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, particularly 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. Image File history File linksMetadata Download high resolution version (2048x1536, 384 KB) Spaghetti allo scoglio. ... Image File history File linksMetadata Download high resolution version (2048x1536, 384 KB) Spaghetti allo scoglio. ... For other uses, see Spaghetti (disambiguation). ... Download high resolution version (1024x768, 134 KB) Wikipedia does not have an article with this exact name. ... Download high resolution version (1024x768, 134 KB) Wikipedia does not have an article with this exact name. ... Fish and chips in modern packaging Fish and chips or fish n chips, a popular take-away food with British origins, consists of deep-fried fish in batter or breadcrumbs with deep-fried potatoes. ... Flag Seal Nickname: Americas Finest City Location Location of San Diego within San Diego County Coordinates , Government County San Diego Mayor City Attorney         City Council District One District Two District Three District Four District Five District Six District Seven District Eight Jerry Sanders (R) Michael Aguirre Scott Peters Kevin... Image File history File links Metadata Size of this preview: 800 × 599 pixelsFull resolution (2580 × 1932 pixels, file size: 1,001 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg) File historyClick on a date/time to view the file as it appeared at that time. ... Image File history File links Metadata Size of this preview: 800 × 599 pixelsFull resolution (2580 × 1932 pixels, file size: 1,001 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg) File historyClick on a date/time to view the file as it appeared at that time. ... This article is about the body of water. ... For other uses, see Animal (disambiguation). ... Ascophyllum nodosum exposed to the sun in Nova Scotia, Canada Dead Mans Fingers (Codium fragile) off Massachusetts coast For the band, see; Seaweed (band) For the rock musician, see; Seaweed (musician) Seaweeds are any of a large number of marine benthic algae. ... Annual mean sea surface salinity for the World Ocean. ... For other uses, see Fish (disambiguation). ... Cooked mussels Shellfish is a term used to describe shelled molluscs and crustaceans used as food. ... Classes Caudofoveata Aplacophora Polyplacophora Monoplacophora Bivalvia Scaphopoda Gastropoda Cephalopoda † Rostroconchia The mollusks or molluscs are the large and diverse phylum Mollusca, which includes a variety of familiar creatures well-known for their decorative shells or as seafood. ... For the Dutch band, see Crustacean (band). ... North America North America is a continent[1] in the Earths northern hemisphere and (chiefly) western hemisphere. ... For the village on the Isle of Wight, see Freshwater, Isle of Wight. ...

Edible seaweeds are rarely considered seafood, even though they come from seawater and are widely eaten around the world. See the category of sea vegetables. Ascophyllum nodosum exposed to the sun in Nova Scotia, Canada Dead Mans Fingers (Codium fragile) off Massachusetts coast For the band, see; Seaweed (band) For the rock musician, see; Seaweed (musician) Seaweeds are any of a large number of marine benthic algae. ...

The harvesting of seafood is known as fishing and the cultivation of seafood is known as aquaculture, mariculture, or simply fish farming. Fishing is the activity of hunting for fish by hooking, trapping, or gathering. ... Workers harvest catfish from the Delta Pride Catfish farms in Mississippi Aquaculture is the cultivation of aquatic organisms. ... Mariculture is the cultivation of marine organisms for food, either in their natural environment or in seawater in ponds or raceways. ... A demonstration aquaculture facility Fish farming is the principal form of aquaculture. ...

Seafood is a source of protein in many diets around the world. A representation of the 3D structure of myoglobin, showing coloured alpha helices. ... In nutrition, the diet is the sum of food consumed by a person or other organism. ...

Predicted collapse

Main article: 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] The Traffic Light colour convention, showing the concept of Harvest Control Rule (HCR), specifying when a rebuilding plan is mandatory in terms of precautionary and limit reference points for spawning biomass and fishing mortality rate. ...

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] Possible meanings: Faro Airport (Portugal) Federation of Astrobiology Organizations Financial Aid Office Food and Agriculture Organization This page expands a three-character combination which might be any or all of: an abbreviation, an acronym, an initialism, a word in English, or a word in another language. ...

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] The National Fisheries Institute (NFI) is a United States advocacy organization for the seafood industry and is a member of the International Coalition of Fisheries Associations (ICFA). ...

Dishes

Ingredients for a seaside Prawn Cocktail in Cartagena de Indias.

• Bouillabaisse
• Fried calamari
• Ceviche
• Cioppino
• Clam chowder
• Moules frites
• Shrimp cocktail
• Sashimi
• Sushi

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See also

• Fish (food)
• Fish market
• List of types of seafood
• Sustainable seafood
• Seafood Watch, sustainable consumer guide (USA)
• Overfishing

Fish as a food describes the edible parts of water-dwelling, cold-blooded vertebrates with gills, as well as certain other water-dwelling animals such as mollusks, crustaceans, and shellfish. ... Retail fish market: Chinatown, Sydney. ... The following is a partial list of types of seafood. ... Sustainable seafood is seafood from either fished or farmed sources that can maintain or increase production in the future without jeopardizing the ecosystems from which it was acquired. ... Seafood Watch is a program designed to raise consumer awareness about the importance of buying seafood from sustainable sources. ... The Traffic Light colour convention, showing the concept of Harvest Control Rule (HCR), specifying when a rebuilding plan is mandatory in terms of precautionary and limit reference points for spawning biomass and fishing mortality rate. ...

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 is the 37th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2007 (MMVII) is the current year, a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar and the AD/CE era in the 21st century. ...

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Seafood

• Wikibooks Cookbook
• Fish Wise
• One Fish
• Marine Stewardship Council