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[[File:Percebes.iguaria.jpg|thumb|Goose barnacles |
[[File:Percebes.iguaria.jpg|thumb|Goose barnacles being enjoyed in a Spanish restaurant in [[Madrid]].]] |
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In [[Portugal]] and [[Spain]], ''P. pollicipes'' is a widely consumed and expensive delicacy known as '''''percebes''''', which are harvested commercially in the Iberian northern coast, mainly in [[Galicia (Spain)|Galicia]] and [[Asturias]], but also in the southwestern Portuguese coast ([[Alentejo]]) and are also imported from other countries within its range of distribution, particularly from [[Morocco]]. A larger but less palatable species (''P. polymerus'') was also exported to Spain from [[Canada]] until 1999, when the Canadian government ceased exports due to depletion of stocks. |
In [[Portugal]] and [[Spain]], ''P. pollicipes'' is a widely consumed and expensive delicacy known as '''''percebes''''', which are harvested commercially in the Iberian northern coast, mainly in [[Galicia (Spain)|Galicia]] and [[Asturias]], but also in the southwestern Portuguese coast ([[Alentejo]]) and are also imported from other countries within its range of distribution, particularly from [[Morocco]]. A larger but less palatable species (''P. polymerus'') was also exported to Spain from [[Canada]] until 1999, when the Canadian government ceased exports due to depletion of stocks. |