Seafood Facts

• Winter flounder is better known as Blackback flounder.
• Summer flounder is better known as Fluke.
• The largest crab species is the King Crab.
• Oysters are often named for the locale where they are harvested.
• Large lobsters are called jumbo lobsters.
• The largest and thickest leg segment of king crab and snow crab is called the Merus.
• The species used most in the manufacture of surimi-based seafood is Alaska pollock.
• The most commonly used method of fish cookery in the United States is pan frying.
• In general, shellfish have a fat content lower then five percent.
• Oysters Rockefeller originated at Antoine's in New Orleans.
• Groupers are in the Serranidae family.
• Soft shell blue crabs are crabs that have recently molted.
• The most expensive blue crab meat is the backfin, also known as Lump.
• The major sea scallop port in the United States is in New Bedford, Massachusetts.
• The largest flatfish is the Halibut.
• It is illegal to harvest, sell or possess egg-bearing American lobsters.
• There are more oyster processing plants in the United States than any other type of seafood processing plants.
• The largest clam caught and eaten in the United States is the Geoduck Clam.
• The major Eastern oyster producing state is Louisiana.
• Current United States consumption of shrimp is about 800 million pounds annually.