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Uncategorized Blog
Wear Sunscreen and Read Past the Headlines
A recent study that suggested a link between fish consumption and melanoma has garnered quite a few headlines. The challenge is, many consumers (and even other journalists) don’t read past said hea...
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Trade & Commerce Blog
New Seafood Forms Aim to Improve Buyer Process
NFI and FMI - The Food Industry Association launched new resources designed to standardize the seafood buying process and improve efficiency. Retailers and wholesalers can use these fillable for...
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IUU Blog
The modern-day lawn dart: NOAA’s Seafood Import Monitoring Program
This article was originally published in Urner Barry’s Reporter Quarterly Magazine. The National Oceanic Atmospheric Administration’s (NOAA) Seafood Import Monitoring Program (SIMP) ...
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Sustainability Blog
Greenpeace’s Retailer “Scorecard” Is Outmoded and Irrelevant
If you missed Greenpeace’s release of their 2021 tuna retailer “scorecard”, then you’re not alone. The group has tried countless times over the ye...
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Consumer Protection Blog
Plant-Based Seafood Needs Accurate Labeling
Read NFI President John Connelly’s Op-Ed published on November 11, 2021, via IntraFish, below: I’ve read with interest and some puzzlement the back-and-forth chat about the labeling of plants...
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Advocacy Blog
This article was originally published in Urner Barry's Reporter Quarterly Magazine. Picture this. You’re strolling through the frozen seafood aisle of your grocery store in searc...
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Sustainability Blog
The Facts About Seafood Sustainability
Six Truths of Seafood and Seafood Sustainability When you see the men and women who work the water to provide delicious, nourishing seafood to a growing planet, you see true stewards of seafood su...
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Health Blog
This We Know for Sure: Eating Fish Benefits Heart Health
Seafood Strongly Associated with Heart Health Heart disease is the leading cause of death in the U.S., so it’s critical to use clear and actionable language every chance we get about how people ...
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Safety Blog
Coronavirus and Food: Media Continues to Bury the Lead
Global health organizations continue to find there is no evidence of food or food packaging being associated with the transmission of the virus that causes COVID-19. Virus Surviving on Surfaces Is...
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Nutrition Blog
Good Housekeeping / Bad Housekeeping
Everyone is entitled to their favorite brand or variety of canned tuna, and we don’t begrudge the writers and editors at Good Housekeeping for sharing a list of theirs with their readers. There are ...