Fish as food
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Fish as food includes finfish and shellfish such as molluscs, crustaceans, and echinoderms in culinary contexts.[1] Over 32,000 fish species have been described, but only about 20% are used by humans as food.[2][3] Between 1961 and 2015, the average amount of fish eaten per person worldwide rose from 9.0 kg to 20.2 kg.[4]
Key facts and history
Since 1961, the average annual increase in global fish consumption (3.2%) has outpaced population growth (1.6%).[4] Asia consumed over two-thirds of the global total of 149 million tonnes of fish in 2015.[5] Fish proteins are especially important in diets of small island developing states.[5] In 1961, Europe, Japan, and the United States together consumed 47% of the world's fish, but by 2015 their share had dropped to roughly 20%.[5]
Eating a 150g serving of fish supplies roughly 50 to 60% of the protein an adult needs each day.[5]
What the cited sources add
The US National Library of Medicine describes ciguatera poisoning as the most common type of poisoning from marine biotoxins worldwide.[6] The US National Library of Medicine notes that scombroid poisoning most often occurs from large, dark meat fish like tuna and mackerel.[6] Shellfish poisoning occurs in seafood with two shells, such as clams, oysters, and mussels, and most often during summer months.[6] The harmful substances causing ciguatera, scombroid, and shellfish poisonings are heat stable, so cooking does not prevent poisoning.[6]
The US National Library of Medicine advises avoiding clams, mussels, and oysters during summer months to protect against shellfish poisoning.[6] Research conducted in Seattle found that every wild salmon tested carried roundworm larvae that could infect humans, whereas salmon raised on farms had none.[7]
References
- Wikipedia, "Fish as food" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: "Why is fish not considered as meat?", Seasoned Advice (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
- Wikipedia, "Fish as food" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: FishBase: June 2012 update. Retrieved 18 June 2012. (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
- Wikipedia, "Fish as food" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: "Fishes Used by Humans", fishbase.se (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
- Wikipedia, "Fish as food" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: "In brief, The State of World Fisheries and Aquaculture, 2018", FAO, 2018; "In brief, The State of World Fisheries and Aquaculture, 2018", FAO, 2018 (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
- Wikipedia, "Fish as food" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: "In brief, The State of World Fisheries and Aquaculture, 2018", FAO, 2018 (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
- Poisoning – fish and shellfish US National Library of Medicine. Retrieved 21 July 2012.. facts only, no text reused. medlineplus.gov
- Wikipedia, "Fish as food" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Deardorff, "Prevalence of larval Anisakis simplex in pen-reared and wild-caught salmon (Salmonidae) from Puget Sound, Washington", Journal of Wildlife Diseases, 1989-07-01, p. 416–419 (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
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