All About Seafood

All About Seafood provides information about the 7 most common fish types, usage, fishing methods, seasons and nutritional facts.

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... salmon does not need complicated marinades to taste good. Salt, pepper and a few drops of lemon juice are enough to enhance its flavour.
... fish gives you copious amounts of protein, that metabolise slowly to give you energy for everything that you will do after dinner.
... frozen fillets thaw more quickly if you put them in cold water. After only a short while you can cut your fish into pieces or slice it.
... A fjord is a deep, narrow and elongated inlet of the sea, with steep land on three sides formed by glaciers.
... you should not boil fish, but poach it: This means cooking it without it coming to the boil. The water should just simmer. It will then have a temperature just below boiling point, around 95 degrees.
... The Norwegian Directorate of Health recommends that you eat fish for dinner three times per week, and in your sandwiches. Just like ski star Marit Bjørgen!
... seafood contains most of the minerals and trace elements that we need, and is virtually without carbohydrates.
... 37 million meals of Norwegian seafood are eaten around the world every day.
... corn starch is ideal for saving a fish sauce that is too thin. Just shake some corn starch and water together in an empty jam jar and pour a thin stream into the sauce while stirring. Then boil and the sauce is ready.
... When stretched out, Norway’s coastline is longer than the Equator at over 51,500 miles long.
... Salmon aquaculture began in Norway in the early 1970s. Today, ocean-raised seafood is the nation’s number two export.
... To ensure ocean-farmed salmon have enough space to mature naturally, each facility is made up of 97.5% water by volume.
... Salmon is a great source of heart-healthy Omega-3 fatty acids, a vital nutrient our bodies don’t produce.
... A salmon’s pink color comes from nutrients in the crustaceans it eats. Ocean-raised salmon get the same natural vitamins from supplements.
... Norway exports over 27 million portions of seafood a day, 11 million of which are salmon.
... To ensure quality control, Norway created a surveillance system to follow every step of the food chain.
... Every day, Norwegian salmon provides 11 million meals around the world.

All About Seafood

Atlantic Salmon »

Rainbow Trout »

Herring »

Mackerel »

Atlantic halibut »

Haddock »

Cod »

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