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Seafood
is any sea animal that is served as food or is suitable for
eating. This usually includes sea water animals, such as fish
and shellfish (including mollusks, and crustaceans). By extension,
the term seafood is also applied to similar animals from fresh
water. These aquatic animals are also collectively referred
to as seafood. Edible seaweeds are rarely considered seafood,
even though they come from sea water and are widely eaten
around the world. See Category: Sea vegetables. The harvesting
of sea food is known as fishing and the cultivation of seafood
is known as aquaculture or mariculture. Also see fish farming.
Seafood History
From the earliest age of human civilization, seafood has been
an important food source that can easily be hunted and gathered
even by those lacking power or speed. Basket-like traps have
long been widely used to hunt fish in rivers and lakes. Sometimes,
fish was speared just as one would hunt a small animal. Ancient
Egyptian civilization used the symbol of fish for counting
large numbers and it was eaten both dried and fresh. It is
looked over too often but the rise of ancient Greek and Roman
civilization was in no small part due to the abundant fish
of the Mediterranean Sea. Shellfish was a staple food in many
locations and in the Jomon period of Japan; the amount of
shellfish consumed and thrown away from that time is used
to measure how many people lived in certain area.
Dishes
Seafood is a source of protein in many diets around the world.
* Bouillabaisse
* Cioppino
* Clam chowder
* Fried squid
* Steamed fish
See also
• Types
of Seafood
• Caviar
• Blue Crabs Get No Respect
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