Ocean Fish and Chicken is a wet food formula created with protein-rich chunks of tender chicken in a delicious gravy featuring prebiotics and specific nutrients to support delicate digestion and sensitive skin.
Thaw in cold water to reduce bacterial growth risk; then add to a saucepan. Continue to cook until the outsides of doughnuts become opaque while their inners still appear slightly underdone; remove from heat when finished and set aside to cool in the sauce before cutting into portions for sauce use.
1. Tilapia
Tilapia is an increasingly popular seafood in the US due to its lean body, protein-rich content, low sodium levels, and calorie counts, as well as mild flavor that blends seamlessly into whatever cuisine it’s served alongside. Tilapia makes an excellent introduction to seafood for newcomers or those averse to strong smells and tastes associated with other forms of seafood consumption.
Though salmon and tuna tend to get all of the attention, tilapia remains an affordable family favorite for many households. This is due to tilapia’s easy preparation method: bake or grill until done; batter for deep frying (never deep fry yourself!); or serve in spaghetti with sauce as it has similar textures to chicken for quick dinners that offer incredible health benefits while being easy on budgets or those trying to reduce sodium consumption.
Tilapia is an excellent way for newcomers to eat seafood, yet consumers must understand its harvest or cultivation before purchasing any. Some farms use ponds filled with animal waste products, which could compromise its safety for consumption; this is particularly true of Chinese imports, which were discovered using banned chemicals as food (13)
To combat this, opt for tilapia raised in a recirculating aquaculture system, as this ensures clean and safe drinking water. Furthermore, watch for Ocean Wise labels on seafood caught sustainably or farmed locally.
2. Salmon
Salmon are a streamlined fish found worldwide. A close relative to trout, Salmon feed on plankton, crustaceans, mollusks, and fish eggs as food sources. Also referred to as mahi-mahi, dorado, or jackfish.
These marine creatures come in all sorts of shapes, sizes, and colors – some have armor-plated outer shells like those found on seahorses, while others don’t even contain bones like the blobfish or stingray.
Salmon fish is widely popular because it contains omega-3 and six fatty acids that help promote skin and hair health, reduce blood clotting risks, and lower your risk for cardiovascular disease and depression. Some may consume the flesh of Salmon, while most opt for its oil when making products like ketchup or canned salmon. Salmon is highly nutritional; many use its oil in foods like ketchup or canned salmon due to this benefit. It also contributes to overall well-being as Omega 6 fatty acids help regulate skin and hair care needs while helping manage blood clotting risks, helping maintain healthy skin/hair care needs, and helping regulate the creation of blood clots while decreasing risk factors associated with cardiovascular disease and depression risks.
Farmed Salmon are often raised in overcrowded net pens that create disease and pollute waterways, dispersing waste material directly into coastal environments where otherwise healthy marine life resides. Furthermore, many farmed Salmon are fed a diet rich in corn and soy products, decreasing their health benefits compared to wild species.
The seafood industry is rife with human rights violations and environmental damage, and Chicken of the Sea must do better. Now is the time for it to offer only sustainable and ethical tuna and end its support of abusive labor practices abroad – this way, our oceans will become safer while workers who rely on them will have greater protections in place by signing this petition urging Chicken of the Sea and Thai Union Group to meet more stringent standards when producing our seafood products.
3. Tuna
Tuna is one of the world’s favorite seafood options and can be found throughout all oceans. Harvested through various methods from sustainable sources, its catch is often canned, and consumers increasingly prioritize eco-friendly practices in its procurement.
Once tuna has been caught (hopefully using ecological and sustainable practices), it is quickly chilled, thawed in water tanks, sorted by size before pre-cooking to remove excess oils, and separated into light and red categories – the latter often used to produce pet food.
Due to their fast metabolic rate, tuna can quickly exhaust themselves when they return to the surface for capture, leading to lactic acid build-up that spoils their meat. To prevent this, most commercial fishermen tether tuna fish to their vessel by its tail and allow it to swim alongside at low speed until its levels of lactic acid dissipate enough to guarantee good quality meat.
Canned tuna can be an easy, delicious solution when time is short, but its versatility means you can use it in other dishes! Try it as a delightful replacement for chicken in recipes such as tuna salad, tuna melts, and pasta dishes; adding tuna chunks to curry can add additional depth of flavor; or cut tuna into 2-3cm cubes and use as a marinade for BBQ kebabs for even more versatility!
Make an easy tuna salad: combine canned tuna, mayonnaise, chopped hard-boiled egg, celery, sweet relish, capers, and garlic in a mixing bowl and season to your taste with salt/pepper; for extra brightness, add lemon zest/juice for zesty citrus flair!
4. Lobster
Lobster is a globally beloved delicacy. Typically served at exclusive restaurants with delicious butter sauces drizzled on pure white porcelain displays and handled with gold cutlery, lobster has also long been enjoyed by royalty who enjoyed lavish banquets from Roman halls to Tudor monarch feasts featuring this delectable treat.
Lobsters are crustaceans that belong to the Arthropoda phylum, along with insects, spiders, and snails. Like their crustacean cousins shrimp and crabs, lobsters have ten legs for propulsion that form a hard exoskeleton with jointed appendages; like other crustaceans, they also undergo periodic molting cycles as part of this growth process and shed old shells for bigger ones.
The eyes of a lobster are located in its carapace. Their tiny eyes consist of thousands of individual lenses arranged into complex eyes – known as compound eyes – making for good night vision yet near blindness during bright daylight. Their primitive nervous systems resemble insects more closely, unlike vertebrates with backbones.
Lobster blood is greyish-clear in hue and circulated by the heart behind their stomachs. Their breathing occurs through two pairs of gills on either side of their bodies that filter the water they consume; additionally, these gills filter it after ingestion. Furthermore, lobsters possess a secretive system to defend against disease by excreting toxic mucous during illness.
Lobsters are harvested by trapping, which involves lowering them into the sea by hand in traps that weigh up to 40 pounds and being reduced from shore into the ocean by hand. Most of these lobsters are sent to processing plants, while the remaining ones are sold live or frozen to restaurants, grocery stores, theme parks, and cruise ship lines worldwide. Early season catch and shell sizes under 74 millimeters must be discarded as they won’t survive long enough for sale.
5. Shrimp
Shrimp (known in the UK as shrimps) are aquatic decapod crustaceans of Caridea and suborder Dendrobranchiata. Their bodies are enclosed by an accordion-like shell, which allows them to bend and move quickly; additionally, they carry their eggs on their abdomens for free-range parenting.
Shrimp bodies can range from pink, white, or grey, depending upon their species. On average, they typically feature mild flavors with crunchy textures when appropriately prepared – offering just a hint of salt when done so! Rubbery or overpoweringly fishy-smelled shrimp should be avoided to ensure an authentic experience.
As with other seafood, shrimp can be sustainably caught or farmed. When selecting frozen shrimp from either of these sources, look for labels with clear country of origin information and descriptions of how it was seen – avoid anything farmed in Asia due to overfishing practices and unsustainable methods used for raising.
If purchasing shrimp at a grocery store, select organic and wild-caught options responsibly caught by small-scale fishermen in waters that haven’t been overfished. Alternatively, please buy it from specialty purveyors who can trace their supply chains and understand where and how their seafood was harvested.
Shrimp farming can have significant environmental and social repercussions, with many farms across Central America and Southeast Asia depending on single species that are highly susceptible to disease. WWF joined with global stakeholders to establish rigorous Aquaculture Stewardship Council shrimp standards, which cover environmental sustainability, antibiotic use, biodiversity conservation, and fair labor practices at the farm level – an increasing number of aquaculture companies have now implemented these standards as proof of their commitment to responsible production practices.