About Seafood

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...

Here's the latest on our contacts with the Chicago Tribune. I wrote to the Standards Editor Margaret Holt last week to make sure she had received my pervious emails and was aware of my continued reque...

Still no word from the Chicago Tribune on our multiple requests for a review of Michael Hawthorne's latest story about mercury in seafood, so let's continue to look at some of his previous work. Back...

While we wait for the Chicago Tribune to answer our requests for a review of Michael Hawthorne's latest story about mercury in seafood let's take a look at some of his previous work. It's been three ...

Last night CBS's 60 Minutes revisited a story it first aired in January about bluefin sushi tuna. Even before that, way back in October of 2007 the National Fisheries Institute joined the U.S. Congres...

First of all let's start things off on the right foot. My name is Gavin and I am here to be a resource to you. Despite what you may have read or heard from environmental extremists the seafood communi...

We heard back from the Chicago Tribune last night. Take a look at what they wrote: Mr. Gibbons: Michael Hawthorne and I have gone over your letter at length and reviewed the concerns you raised. I f...

On the first day this blog went live I wrote that we "hope to change the dialog that often accompanies stories about seafood. It's no longer about whether we like or agree with a story. It's about whe...

In 2005 environmental reporter Michael Hawthorne published a series of sensationalized stories about mercury in seafood that ran under the shocking headline "The Mercury Menace" and warned of the "Tox...