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Seafood in Australia comes from local and international commercial fisheries, aquaculture and recreational anglers. [1] It is an economically important sector, and along with agriculture and forestry contributed $24,744 million to Australia's GDP in year 2007–2008, out of a total GDP of $1,084,146 million.
In common with other slipper lobsters, Ibacus peronii has a broad, flattened body and a large carapace. [2] The carapace is reddish brown, [3] and reaches lengths of 2–10 centimetres (0.8–3.9 in), with the whole animal able to reach a length of 23 cm (9 in), [4] and a width of 10–14 cm (3.9–5.5 in). [3]
Since 1960, annual global seafood consumption has more than doubled to over 20 kg per capita. Among the top consumers are Korea (78.5 kg per head), Norway (66.6 kg) and Portugal (61.5 kg). [56] The UK Food Standards Agency recommends that at least two portions of seafood should be consumed each week, one of which should be oil-rich. There are ...
Jasus edwardsii, the southern rock lobster, red rock lobster, or spiny rock lobster, is a species of spiny lobster found throughout coastal waters of southern Australia and New Zealand including the Chatham Islands. It is commonly called crayfish in Australia and New Zealand and kōura in Māori. [3]
Countries by seafood consumption per capita; Rank Country Consumption in kg/person (2020) 1 Maldives: 87.30 2 Iceland: 84.30 3 Macau: 70.26 4 Kiribati: 69.22 5 Hong Kong: 65.79 6 Portugal: 59.36 7 Antigua and Barbuda: 57.12 8 South Korea: 54.66 9 Malaysia: 53.33 10 Seychelles: 52.89 11 Norway: 50.57 12 Federated States of Micronesia: 48.61 13 Japan
Panulirus ornatus (known by a number of common names, including tropical rock lobster, [3] [4] ornate rock lobster, [5] ornate spiny lobster [2] and ornate tropical rock lobster [6]) is a large spiny lobster with 11 larval stages.
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Marine shrimp farming is an aquaculture business for the cultivation of marine shrimp or prawns [Note 1] for human consumption. Although traditional shrimp farming has been carried out in Asia for centuries, large-scale commercial shrimp farming began in the 1970s, and production grew steeply, particularly to match the market demands of the United States, Japan and Western Europe.