Primarily used as a food supply consisting of aquatic shelled creatures, including mollusks and crustaceans, whether harvested from salt or freshwater environments. Some creatures are caught in traps that are lowered into the sea and drawn up at set times of the day; others are harvested at low tide, as the creatures are exposed. Other methods employ divers, rafts and rope lines dropped into water as places for shellfish to populate. Selective harvesting encourages a continued food supply.
The world trade system tracks 7 species of shellfish, including crabs, crayfish, cuttlefish, lobsters, mussels, oysters and shrimp.
The world's total catch of shellfish is 21,089 tons, with 108 fisheries reporting. The total world value of freshwater fishing equals 1,707,398 g.p. annually (80.96 g.p./ton).
As treasure, 25 lb. of plundered shellfish = 1 x.p.
The largest shellfish producing nations in order of importance are England, France, the Netherlands, Naples (incl. Sardinia), Denmark, Ireland, the Ottoman Empire, Flanders, Iceland, Portugal, Spain and Sweden.
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