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Rough Waters Remain for Louisiana Seafood

In a few places in southern Louisiana's Barrataria Bay and Bay Jimmy, oil still sheens from the marshes. That shimmer, and the areas around them still closed to fishing, serves as a reminder for all fishermen in the Gulf Coast of the challenges they face in the coming years. The BP oil spill, which began a year ago today,...

375-Pound Shark Leaps Into Fisherman's Boat [VIDEO]

FREEPORT, Texas -- It's the catch of a lifetime, but it's not clear whether a Texas fisherman landed an 8-foot shark or it landed him. Twenty-nine-year-old Jason Kresse of Freeport says he and two crew members were dumping fish guts in the Gulf of Mexico about 3:45 a.m. Monday when they heard splashes in the distance and...

McLobster Hopes Crushed By McDonald's; Twitter Is Still Hungry

Good luck catching a McLobster. Folks across the Internet are lovin' all the buzz surrounding the seemingly mythical McDonald's menu item, but the fast-food company says that it has no plans to bring the crustaceans to any more of its U.S. locations. And that goes for the McSushi, too. While the McLobster is news to...

Will London Serve Only Sustainable Fish With Its Chips?

When the 2012 Olympic Games come to London, the city is going to be serving a lot of fish and chips. And one organization has challenged the city to get every last serving of it from sustainable sources. Launched this week, the Sustainable Fish City initiative aims to get everyone in the city, from fish and chips shacks...

754-Pound Tuna Sells for Record $396,000 in Tokyo

A giant bluefin tuna sold for a record $396,000 today in the first auction of the year at Tokyo's fish market. At 32.49 million Japanese yen, it's the highest price any fish has ever sold for since the Tokyo Metropolitan Central Wholesale Market started keeping track in 1999. The fish weighs 754 pounds, so the auction...

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06/01/12 Gray triggerfish season coming to close Source: The Mississippi Press - Pascagoula MS The recreational season for gray triggerfish in the Gulf of Mexico will close at one minute past midnight on June 11.
06/01/12 Fin Raw Bar: The salt steals the show Source: NJ.com The staff's cotton turquoise V-necks suggest a certain breezy casualness, but order the crudo ($12) and you'll see a far more elite representation of Fin Raw Bar. It's not the culinary takeaway you expect â even though the scallops are milky, translucent and slippery, the tuna is sushi grade and the salmon is vibrant.
06/01/12 Fish are just about jumping into the boats Source: The Lowell Sun - Lowell MA We have just about every fish that swims for you this week.
06/01/12 Porbeagle: critical concern Source: FISHupdate.com - Edinburgh - UK Porbeagle Sharks are native throughout UK waters, however their population in the North East Atlantic has been classified as Critically Endangered by the International Union for the Conservation of Nature.
06/01/12 As a bar, Bushido succeeds. As a restaurant? Well,... Source: NorthJersey.com - Hackensack NJ Well, here we ran into some problems, all related to food: the quality of the raw fish, the consistency of the cooked dishes, and the portion sizes.

Background on Seafood

Seafood is any form of marine life regarded as food by humans. Seafoods include fish, molluscs (octopus and shellfish), crustaceans (shrimp and lobster), echinoderms (sea cucumber and sea urchins).

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