re: #162 Naso Tang

I don’t believe shellfish are; for the literalists.

From the inevitable:

To be kosher, aquatic animals must have scales and fins. Most Muslims adhere to the interpretation that all creatures from the ocean or the sea are considered halal. Hanafi Sunnis follow essentially the same laws as Kashrut, believing that only fish with scales and fins are halal. Shi’ites also follow this, but make an exception with some crustaceans; shrimps and prawns are halal). According to Jewish oral law all fish that have scales have fins, thus making all fish with scales kosher and rendering the law essentially the same as dhabiĥa halal.