Mercury levels in seafood species.

Approximately 600 varieties of marine and freshwater seafood species are caught and sold for both local and overseas consumption.

This system is of prime economic importance to the coastal area-90 percent of the commercial seafood species caught in the state spends at least part of their lives in an estuary.

Research into population trends of various species of seafood is pointing to a global collapse of seafood species by 2048.

These taxonomically validated specimens were sequenced in multiple regions to create a database of unique sequences capable of correctly identifying and distinguishing different seafood species.

- AFT began to use DNA techniques exclusively to identify seafood species.

Marine biologists in Nova Scotia believe that all saltwater fish and seafood species could collapse by the year 2048 [source: Perlman].

Forest and Bird list scallops as "Worst Choice" in their Best Fish Guide for sustainable seafood species.

Irresponsible fishing practices if allowed to persist unabated would lead to a seafood species worldwide crash by 2048 (in a worst-case scenario).

The Marine Conservation Society has 5 levels of ratings for seafood species, as displayed on their FishOnline website.