Shark meat is a seafood consisting of the flesh of sharks. Several sharks are fished for human consumption, such as porbeagles, shortfin mako shark, requiem shark, and thresher shark, among others. Shark meat is popular in Asia, where it is often consumed dried, smoked, or salted. Shark meat is consumed regularly in Iceland, Japan, Australia, parts of India, parts of Canada, Sri Lanka, areas of Africa, Mexico and Yemen.
A cross-section of shark meat
Shark meat at a supermarket in Japan
Fermented shark meat
Sanjeok (skewered beef and scallions) and dombaegi (salted shark meat)
Seafood is any form of sea life regarded as food by humans, prominently including fish and shellfish. Shellfish include various species of molluscs (e.g., bivalve molluscs such as clams, oysters, and mussels.
Seafood includes any form of food taken from the sea.
Various foods depicted in an Egyptian burial chamber, including fish, c. 1400 BCE.
Deep-fried starfish for sale as "food-on-a-stick", Beijing
Fish at an Asian supermarket in Virginia, U.S.