The United States imports roughly 80 percent of the seafood that its population consumes on an annual basis, says the United States National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. According to the International Trade Centre, a multinational business-related agency that tracks statistics related to many different areas of global commerce, the United States imports more seafood than any other country on the planet! Since Americans haul in so much seafood from other countries each and every year, we should all be able to tell a difference between exclusive and middle-of-the-mall grades of seafood. Here are several indicators that aren’t too difficult to use.

Look To See If Raw Fish Meat is Gaping
In healthy fish that are processed properly, the flakes that make up the bodies of such fish are packed tightly together. Raw fish fillets should never feature holes between these flakes, no matter how large or small those holes are. …