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'''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 [[mollusk]]s and [[crustacean]]s). 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 [[seaweed]]s are also seafood, and are widely eaten around the world. See [[:Category:Sea vegetables|the category of sea vegetables]].
''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 [[diet (nutrition)|diet]]s around the world.
==Overfishing==
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[[Image:Fried Fish and French Fries.jpg|thumb|right|250px|[[Fish and chips|Fried fish and french fries]] from the fishette on Harbor drive in [[San Diego]].]]
[[Image:Mariscada.jpg|thumb|right|250px|[[Galicia]]n [[Mariscada]]]]
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.<ref>[http://www.boston.com/news/nation/washington/articles/2006/11/03/world_seafood_supply_could_run_out_by_2048_researchers_warn/ World Seafood Supply Could Run Out by 2048 Researchers Warn] boston.com. Retrieved [[6 February]], [[2007]]</ref>
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.<ref>"[http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/6108414.stm 'Only 50 years left' for sea fish]", BBC News. [[2 November]] [[2006]].</ref>
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."<ref>"[http://www.fao.org/documents/show_cdr.asp?url_file=/DOCREP/007/y5600e/y5600e05.htm@ The Status of the Fishing Fleet]," ''The State of World Fisheries and Aquaculture: 2004''.</ref>
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.<ref>[http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/15532333/ Seafood Could Collapse by 2050, Experts Warn], msnbc.com. Retrieved [[22 July]] [[2007]].</ref>
==Dishes==
[[Image:SeasidePrawnCoctail.jpg|thumb|right|250px|Ingredients for a seaside [[Prawn Cocktail]] in [[Cartagena de Indias]].]]
* [[Bouillabaisse]]
* Fried [[calamari]]
* [[Ceviche]]
* [[Cioppino]]
* [[Clam chowder]]
* [[Curanto]]
* [[Shrimp cocktail]]
* [[Sashimi]]
* [[Sushi]]
==See also ==
* [[Fish (food)]]
* [[Fish market]]
* [[Got Mercury?]]
* [[List of types of seafood]]
* [[Overfishing]]
* [[Seafood Watch]], sustainable consumer guide (USA)
* [[Sustainable seafood]]
==References==
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* Robson, A. 2006. "[http://www.nature.com/doifinder/10.1038/4441002d Shellfish view of omega-3 and sustainable fisheries]." ''Nature'' 444, 1002
==External links==
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* [http://wikibooks.org/wiki/Cookbook Wikibooks Cookbook]
* [http://www.sustainablefishery.org/ Fish Wise]
* [http://www.onefish.org/global/index.jsp One Fish]
* [http://eng.msc.org/ Marine Stewardship Council]
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