Editing Australian cuisine (section)

==Fish and seafood==
{{Main|Seafood in Australia}}

Seafood consumption is increasing, but it is less common in the Australian diet than poultry and beef.<ref name="bulletin"/> 
Australian cuisine features Australian seafood such as [[southern bluefin tuna]], [[King George whiting]], [[Moreton Bay bugs]], mud crab, [[Glaucosoma hebraicum|jewfish]], dhufish ([[Western Australia]]) and [[Freshwater yabby|yabby]]. Australia is one of the largest producers of abalone and [[rock lobster]].

[[File:Fish and Chips Ocean Foods Drummoyne.jpg|thumb|Typical serving of [[fish and chips]]]]

[[Fish and chips]] is a take-away food that originated in the United Kingdom and remains popular in Australia.<ref name="everwon3">{{cite web|url=http://www.open2.net/everwondered_food/history/history_timeline3.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20041118084945/http://www.open2.net/everwondered_food/history/history_timeline3.htm|url-status=dead|archive-date=18 November 2004|title=BBC – Ever Wondered Food – History|date=18 November 2004}}</ref> It generally consists of [[Deep frying|battered deep-fried]] [[fish]] with [[french fries#Fish and chips|deep-fried chipped]] (slab-cut) potatoes. Rather than cod which is more common in the UK, the most popular fish at Australian fish and chips shops, at least in southern Australian states, is [[Flake (fish)|flake]], a fillet of [[gummy shark]] (''Mustelus antarcticus'').<ref>{{cite web |title=Which Fish for Fish and Chips |url=https://www.fishandchipsawards.com.au/information/which-fish-for-fish-and-chips |website=The Australian Fish and Chips Awards |publisher=[[Fisheries Research and Development Corporation]] |access-date=28 June 2020 |archive-date=14 August 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210814043929/https://www.fishandchipsawards.com.au/information/which-fish-for-fish-and-chips |url-status=dead }}</ref>

[[Flathead (fish)|Flathead]] is also a popular sport and table fish found in all parts of Australia. [[Barramundi]] is a fish found in northern Australian river systems. [[Thenus|Bay lobsters]], better known in Australia as [[Moreton Bay]] bugs, are common in seafood restaurants, or may be served with steak as "surf and turf".{{Citation needed|date=June 2020}}

The most common species of the aquaculture industry are salmon, tuna, oysters, and prawns. Other food species include [[abalone]], freshwater finfish (such as [[barramundi]], [[Murray cod]], [[bidyanus bidyanus|silver perch]]), brackish water or marine finfish (such as barramundi, [[Australasian snapper|snapper]], [[yellowtail kingfish]], [[mulloway]], [[groupers]]), [[mussels]], [[mud crab]]s and [[sea cucumber]]s.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.agriculture.gov.au/fisheries/aquaculture/aquaculture-industry-in-australia |title=Aquaculture industry in Australia |website=agriculture.gov.au |publisher=Department of Agriculture and Water Resources – Commonwealth of Australia |date=2018 |access-date=17 September 2018}}</ref>

While inland river and lake systems are relatively sparse, they nevertheless provide freshwater game fish and crustacea suitable for dining. Fishing and aquaculture constitute Australia's fifth most valuable agricultural industry after wool, beef, wheat and dairy.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.daff.gov.au/fisheries |title=Fisheries Home |publisher=DAFF |date=13 September 2011 |access-date=17 September 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110925025706/http://www.daff.gov.au/fisheries |archive-date=25 September 2011  }}</ref> Approximately 600 varieties of marine and freshwater seafood species are caught and sold in Australia for both local and overseas consumption. [[Common carp|European carp]], common in the [[Murray River]] as an [[invasive species]], is not considered edible by most Australians despite being common in cuisines across Europe.

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|File:Barramundi at Boardwalk Bistro on Hastings, Noosa Heads.jpg|Barramundi
|File:Tetsuyas-Ocean-Trout.jpg|Confit of Tasmanian ocean trout
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