About Seafood

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...

Before she was admonished by the New York Times public editor for the failures of her now discredited story about mercury in sushi tuna, Marion Burros was sleuthing around Gotham spiriting fish sample...

It wasnt long ago that we told you about some questionable standards at the Chicago Tribune and how the official online biography of the Tribune Companys new media chief used the word "crap" 6 times a...

Just last week NFI held its annual meeting and I had the pleasure of meeting with some really smart engaged communicators who understand the importance of getting the ground truth science about seafoo...

A few weeks ago, we shared a preview of a Mother Jones article about Tuna and Mercury. Now, Mother Jones made the entire article available via the Web. Now that the piece is going to be distributed to...

When we deliver the real facts about mercury in fish, backed up by the latest science, it appears groups like Oceana don't like it too much. Case in point; back on September 17th the Fort Myers News P...

So it looks like the Chicago Tribune is completely satisfied that Michael Hawthorne's latest story about mercury in seafood meets its high journalism standards, an interesting development given the pa...

The Chicago Tribune fears that it wasunclear in its previous letters. They wrote back yesterday to reiterate that they believe Mr. Hawthorne's article was "factual and fair." But this rather terse an...

There's an old newsroom saying, "If it bleeds, it leads." You know the one that claims violence, gore and conflict drives readership and viewership? It's the same one that relegates good news to a sub...

Here's a look at our latestletter to the Tribune. I am eager to hear back from them and without sounding catty I fear the managment may be ignoring our requests. With that in mind I must say,perhaps p...