Category Seafood 101

What Is Imitation Crab?

imitation crab
Imitation crab, also known as crab sticks or krab, is a type of seafood made from starch and minced fish flesh known as surimi, sugar, salt, egg whites, and crab flavoring. It is usually manufactured to taste and resemble spider or snow crab meat.

How Often Should You Eat Fish?

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Could your diet use more fish? Seafood, and in particular fish, have vitamins like vitamin B2. Fish is also rich in phosphorus and calcium and is a good source of minerals like potassium, magnesium, iodine, zinc, and iron. But how much is enough?

Texas Gulf Shrimp

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“Shrimp is the fruit of the sea.” This famous quote from the movie Forest Gump is one we fully believe. But just as not all fruits are the same in terms of quality, not every shrimp is the same in standards either.

Halibut

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Halibut is a member of the flatfish family and finds it’s home in both the Atlantic and the Pacific Ocean. The average sized Halibut weighs around 30-50 pounds each, but they can get up to near 500 pounds! There are smaller Halibut though, some weighing as little as 2-10 pounds.

Salmon

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Salmon are a ray-finned fish in the family Salmonidae. Two types of salmon can be found in the world, one that is native to tributaries of the North Atlantic and in the Pacific. Many areas have had salmon introduced to their environments, in efforts to produce ocean raised salmon for consumption.