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Aquaculture Product Nutritional Information

Need assistance with wildlife and fish management on your ranch, backyard, or pond? Simply call your local County Extension Agent.

Seafood is a healthful choice for people of all ages—growing children, pregnant women, active adults, and the elderly. Seafood is an excellent source of lean, high quality, easily digested protein. A 3.5-ounce serving of seafood provides almost half of an adult’s daily protein needs for only 100 to 200 calories. Seafood is low in saturated fat and sodium and is a rich source of many essential vitamins and minerals. Seafood also is one of the few foods that contain long-chain omega-3 fatty acids, which have many beneficial health effects and are essential for the development of the nervous system and retina. Seafood includes fish such as catfish, salmon, tuna, trout and tilapia, and shellfish such as shrimp, crab, clams and oysters. Most of the seafood purchased in the United States comes from marine waters and from aquaculture (farm-raised fish).

-SRAC Publication No. 7300, Nutritional Benefits of Seafood

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  • SRAC Publication No. 7300 – Nutritional Benefits of Seafood
  • SRAC Publication No. 7301 – Farm-Raised Crawfish
  • SRAC Publication No. 7302 – Hybrid Striped Bass
  • SRAC Publication No. 7303 – Freshwater Prawns
  • SRAC Publication No. 7304 – Farm-Raised Channel Catfish
  • SRAC Publication No. 243 – Crawfish- A Healthy Choice!
 FishWise
  • U.S. Farmed Shrimp
  • U.S. Farmed Freshwater Prawn
  • Bluenose
  • Farmed Pangasius
  • California Halibut
Seafood Choices Alliance
  • Sourcing Seafood – A Professional’s Guide to Procuring Ocean-friendly Fish and Shellfish
  • The U.S. Marketplace for Sustainable Seafood- Are We Hooked Yet?
  • The Marketplace for Sustainable Seafood- Growing Appetites and Shrinking Seas
FishChoice
  • Finfish Seafood Buying Guides
  • Shellfish Sustainable Seafood Buying Guides
Louisiana State University
  • Enjoying Louisiana Crawfish
University of Florida
  • Preparing and Canning- Clams
  • Nutritional Composition and Marketable Shelf-Life of Blood Ark Clams and Ponderous Ark Clams
U.S. Food and Drug Administration
  • Fish and Fishery Products Hazards and Controls Guidance
 Mississippi State University
  • Nutrient Characteristics of Pond-Raised Channel Catfish
 Texas Parks & Wildlife Department
  • Fish Consumption Bans and Advisories

 

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