About Seafood

January 13, 2011, Washington, D.C. The environmental activist group Got Mercury? is shopping the results of its recycled mercury testing story to reporters throughout California. As always, Got Mercu...

January 3, 2011, Washington, D.C. The National Fisheries Institute (NFI) is warning reporters and editors to disregard the health claims gossip websites are attributing to movie star Hilary Swank. Th...

December 6, 2010 Washington, D.C. Consumer Reports (CR) latest scare story on canned tuna is simply a retread of a 2006 report that does a disservice to its readers by using the same sleight of hand ...

November 30, 2010 Washington, DC After a year of wrangling Senators Richard Durbin and Richard Burrs bipartisan food safety legislation finally passed the U.S. Senate.Durbin said the bill will, "Help...

November 5, 2010 Washington, DC The largest scallop suppliers in the United States have drawn a line in the sand, telling cheaters in their industry to clean up your act.We are happy to see members o...

October 22, 2010 Washington, DC A Federal Judge in New York has once again and with finality ruled against Customs and Border Protection for unfairly targeting imported shrimp with excessive bonding ...

Washington, DC October 20, 2010 With furrowed brow and overacted artificial sincerity the Catfish Farmers of America (CFA) have launched a television commercial designed to distort the safety of impo...

Chicago, IL September 24, 2010 Whether at home writing a weekly shopping list, at the seafood counter curious about a fish on special or in a restaurant wavering between two menu options, consumers no...

Washington, DC September 7, 2010 Americans ate 15.8 pounds of seafood per capita in 2009, down slightly from 16 pounds in 2008 and just ten varieties made up more than 88 percent of that consumption. ...

August 20, 2010 Washington The National Fisheries Institute (NFI) is warning reporters and editors to disregard the health claims of NBC television personality Jillian Michaels after she told Facebo...

August 19, 2010 Washington, DC Three members of the Gulf seafood community testifying before the House Subcommittee on Energy and Environment told legislators today they still eat Gulf seafood and fe...

Senator Stevens was a champion of the seafood community. He recognized the importance of both economics and the environment in fisheries management. The Magnuson-Stevens Act is evidence of his commitm...

July 22, 2010, Washington, D.C. The Catfish Farmers of America are shopping a report, paid for by the special interest lobbying group, that seeks to create a food safety scare in order to regulate its...

July 21, 2010, Washington, D.C. Tomorrow the Catfish Farmers of America and other bottom-feeding special interest lobbying groups will sell the media a bill of goods during an afternoon news conferen...

July 2, 2010 Washington, D.C. Two of the worlds top experts on brain and neurological development are being joined by 125 others in calling on the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to update it...