About Seafood

November 1, 2013 Washington, DC Shrimp, canned tuna and salmon remain in the top positions on the annual list of Americas most popular seafood items. In 2012 consumers ate 4.565 billion pounds of sea...

October 17, 2013 Washington, DC Brendan Sweeny, Vice President of Operations for Handy International Inc, will serve as the NFI Crab Councils Interim Chairman. Sweeny is a veteran of the Crab Council...

September 24, 2013 Washington, DC Testifying before the Senate Commerce Committees subcommittee on Oceans, Atmosphere, Fisheries and Coast Guard, National Fisheries Institute (NFI) President John Con...

September 20, 2013 Washington, DC The International Trade Commission has ruled against imposing duties on shrimp imported from Thailand, Indonesia, China, Ecuador, India, Vietnam, and Malaysia in a d...

September 23, 2013 Washington, DC The National Fisheries Institute (NFI) and the National Restaurant Association (NRA) have signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) as part of an effort to join for...

August 20, 2013 WASHINGTON, DC The countrys largest seafood trade association is also one of the most prolific when it comes to cranking out new media products, launching its 100th video. NFI average...

July 15, 2013 Washington, D.C. The Philippines Department of Agriculture, Department of Interior and Local Governments have announced approval of a Joint Administrative Order (JAO) regarding the conse...

June 6, 2013- McLean, VA- The Seafood Industry Research Fund (SIRF) has announced that Mary Larkin, of Diversified Business Communications, has been named to its Board of Directors. Ms. Larkin is Grou...

May 29, 2013- McLean, VA-The Seafood Industry Research Fund (SIRF) Board of Directors has announced the establishment of a new fund commemorating the late Mike Voisin, owner of Motivatit Seafoods, Inc...

WASHINGTON, DC May 16, 2013 NFI congratulates the House Agriculture Committee on passage of a 2013 Farm Bill. To move such a complex piece of legislation, balancing investments that support American ...

May 6, 2013 Washington, DC Fed up with environmental and eco-lifestyle activists issuing phony warnings about eating fish, the National Fisheries Institute (NFI) launched a new microsite to correct ...

WASHINGTON, DC April 25, 2013 Bill Shinbane loved his family, his employees and the seafood community. He saw potential in innovation, products and people. He used that vision to turn a small fish wh...

April 17, 2013 Washington, DC The National Fisheries Institutes Clam Committee has announced a sustainability partnership with the National Science Foundation. As part of the partnership the Foundati...

April 15, 2013 WASHINGTON, DC Reporters tempted to turn a quick story out of an impending Greenpeace press release about American retailers seafood sustainability practices are challenged to actuall...

WASHINGTON, DC April 9, 2013 Convention tells us that to be considered a pioneer you need only be among the first to engage in any one pursuit. On a day when we mourn the passing of Murry Berger the ...