Many of us are frightened by the term sea food. This come primarily from the fact that not a lot know what sea food actually is. Although any sea animal or any seaweed that can be eaten enters the sea food category, many say that seaweeds are not actually sea food and that they enter the sea food vegetables category instead.

Fish, shellfish and mollusks are the sea water animals mostly referred to as sea food. Crustaceans are also part of this category, although they are considered by many to be delicateness. Fresh water animals are in some parts of the world included into the sea food category; although not all consider that they belong in this category. At first only seawater animals such as shellfish, fish, crustaceans and mollusks were considered sea food and many still hang on to this idea although now any eatable sea animal from sea water or fresh water is considered sea food. There is also a debate on whether sea weed should enter the sea food category or not. Some people from different parts of the world believe that all that can be eaten and comes from water is sea food, whereas other stick to their initial idea and only accept several animals as sea food.

Sea food is used in many diets and more and more people have started to enjoy sea food because of its high content of proteins. Whether they go to a restaurant and order sea food, or they just go fishing and cook their own meal, people have realized that sea food is very healthy and should be made part of their lunch or dinner. However, going to a restaurant assures you a wider menu than going fishing yourself, because not all sea animals can be fished or found easily. Some live only is certain parts of the world whereas others are very rare. However, this problem can be solved as well, because there is always the supermarket from where you can buy all kinds of sea food that you can prepare at home. All you need are the ingredients, the right recipe and some time and you can have your sea food meal any time you want.

People are often scared of sea food because it used to be a delicates that not many had access to. However this has changed now and more and more people eat sea food, although they are not sure if seaweed is sea food or not as the debate is still on.