The organizers of the congress have explained that Spain in this moment is the leader in the production and the consumation of fish meaning that 70% percent of homes in Spain eat fish with a 2.2 kilos per capita every month according to the Ministerio del Medio Ambiente y Medio Rural y Marino (MARM).
Spain is also the first fabricator of fish preserves in the European Union earning something close to 2,500 million euros according to the numbers by the Asociación Nacional de Conservas de Pescado (Anfaco), who have also stressed the importance of an opportunity like the Seafood Barcelona congress. Stay tuned for more information on the congress.
Seafoods include fish, molluscs (octopus and shellfish), crustaceans (shrimp and lobster), echinoderms (sea cucumber and sea urchins). Edible sea plants, such as some seaweeds and microalgae, are also seafood, and are widely eaten around the world, especially in Asia (see the category of sea vegetables). In North America, although not generally in the United Kingdom, the term "seafood" is also applied also to fresh water organisms eaten by humans, so all edible aquatic life may be referred to as seafood.
The harvesting of wild seafood is known as fishing and the cultivation and farming of seafood is known as aquaculture, mariculture, or in the case of fish, fish farming. Seafood is often distinguished from meat, although it is still animal and is excluded in a strict vegetarian diet. Seafood is an important source of protein in many diets around the world, especially in coastal areas.
