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Seafood
Food from the sea / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
This article is about the food. For the UK band, see Seafood (band). For the Chinese film, see Seafood (film). For just fish, see Fish as food.
"Frutti di Mare" redirects here. For the pizza variety, see seafood pizza.
Seafood is the culinary name for food that comes from any form of sea life, prominently including fish and shellfish. Shellfish include various species of molluscs (e.g., bivalve molluscs such as clams, oysters, and mussels).
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Seafood includes any form of food taken from the sea.
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Annual seafood consumption per capita (2017)[1]