About Seafood

I had an action-packed weekend, fueled by some tasty fish meals. Friday we had crab cakes and baked sweet potato fries, which were both a little overcooked, but still satisfying. I followed the "Most...

NFI received a letter from FDA this past week clarifying the agencys policy for the use of the term white roughy for basa fish. The letter states that white roughy is not an acceptable market name for...

Ever since our busy weekend, I've been in low-effort meal mode. Yesterday for dinner we had salmon burgers, and today for lunch I had a toasty crab melt. Both came together in less than 10 minutes st...

There are four things I would like to share with you all about the Associated Press. I was pleased at the speed and professionalism with which it corrected its mistakes just 2 weeks ago. It has ...

The cherry on top of a long weekend is a short week. Last weekend really jump-started our motivation to explore every inch of Hawaii and I cannot wait for this one. Valentine's Day was super low key....

The mercury-warning-signs-on-seafood crowd has pulled a David Hasselhoff. They've been shopping their alarmist rhetoric in the U.S. for years now. Despite the fact that doctors, dietitians, independe...

Monday's edition of the Bradenton Herald in Bradenton, Florida offers us evidence educated health professionals are getting the message that inflated concerns about mercury in seafood have been over-s...

Fridays just before a three-day weekend are the best. Sometimes the anticipation of a full 72-hour respite is arguably better than the actual respite. But I'm confident this weekend will live up to m...

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) renewed the agencys policy statement on the net weight of glazed seafood products by incorporating a 1991 warning to the frozen seafood industry as a compli...

Last night as I ate my fish, I drank wine poured from a fish. It was a little goofy, but this wine was well-rated for, as you would hope from the packing, pairing perfectly with seafood. The claims we...

We cooked three delicious fish meals at home this weekend, all of which qualify as re-dos. (I've probably mentioned before that my mom has always written "re-do" by the repeat-worthy recipes in her c...

It would appear from published reports that our new President is committed to working to reduce or even eliminate mercury pollution. This is good news. An aggressive, science-based approach to cleanin...

I am back home in Hawaii today. I was telling my colleague that I can't decide if the trip to and from Washington is shockingly long or shockingly short. But I think I'm leaning towards the later. It...

I don't know if any of you saw this misguided mess on U.S. News and World Report's site, but a blog called Fresh Greens claims to be looking out for consumers by naming 10 risky foods. Unfortunately s...

In my last entry about the obvious problems found in a recent Associated Press article I noted that I had actually been fairly pleased with the recent state of reporting on seafood. As an example I no...