of its seafood.

Buy Online Seafood

Online Lobsters
This online store has a nice collection of gourmet lobster products.
Crabs and Crabmeat Online
This online store has a nice collection of gourmet crabs and crabmeat.
Online Shrimp
This online store has gourmet shrimp and shrimp dishes.
Smoked Salmon Online
This online store has all types of smoked salmon.
Online Oysters
This online store has a selection of fresh, smoked, frozen, cooked and other oyster dishes.
USA Seafood Markets
Find a local American seafood market here.

The Value of Seafood

The value of wild caught and farmed seafood harvested from the world's oceans each year is around $65 billion U.S. dollars.

Shrimp

shrimpIn 2006, Americans consumed 4.4 pounds of shrimp, per capita. The United States imported 1.23 billion pounds of shrimp in 2007, a 5.7 percent decline from 2006. Shrimp has been America's favorite seafood since 2001.

Oysters

Oysters are prized worldwide for their delicate flavor and the pearls they produce. Eaten raw on the half shell, steamed, single fried, in stew, stuffing or any number of other dishes, oysters are among the favorite seafood dishes. Oysters grow in coastal areas, and are an important part of the ecosystem. They take well to aquaculture and are farmed for both food and pearls.

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Eat Seafood at Least Twice a Week!

Dr Somerset, Senior Lecturer in Human Nutrition at Griffith University, has been studying the role of seafood in meeting the latest guidelines on healthy eating from the Australian Government's National Health & Medical Research Council (NHMRC).

"The health benefits of seafood are well established and internationally-recognised, particularly in relation to heart health," Dr Somerset said. "A switch to seafood and away from other less nutritionally valuable foods could significantly extend lifespan and quality of life for many Australians."

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Seafood Links

Links related to seafood, fishing, nautical subjects and cooking.
Fresh Seafood
This site features information on fresh seafood, including fish, shrimp, lobsters, crabs, oysters, clams, mussels, shellfish, and more. Also seafood news and events. Please send us your favorite seafood recipe to be included on the site.
Seafood Recipes
Seafood recipes! - cooking fish, lobsters, crabs, shrimp, scallops, more!
Chincoteague Oysters
Information on oysters from Chincoteague Island Virginia.
Chincoteague Seafood Recipes
Recipes from Chincoteague Island Virginia, home of the famous chincoteague oysters, flounder and other seafood.
The Popularity of Seafood
Seafood is gaining popularity as consumers look for simple, healthy meal choices. The benefits of eating fish and other seafood are being reported almost daily, with governments all over the planet endorsing seafood as an essential part of a healthy diet.
About Seafood
About Seafood is a resource of the National Fisheries Institute.
FDA List of Market Names for Seafood
The FDA Market Name generally should be used to label seafood products.
10 Seafood Dishes to Serve at Christmas
Favorite seafood for Christmas includes American lobsters, haddock, smoked salmon, sea scallops, shrimp, blue crab meat, oysters, clams, blue mussels, and crab legs.

USA Seafood Consumption

U.S. per capita consumption of fish and shellfish was 15.8 pounds of edible meat in 2009. Fresh and frozen finfish accounted for 6.2 pounds while fresh and frozen shellfish consumption was 5.6 pounds per capita. Other forms of seafood included canned and cured products.

The average American ate 16.3 pounds of fish and shellfish in 2007, a one percent decline from the 2006 consumption figures of 16.5 pounds, according to a study by NOAA Fisheries Service.

At least half of the seafood imported to the U.S. is farmed. Aquaculture production in the rest of the world has expanded dramatically in the last 30 years and now supplies half of the world seafood demand, according to the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization.

America's aquaculture industry, currently meets only a small part of the U.S. demand for seafood. Most of that is catfish. Domestically farmed marine seafood such as oysters, clams, mussels and salmon are also a small fraction of the total seafood consumed in the USA.

The U.S. continues to be ranked the third largest consumer of fish and shellfish, behind China and Japan.

Swordfish Steaks

swordfishSwordfish is delicious. The meat is tender, white and has a distinctive flavor, similar to wahoo.

Seafood Information

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Salmon - Fresh and Smoked, Wild and Farm Raised

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Dungeness Crabs

dungeness crabThe Dungeness Crab is named for the town of Dungeness, Washington, now called Old Town Dungeness, where the first commercial harvesting of the crab was done. The Dungeness Crab is the only important crab harvested in the state of Washington's territorial waters and was the first crab that was caught commercially along the Pacific Northwest Coast of the USA and Canada.

Shellfish

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Regional American Seafood

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Seafood of the World

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  • polly72 Dec 26, 2010 @ 2:00 pm | delete
    Nice lens
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    Good lens. Thanks for visiting my lens.
  • starlitparlit Sep 26, 2008 @ 1:16 pm | delete
    Seafood is usually very good. I would have to say that being from Louisiana my favorite seafood would be crawfish, shrimp comming a close second
  • lakeerieartists Sep 11, 2008 @ 7:58 am | delete
    Salmon is my absolute favorite fish. We eat it about once a week. Welcome to the Comfort Food Group.
  • juliasofia44 Aug 25, 2008 @ 12:10 am | delete
    Good lens. I like seafoods. Thanks for providing information about seafood.
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