Fish and other Marine Products

Fish as Food
Fish has been an important source of protein and other nutrients for
humans from time immemorial.
In culinary and fishery contexts, fish may include shellfish, such as
molluscs, crustaceans and echinoderms.
Species
Over 32,000 species of fish have been described, making them the most
diverse group of vertebrates. In addition, there are many species of shellfish.
However, only a small number of species are commonly eaten by humans.
Common species of fish and shellfish used for food

Mild flavour Moderate flavour Full flavour

Delicate texture Basa, flounder, Anchovy ,herring, Atlantic mackerel

hake, scup, rainbow lingcod, moi,
trout, hardshell orange roughy,
clam, blue crab, atlantic ocean
peekytoe crab, perch, lake victoria
cuttlefish, eastern perch, yellow
oyster, pacific perch, european
oyster oyster. Sea urchin

Medium texture Black sea bass, Sable fish, atlantic Escolar , Chinook
European sea bass, salmon, coho salmon, chum
hybrid stripe bass, salmon, skate, salmon, American
bream, cod, drum, Dungeness crab, shad
haddock, hoki, ki9ng crab, blue
allaska Pollock, mussel, greenshell
rockfish, pink mussel, pink shrimp
salmon, snapper,
tilapia, turbot,
walleye, lake
whitefish, wolfish,
hardshell clam, surf
clam, cockle, jonah
crab, snow crab,
crayfish, bay
scallop, chinese
white shrimp
Firm texture Arctic char, carp. Barramundi , cusk, Barracuda , Chilean
Catfish, dory, dogfish, kingklip, sea bass, cobia,
grouper, halibut, mahimahi, opah, croaker, eel, blue
monkfish, mako shark, marlin, mullet,
pompano, dover swordfish, albacore sockeye salmon,
sole, sturgeon, tuna, yellowfish blue fin tuna
tilefish, wahoo, tuna. Geoduck
yellowtail, abalone, clam, squat lobster,
conch, stone crab, sea scallop, rock
American lobster, shrimp
spiny lobster,
octopus, black tiger
shrimp, fresh water
shrimp, gulf shrimp.
Pacific white shrimp,
squid