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    Guides, Lists, Logs, Contradictions and Confusion

    Let me start by saying we are not opposed to efforts to educate people about seafood sustainability. In fact sustainable seafood is the life blood of our community. It's important for consumers to und...

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    Get The Lead (make that mercury) Out

    What would you think if someone sent you a gift promoting a sushi pocket guide that was supposed to, among other things, help protect you from the perceived evils of things like mercury... but the gif...

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    Reuters Is Not Above Reproach (II)

    According to the Reuters blog that tracks and responds to reader reactions to mistakes, none of its 2,500 reporters have made a mistake that's been called too its attention in the last 6 days. Wow, t...

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    Confusing Guidance

    Here come the guides-- the Blue Ocean Institute, the Environmental Defense Fund and the Monterey Bay Aquarium have all launched sustainable sushi guides that not only conflict with red and green lists...

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    Times They Arent A Changin

    It wasn't that long ago that NFI went head-to-head with the New York Times over its misuse of science and distortion of data in reporting about seafood. You might remember that led to not only a corre...

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    Reuters Is Not Above Reproach

    "All of Thomson Reuters will also uphold the Reuters Trust Principles of integrity, independence and freedom from bias. This commitment is more than a source of pride. It is the core of who we are," t...

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    Greenpeace Tries to Profit Off Of Pollock Scare Story

    There is no doubt the economic downturn is hurting everyone these days and apparently Greenpeace is no exception. Take a look below at a fundraising email that went out on Friday. Greenpeace is using ...

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    Extremists In Action

    Wow, what can you say about PETA? The group whose leader famously said, "Even if animal research resulted in a cure for AIDS, we'd be against it" is at it again. This time it's launched an anti-fishin...

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    Dissecting Jane Hightowers Diagnosis Mercury

    Dr. Jane Hightower is a San Francisco physician who has been described in media reports as someone who's "made something of a cottage industry" out of anecdotally linking various and sometimes vague s...

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    Greenpeace Announces the Sky Is Falling But Only Over Alaska

    The Alaska pollock fishery is not in danger of collapse. The always measured and restrained folks at Greenpeace were at it again today. This time insisting they were right that overfishing has pushed...

Media Blog

    GG CCTV Screen GrabWhether it’s the tip of a hat for a job well done or a demand for correction keep up with NFI’s latest media work on the Media Blog from NFI's Vice President for Communications Gavin Gibbons.