
Americans eat 16 pounds of “fishes” per year; but, 4 pounds of shrimp is the only “shellfish” eaten at over a pound. Contrasted, to
three “finfish” (salmon, tuna, tilapia) eaten 2 pounds per year. Thus, four “fishes” shrimp (4), salmon (2), tuna (2), tilapia (2) equals 10 pounds of total 16 per year. Global “fishes” consumption is 32 pounds; thus, Americans (16) eat half the World average of “fishes”.

Edible shellfish consists mainly of either “arthropod crustaceans” and “mollusks” (as shown in the above table).

This shellfish cookbook has nine recipe chapters: 1 “Octopus & Squid”. 2 “Clam”. 3 “Mussel”. 4 “Crawfish”. 5 “Lobster”. 6 “Oyster”. 7 “Scallop”. 8 “Shrimp”. 9 “Crab”.
These nine chapters are a good collection of recipes.
Below is a tabulation of “Food Web/Chain Fish” which a large view of fisheries (finfish & shellfish).
A. Bony Fishes (salmon, tuna, cod, seabass).
B. Lung Fishes.
C. Sharks.
D. Agnatha (lampreys).
E. Cephalochordates (lancelets).
F. Urochordates (sea pineapple).
G. Arthropod (crayfish, shrimp, lobster, crab, gooseneck barnacle).
H. Mollusks (clams, squids, abalone, oyster, octopus, scallop, mussel).
I. Echinoderms (sea urchin, sea cucumber, starfish).
J. Cnidarians (jellyfish, sea anemone).
Mr. Seafood, “365 Shellfish Recipes”, 2020 was a fisheries cookbook.
The “World” average of 32 pounds annually, means eating 8 to 10 ounces of fishes per week. In America , many eat an average of only 3 ounces of “fishes” per week; thus, the American average is only 16 pounds per year. Eating 8 ounces of fishes per week is reasonable goal.