Everything about Seafood totally explained
Seafood is any
sea animal or
seaweed that's 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.
Edible
seaweeds are also seafood, 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.
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.
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.
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."
Advocacy 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.
Dishes
See also
Fish (food)
Fish market
List of types of seafood
Sustainable seafood
Seafood Watch, sustainable consumer guide (USA)
OverfishingFurther Information
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