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I have been fishing, preparing, cooking and serving stingray, skate and shark meat for more than 40 years; and I can tell you, definitively, that the majority of seafood restaurants serve cookie-cutter plugs of stingray, skate and shark as "sea scallops"...
Anyone who is well familiar with the texture of stingray, skate and shark can INSTANTLY identify the bogus scallops. True sea scallops and bay scallops DO NOT have striated (fibrous) muscle tissue, as do sharks, stingrays and skates. A bogus scallop will look like a cross-section of striated muscle tissue. A TRUE scallop has a smooth, uniform texture.
There are many chefs out there who will SWEAR that it's illegal to market shark and stingray as "real" scallops, but that is simply not true. It's my conjecture that such chefs are covering their own practice of substituting shark and stingray for other delicacies on their menus.
If there are such laws, then seafood restaurants all over the USA are violating those laws with impunity, no doubt because such laws are not stringently enforced.
The argument that sea scallops and bay scallops are more plentiful and are cheaper than stingray, skate and shark meat is also preposterous. Bay scallop populations in U.S. waters are on the decline for various reasons, and many of their marine habitats have been declared endangered, under federal protection. Being on the endangered list DOES NOT precipitate lower scallop prices.
Small, whitemeat sharks and stingrays, on the other hand, are abundant in U.S. coastal waters in the EXTREME, and very few sharks, skates and stingrays are on the endangered species list. These boneless, whitemeat fish are REGULARLY used as substitutes for a whole range of marine delicacies, and most unobservant consumers can't tell the difference.
What else can I help you with?
Are scallops made from stingrays?
No, scallops are not made from stingrays. Scallops are a type of shellfish that are found in oceans and seas, while stingrays are a type of cartilaginous fish that are also found in oceans and seas. They are two different types of marine animals.
Are bay scallops stingray?
No, bay scallops are not stingrays. Bay scallops are bivalve mollusks, which are marine animals with a hinged shell, while stingrays are cartilaginous fish belonging to the family Dasyatidae. They have very different biological classifications and characteristics. Bay scallops are known for their sweet, tender flesh and are often harvested for food, whereas stingrays are recognized for their flat bodies and long, whip-like tails.
Are scallops known by other names?
Scallops are also called Bay Scallops or Sea Scallops, and/or Calico Scallops.
How much stingrays eat?
Stingrays are not very active and tend to graze on many different smaller animals throughout the day. Stingrays will eat about 3 pounds of fish, shrimp, smaller fish and scallops per day.
How many stingrays are there in the whole sea?
how many stingrays are their in the world
What are scallops enemies?
The predators of scallops are crab, fish, sea stars, and lobsters. Humans also eat scallops. The sea scallop eats mainly phytoplankton and zooplankton.
How many sea scallops in a pound?
25
What does an sea shell crab eat?
Scallops.
How many points in sea scallops?
Per the Weight Watchers site, a serving of ten (broiled not fried) sea scallops (larger by comparison to bay scallops) is ten points. That works out to one point per scallop.
How many scallops per person for appetizers?
bay scallops - 4-6 per person for appetizer sea scallops - 1 per person for an appetizer
How do clams oysters and scallops get their food?
By filtering sea water
How many pounds is 1 gallon of sea scallops?
9
