Seafood - a Healthy Choice
Table of Contents
- The Value of Seafood
- Buy Online Seafood
- Shrimp
- Amazon Gourmet Shrimp Search
- Oysters
- Seafood Links
- Seafood Facts
- Fresh Seafood!
- Eat Seafood at Least Twice a Week!
- Featured Fresh Seafood Apparel
- 2007 NOAA Fisheries Service Seafood Consumption Figures
- Swordfish Steaks
- Commercial Fishing News
- Lobster Rolls
- Amazon Oysters Search
- Seafood Lenses
- Amazon Smoked Salmon Search
- Salmon Lenses
- Dungeness Crabs
- Amazon Seafood Books Search
- NFI Seafood News
- Seafood Feedback
The Value of 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.
Shrimp
Amazon Gourmet Shrimp Search
Oysters
Seafood Links
- 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!
- About Seafood
- About Seafood is a resource of the National Fisheries Institute.
- Virginia Seafood
- Virginia seafood information - news, events, recipes and more.
- Chincoteague Oysters
- Information on oysters from Chincoteague Island Virginia.
- Captain Zack's Seafood
- Fresh seafood from Chincoteague Island Virginia.
- Chincoteague Seafood Recipes
- Recipes from Chincoteague Island Virginia, home of the famous chincoteague oysters, flounder and other seafood.
- Ron's Oyster News
- Worldwide news on oysters.
- Rachael Ray
- Cooking with Rachel Ray!
- Fast Recipe Tips And Tricks
- Fast Recipe Tips And Tricks For People On The Move
Seafood Facts
Seafood is generally low in fat, high in protein and nutrients, and high in Omega 3.Americans now spend over $50 billion a year for fishery products, according to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA).
U.S. seafood consumption exceeds 16 pounds per person per year. In 2008, Americans ate 16.3 pounds of seafood on average.
The National Restaurant Association reported that Americans spent 48 percent of their food budget eating out nearly six times each week in 2008.
Americans consumed a total of 4.9 billion pounds of seafood in 2006, including an average of 16.5 pounds of fish and shellfish per person. The USA imports roughly 83 percent of its seafood.
Top seafood eaten by Americans include shrimp, canned tuna, pollock and tilapia.
Shrimp has been America's favorite seafood since 2001. In 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. Roughly 90 percent of the U.S. shrimp supply is imported.
Fresh Seafood!
Fresh Seafood.
Eat Seafood at Least Twice a Week!
"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."
Dr Somerset recommended eating a variety of fish and other seafood at least twice a week, and, ideally, four times a week or more.
He also recommended portions of 200 to 250 grams rather than the standard portion of 150 grams.
"Eating fish or other seafood twice a week should be the minimum consumption level simply to avoid deficiencies in essential nutrients such as Omega-3 fat and iodine," Dr Somerset said.
"However, to achieve optimum nutrition, I would recommend at least four meals per week of 200 to 250-gram portions of fish or other seafood. This is achievable, considering there are 21 meal opportunities every week.
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2007 NOAA Fisheries Service Seafood Consumption Figures
The nation imports about 84 percent of its seafood, a steadily increasing proportion. Imports accounted for only 63 percent of U.S. seafood just a decade ago. "While NOAA works to end overfishing and rebuild wild fish stocks, the U.S. also needs more sustainable domestic aquaculture to help meet consumer demand for healthy seafood and narrow the foreign trade gap," said Jim Balsiger, acting assistant administrator for NOAA Fisheries Service. "The National Offshore Aquaculture Act of 2007, pending before Congress, would provide a clear permitting process for businesses and individuals to develop safe, sustainable aquaculture in U.S. federal waters."
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, though vibrant and diverse, currently meets only 5 to 7 percent of U.S. demand for seafood. Most of that is catfish. Marine products such as U.S. farmed oysters, clams, mussels and salmon supplies 1.5 percent of American seafood demand.
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Swordfish Steaks

Swordfish is delicious. The meat is tender, white and has a distinctive flavor, similar to wahoo.
Commercial Fishing News
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Amazon Oysters Search
Seafood Lenses
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Virginia Seafood
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This lens introduces Virginia Seafood information. Virginia has an excellent variety of fresh healthy seafood. Virginia seafood includes blue crabs, oysters, clams, mussels, lobsters, scallops and many types of fish.
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Seafood Recipes
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Fish is the orginal fast food - cooks in minutes. It's good for you, full of vitamins and minerals, high in protein and low in 'bad' fats. There is much written about the benefits of fish oils and a diet rich in oily fish can be a tasty w...
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Alaska Seafood
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This lens has information on Alaska Seafood. Alaska seafood includes king crabs, snow crabs, cod, halibut and other seafood. Alaska is home to some of the most skilled and respected commercial fishermen in the world. Labor sources claim Alaska’...
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Sustainable Seafood
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This lens is about sustainable seafood. Sustainable seafood allows us to enjoy healthy fish and other seafood that can reproduce at stable levels.
Amazon Smoked Salmon Search
Salmon Lenses
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Wild Salmon
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This lens has information on wild caught salmon as a popular food item. Many chefs consider wild caught salmon as a classic seafood choice. Salmon has excellent flavor, visual appeal, and health benefits.
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Farm Raised Salmon
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This page discusses farm raised salmon.
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Smoked Salmon
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This lens has information about smoked salmon.
Dungeness Crabs

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The 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.
Amazon Seafood Books Search
NFI Seafood News
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Are you a seafood lover? Tell us about your experiences....
starlitparlit wrote...
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 wrote...
Salmon is my absolute favorite fish. We eat it about once a week. Welcome to the Comfort Food Group.
juliasofia44 wrote...
Good lens. I like seafoods. Thanks for providing information about seafood.
BradKamer wrote...
Great seafood lens. I love grouper. Please visit my Grilled Fish Taco recipe lens.
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