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Health Blog
The Number One Reason Why You Shouldn’t Listen to Sarah Crow
Who’s Sarah Crow, you ask? To be honest… no idea. But she wrote an article for the “esteemed scientific journal” Eat This Not That titled The #1 Reason Why You Shouldn't Eat Salmon, Accord...
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Advocacy Blog
Seaspiracy: Recognizable Propaganda
The concern with some slickly produced propaganda pieces, masquerading as “documentaries,” is that audiences will not recognize the film’s true agenda. Despite the artistic aerial shots, exciti...
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Supply Chain Blog
Back in Session: In-Person Shrimp & Salmon Schools, June 14 – 16
NFI’s Shrimp and Salmon Schools NFI's Species Schools returns with concurrent Shrimp and Salmon Schools on June 14-16 at the University of Washington’s School of Aquatic and Fisher...
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Nutrition Blog
The Dietary Guidelines for Americans (DGA) are really important—they inform what’s in school lunches; Women, Infants, and Children (WIC) food packages; and nutrition programs for older adults. Th...
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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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Sustainability Blog
Patagonia’s Seafood Sustainability Misses the Boat
In May of 2019, the Patagonia clothing company launched a marketing effort masquerading as an eco-campaign and they’re back at it again. People know they sell fleeces. But few know they also ...
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Nutrition Blog
Vitamin D Foods: Seafood, and Your Immune System
New Report Reaffirms Seafood's Important Role in the Diet The 2020 Dietary Guidelines Advisory Committee recently put out a Scientific Report reaffirming the well-established, lifelong benefits of...
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Sourcing Blog
“A study by a food engineering student…”
That’s how a recent item from Seafood Source begins, describing alleged evidence of the presence of bycatch in samples of canned tuna purch... -
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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Sustainability Blog
New Aquaculture Marketing Effort: Today’s Farmed Fish
Aquaculture More than half of the seafood Americans eat each year is farmed, and with fish farming (aquaculture) recognized as the fastest growing form of food production in the world, that percen...
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Health Blog
Facing Facts: Coronavirus, Food Safety and The Media
Coronavirus is a deadly pandemic that should be taken seriously. There is no question about that. However, how the media reports on it and the studies that purport to offer insight into it need to ta...
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Health Blog
Reporting on Microplastics in Seafood Needs Perspective
A recent Australian study about microplastics has been making headlines the past few weeks. The researchers tested a small handful of seafood products – 5 wild blue crabs, 10 oysters, 10 farmed ...
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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 ...
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Nutrition Blog
In the Huffington Post, a freelance journalist and “brand strategist” offers advice on buying and eating canned tuna which, she says, is “especially relevant…in the age of the coronavirus pand...
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Pregnancy Blog
A New USC Study Supports the Scientific Consensus on Moms and Seafood
A new USC seafood study on the connection between maternal seafood consumption and children’s health was recently released. And while the study isn’t the last word on the matter it is consistent w...
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