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🇦🇺Australia

Abalone

Reef-dwelling marine snail with large muscular foot, prized for delicate flavour and texture, fresh appearance with intact shell and good size, a premium Australian seafood.

🇹🇬Togo

Abobo

Giant land snails from Togo, simmered or grilled in a spicy tomato and onion sauce; a beloved local delicacy called abobo, often sold as a street snack with gari or cassava.

🇲🇽Sinaloa, Mexico

Aguachile

Fresh raw shrimp or fish marinated in lime, chiles, and cucumber, served icy cold with tostadas along the Pacific coast.

🇬🇭Accra, Ghana

Akotonshi

Crab shells filled with crabmeat cooked with onion, tomato, pepper and spice, then baked or grilled.

🇵🇹Algarve, Portugal

Amêijoas na cataplana

Amêijoas na cataplana is a Portuguese shellfish preparation from Algarve, cooked with olive oil, garlic, and local herbs until the seafood stays tender.

🇵🇹Lisbon, Portugal

Amêijoas à Bulhão Pato

Clams steamed with garlic, olive oil, lemon, and cilantro, a Lisbon seafood essential.

🇻🇬British Virgin Islands

Anegada Lobster

Anegada is renowned throughout the Caribbean for its spiny lobster fishery. The clawless lobster tails are commonly split, seasoned, and grilled over coals until smoky and sweet.

🇨🇻Cape Verde

Antonense Preserved Shrimp

Conserva de Camarão

Preserved shrimp stew from Santo Antão, a traditional method of keeping shrimp for long periods without refrigeration.

🇮🇹Sardinia, Italy

Aragosta alla Catalana

In Sardinia, Aragosta alla Catalana is lobster dressed with tomato, onion, oil, vinegar, and lemon.

🇧🇷Sergipe, Brazil

Aratu

A small mangrove crab from Sergipe, prized in coastal cooking and sold in local seafood markets.

🇦🇺Australia

Balmain Bug

Slipper Lobster

Slipper lobsters sold as 'bugs' in Australian seafood — Balmain bugs (Ibacus) in the southeast and Moreton Bay bugs (Thenus) in northern waters: flat-bodied crustaceans with sweet, delicate tail meat, popular at Christmas.

🇮🇪Munster, Ireland

Bantry Bay Mussels

Rope-grown mussels from West Cork's Bantry Bay, prized for their plump, sweet meat.

🇦🇬Antigua and Barbuda

Barbuda Lobster

Lobster

Caribbean spiny lobster from the waters around Barbuda; Barbuda is known for its lobster, at its most plentiful during lobster season; served grilled, steamed, or in garlic butter; ranks among the best in the region; the lobster of Antigua and Barbuda; a prized seafood of the islands.

🇦🇼Aruba

Battered Conch

Calco Tempera

Calco tempera; battered conch prepared in onion and vinegar; a traditional Aruban dish; a feature of local restaurants; a staple of Aruban seafood

🇬🇼Coastal Guinea-Bissau (Bissau / Bijagós Archipelago), Guinea-Bissau

Bijagós Oysters

Ostras

Mangrove oysters harvested from the Bijagós Archipelago, a UNESCO Biosphere Reserve; collected by women using traditional, sustainable methods; sold in local markets and to hotels; smaller and more flavourful than farmed oysters, with a briny, mineral taste from the mangrove ecosystem.

🇬🇶Bioko (Island / Malabo), Equatorial Guinea

Bilola

Large sea snails grilled on skewers or cooked in garlic-chili oil; more popular on Bioko Island than on the mainland; a coastal delicacy.

🇲🇾Singapore, Malaysia

Black Pepper Crab

Ketam Lada Hitam

Crab cooked with black pepper sauce, fresh crab with aromatic pepper sauce and proper spice level, a Malaysian seafood specialty, bold and peppery

🇧🇬Varna, Bulgaria

Black Sea Mussels

Черноморски миди

Small, intensely saline Black Sea mussels steamed with white wine or breaded and fried, sold in cones along the promenades.

🇳🇨New Caledonia

Blue Prawns

Crevettes Bleues

New Caledonia blue prawns (crevettes bleues); a rare delicacy with a worldwide reputation; sweet, flavourful; referred to as 'Caledonian caviar' in fine French dining; served as tartar, carpaccio, flambéed, sashimi, or grilled; the blue colour from pristine turquoise waters; available at restaurants, markets, and supermarkets; a flagship local product.

🇳🇿Southland, New Zealand

Bluff Oysters

Wild dredge oysters from Foveaux Strait, larger, meatier and stronger-flavoured than farmed Pacific oysters.

🇺🇸Louisiana, United States

Boiled Crawfish

Whole crawfish boiled with copious Cajun seasoning, corn, and potatoes, then piled high for communal peeling.

🇺🇸New England, United States

Boiled Maine Lobster

A whole lobster boiled in salted seawater and served with drawn butter, a New England summer ritual.

🇲🇽Mexico

Botanas de Camarón Seco

A snack of dried shrimp, often toasted with garlic and chile and served with lime and hot sauce.

🇨🇳Fujian, China

Braised Abalone

焖鲍鱼

Whole abalone braised slowly in rich chicken-and-pork stock until tender — a Fujian banquet classic built on commercially farmed abalone.

🇫🇷Provence, France

Brasucade

Brasucade is a Languedoc-style dish of mussels cooked over fire with olive oil, herbs, and savory aromatics.

🇫🇷Burgundy, France

Burgundy Snails

Escargots de Bourgogne

Snails cooked in garlic parsley butter, served in their shells as an appetizer.

🇭🇷Dalmatia, Croatia

Buzara

Buzara is an Adriatic seafood stew built on olive oil, garlic, white wine and parsley. Mussels and scampi are the familiar named forms, cooked until the shells open in the fragrant broth.

🇻🇬British Virgin Islands

BVI Stewed Whelks

Stewed Whelks

Sea snails (smaller than conch) stewed in a flavorful broth; a local delicacy found at specific locations and cultural food fairs in the British Virgin Islands; a distinctive BVI seafood specialty.

🇪🇸Murcia, Spain

Caballitos

In Murcia, Caballitos is a prawn tapa battered and fried until crisp, commonly served hot with a squeeze of lemon.

🇺🇸United States

Calabash-Style Seafood

A North Carolina coast style of lightly battered, deep-fried seafood named for the town of Calabash.

🇮🇹Marche, Italy

Calamari alla marchigiana

In the Marche, Calamari alla marchigiana is squid braised with tomato, onion, parsley, and white wine.

🇮🇹Tuscany, Italy

Calamari in zimino

In Tuscany, Calamari in zimino is squid braised with tomato, onion, parsley, and white wine.

🇫🇷Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France

Calamars à la basquaise

Calamars à la basquaise are squid simmered with tomatoes, peppers, onions, and Espelette-style seasoning.

🇲🇺Mauritius

Camaron

Large freshwater prawns, blue-clawed and river-farmed, that carry a premium over sea prawns on Mauritian menus.

🇲🇽Mexico

Camarones a la diabla (Devilled Shrimp)

'Devilled shrimp': shrimp in a fiery red chile sauce, tongues-of-fire hot.

🇩🇴Dominican Republic

Camarones Encebollados

Dominican shrimp sautéed with onions, peppers, and tomato sauce, served with rice. A coastal home-cooked dish, savory and hearty.