Seafood

Animal that has an outer shell but no backbone and lives in the water, primarily salt water.

• shellfish

• cephalopod

• finfish

• roundfish

Animals that live in the water and have an outer skeleton and jointed appendages. Shrimp, lobster, and crab are examples.

• roundfish

• mollusk

• crustecean

• finfish

Animals that live in the water and have one or two hard shells.

• cephalopod

• mollusk

• flatfish

• seafood

Marine mollusks that have muscular tentacles around the head, such as octopus and squid.

• cephalopod

• shrimp

• crustacean

• finfish

Process in which each individual piece of food is frozen very quickly. It is commonly used for seafood and vegetables.

• QFI

• IFQ

• NQF

• IQF

The process of removing the digestive tract from shrimp.

• gut removing

• cleaning

• deveining

• poop removal

Fish that have a backbone and live in either freshwater or saltwater and are classified by their shape, either round or flat. Cod, sea bass, tuna, and trout are examples.

• fin and spine fish

• finfish

• fresh water fish

• salt water fish

Finfish that have a round body shape, one eye on each side of the head, and swim upright. Examples include cod, tuna, and trout.

• standard fish

• square fish

• round fish

• flat fish

Finfish that are oval and flat in shape, swim on their side, and have both eyes on the upper side in the front part of the head. Examples include flounder, halibut, and turbot.

• flat fish

• round fish

• standard fish

• oval fish

Describes the market form of finfish where they are just as they were caught.

• whole

• boneless

• caught

• as is