Fish & Seafood

Seafood includes all edible forms of aquatic life, like finfish, mollusks, crustaceans, and sea vegetation. Many sources define a fish as a gill-breathing animal, controlling motion with its fins. In many species, the skin is covered with protective scales. Mollusks are invertebrate marine creatures with a soft, boneless body, including squid, cuttlefish, and octopus. Mussels, oysters, sea snails, and clams, members of the same group, are encased in a hard, calcified shell. Crustaceans, such as crabs, lobsters, crayfish, and shrimp, are characterized by a segmented body and an exoskeleton. Edible sea vegetation includes sea beans, kelp, seaweed, lotus roots, and water lilies. A staple in many coastal cuisines, sea vegetation has received a lot of attention in recent years due to its sustainable cultivation methods, impressive growth rates, and beneficial nutritional profiles.