Dale Rice has had a passion for food since his mother let him stand on a kitchen chair to stir the cake batter and then lick the bowl at the tender age of 5. Restaurant critic and wine writer for the Austin American-Statesman, he has been writing about the local food scene for the last 12 years. He lives in South Austin with 1,500 cookbooks and a 100-year-old wagon wheel for a pot rack.
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By Dale Rice
| Thursday, July 17, 2008, 11:19 AM
The average American consumed 16.3 pounds of fish and shellfish last year, according to a study released today by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s Fisheries Service. That represents a 1 percent decline from the previous year, for a total of 4.908 billion pounds of seafood in 2007.
The United States remains the No. 3 consumer of fish and shellfish behind China and Japan. About 84 percent of our seafood is imported.
The top choice of Americans? Shrimp, at 4.1 pounds per person. Americans also consumed an average of 3.9 pounds of canned seafood, primarily tuna, per person.
I probably eat my fair share of shrimp, but someone is certainly making up for me on the canned tuna front.
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