Editing Seafood (section)

==In religion==
{{See also|Kosher seafood}}
For the most part [[Islamic dietary laws]] allow the eating of seafood, though the [[Hanbali]] forbid eels, the [[Shafi]] forbid frogs and crocodiles, and the [[Hanafi]] forbid [[bottom feeder]]s such as shellfish and [[carp]].<ref>[http://www.questionsonislam.com/question/seafood-haram-or-halal Is seafood Haram or Halal?] ''Questions on Islam''. Updated 23 December 2008. Retrieved 6 January 2013.</ref> The [[Israelites|Jewish]] laws of [[Kashrut]] forbid the eating of shellfish and eels.<ref>[http://www.torah.org/advanced/shulchan-aruch/classes/chapter1.html Yoreh De'ah – Shulchan-Aruch] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120603170414/http://www.torah.org/advanced/shulchan-aruch/classes/chapter1.html |date=3 June 2012 }} Chapter 1, ''torah.org''. Retrieved 17 June 2012.</ref> In the Old Testament, the [[Mosaic Covenant]] allowed the Israelites to eat [[Finfish]], but shellfish and eels were [[Abomination (Bible)|an abomination]] and not allowed.<ref>"All that are in the waters: all that... hath not fins and scales ye may not eat" ([http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Deuteronomy+14%3A9-10&version=KJV Deuteronomy 14:9–10]) and are "an abomination" ([http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Leviticus+11%3A9-12&version=KJV Leviticus 11:9–12]).</ref>

In the [[New Testament]], [[Luke's gospel]] reports Jesus' eating of a fish after his [[Resurrection of Jesus|resurrection]],<ref>{{bibleverse|Luke|24:42|NKJV}}</ref> and in [[John 21]], also a post-resurrection scene, Jesus tells his [[Disciple (Christianity)|disciples]] where they can catch fish, before cooking breakfast for them to eat.<ref>{{bibleverse|John|21:1-14|NKJV}}</ref>

[[Pescatarian|Pescatarianism]] was widespread in the [[early Christian Church]], among both the clergy and laity.<ref name="WaltersPortmess2001">{{cite book |last1=Walters |first1=Kerry S. |last2=Portmess |first2=Lisa |title=Religious Vegetarianism: From Hesiod to the Dalai Lama |date=31 May 2001 |publisher=SUNY Press |isbn=9780791490679 |page=124 |language=en}}</ref> In ancient and medieval times, the [[Catholic Church]] forbade the practice of eating meat, eggs and dairy products during [[Lent]]. [[Thomas Aquinas]] argued that these "afford greater pleasure as food [than fish], and greater nourishment to the human body, so that from their consumption there results in a greater surplus available for seminal matter, which when abundant becomes a great incentive to lust".<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.newadvent.org/summa/3147.htm#8 |title=Summa Theologica, Q147a8 |publisher=Newadvent.org |access-date=27 August 2010}}</ref> In the United States, the Catholic practice of [[Fasting and abstinence in the Roman Catholic Church|abstaining from meat]] on Fridays during [[Lent]] has popularised the Friday [[fish fry]],<ref>{{cite web|first=Carolyn|last=Walkup |date=8 December 2003 |url=http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m3190/is_49_37/ai_111404189 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120711081726/http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m3190/is_49_37/ai_111404189 |url-status=dead |archive-date=11 July 2012 |title=You can take the girl out of Wisconsin, but the lure of its food remains |work=Nation's Restaurant News |access-date=2009-02-25 }}</ref> and parishes often sponsor a [[fish fry]] during Lent.<ref>{{cite news | author=Connie Mabin | date=2 March 2007 | url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/03/02/AR2007030201304.html | title=For Lent, Parishes Lighten Up Fish Fry | newspaper=[[Washington Post]] | access-date=2009-02-25}}</ref> In predominantly Roman Catholic areas, restaurants may adjust their menus during Lent by adding seafood items to the menu.<ref>{{cite news|first=Bill | last=Carlino |date=19 February 1990 |url=http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m3190/is_n8_v24/ai_8552611 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120709044328/http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m3190/is_n8_v24/ai_8552611 |url-status=dead |archive-date=9 July 2012 |title=Seafood promos aimed to 'lure' Lenten observers |work=Nation's Restaurant News |access-date=2009-02-25 }}</ref>