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Seafood Travel Guide — Things to Do, Food & Hotels

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About Seafood

Travellers might want to avoid certain endangered species; seeanimal ethics. Most aquatic animals are called "fish" in English, such as jellyfish or starfish. However, animals known to common man as "fish" are paraphyletic; they are no more closely related to each other than they are to humans or other mammals. Nevertheless, the vast majority of species known as "fish", including most culinary fish, areray-finned fish(Actinopterygii).Cartilaginous fishinclude sharks and rays, andlobe-finned fishinclude coelacanths and lungfish. In culinary terms, there is a difference between fatty fish (salmon, trout, mackerel, eel, herring) and lean fish (pike, perch, cod, etc). Probably the best place to get wild-caught salmon is the Pacific Northwest, especiallyAlaskaand adjoining parts ofCanada. Eel i

Seafood Travel Guide Sections

Our comprehensive guide covers 7 sections including:

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