Press Releases (Archive)

  • IN MIDST OF AMERICAN-MEDIA MERCURY SCARE, GROUPS ABROAD STICK TO SCIENCE

    Today British public policy leaders highlight the role seafood plays
    in health. The National Fisheries Institute (NFI) applauds a call from
    the Associate Parliamentary Food and Health Forum (FHF) for the British
    government to re-evaluate current public health advice about eating
    seafood.

  • New York Times Got Sushi Story Wrong

    The National Fisheries Institute cautions local news outlets against
    planning to replicate the erroneous New York Times story about mercury
    in sushi and encourages them to contact NFI for the facts.

    “We hope news outlets will not fall into the sensationalist trap
    that the Times did and get the facts about the science correct before
    they needlessly alarm people,” said NFI spokesman Gavin Gibbons. “It’s
    a lot easier to get it right the first time than it is to issue a
    correction.”

  • INACCURATE SUSHI STORY CAUSES PUBLIC HARM

    Yesterday’s flawed and alarmist New York Times article about tuna
    sushi has resulted in a series of irresponsible reports that fly in the
    face of widely-accepted nutrition guidance for Americans to increase
    seafood consumption for healthy hearts and brains. In the most recent
    and comprehensive reviews of seafood science, researchers report that
    the nutrients in fish counter concerns, and promoting advice to limit
    seafood consumption could be detrimental to public health. To
    articulate the errors in the New York Times article and inappropriate

  • Errors, Inaccuracy Mar NYT Sushi Story

    In a poorly-sourced, sensational article in this morning’s New York
    Times, reporter Marian Burros presents a distorted report on sushi and
    seafood that is at odds with widely accepted science. The story is
    unreliable and contradicts broadly-held medical advice that tuna and
    other kinds of fish are an essential part of a healthy diet. The Times
    story is alarmist, special interest-driven journalism and should be
    treated with extreme skepticism.

  • "60 Minutes" Takes on Sushi Tuna

    Nearly 4 months after the seafood industry joined the U.S. Congress, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) and environmental groups in calling for a moratorium on bluefin tuna fishing in the Mediterranean, CBS's 60 Minutes has profiled the problems associated with an industry that primarily feeds the Asian sushi market.

  • New Guidance On Fish For Pregnant and Breastfeeding Women

  • Get the Facts About Seafood & Pregnancy