About Seafood

Lloyd and I tried to take advantage of Oahu over the weekend, because we are going to be off-island three of the next four weekends (two weddings in California and a relay race on Maui). So Saturday ...

I went walking with a friend yesterday, and as is often the case with casual conversations I find myself in, the subject of tuna fish sandwiches came up. My friend shared her secret of adding a littl...

The Big Hollywood Blog has a Greenpeace feature today that is a must read. It includes a video clip from a BBC program in which the cornered Executive Director of Greenpeace squirms quite a bit before...

The U.S. Geological Survey is releasing a study today that "Reveals Mercury Contamination in Fish Nationwide." And so it appears to be the case. No argument here. Nope. If that's what their study show...

Last weekend started off with Friday evening cocktails and calamari steak from one of our favorite relaxing spots, Buzz's on Kailua Beach. Things got a little less chic on Saturday and Sunday b...

Jeremy Piven is out talkin' mercury poisoning again and, as usual, with shovel in hand he's diggin'. This time Piven goes into his ignorant song and dance about only eating fish for 23 years and how h...

A recent segment on Good Morning America featured nutrition information so off-base (no fruit after dinner!?) that the president of the American Dietetic Association herself spoke out. The root of th...

Remember a while back when actor Jeremy Piven bailed out on his Broadway contract and then claimed he had mercury poising from eating sushi? But he hadn't quite done his research for that role because...

The rain hasn't started yet, but the movie-watching has. Over the weekend we saw two (very different) movies, Julie & Julia and The Hurt Locker. I liked both a lot, and maybe they do have something in...

Dietary fish and meat intake and dementia in Latin America, China, and India: a 10/66 Dementia Research Group population-based study
Authors: Emiliano Albanese, et al.
Journal: The Americ...

High Levels of Depressive Symptoms in Pregnancy with Low Omega-3 Fatty Acid Intake From Fish
Authors: Jean Golding, et al.
Journal: Journal of Epidemiology, July 2009
Summary: Depr...

I've been obsessed with Zonya's salmon burgers for a while now, and have made them so many times that looking up the actual recipe became unnecessary months ago. The next logical step for me after me...

August 7, 2009 Washington, DC - The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is renewing its commitment to crack down on food companies that break the law, a pledge that is earning the agency's new chief pr...

Really? No not really. But for months if not years NBC News has relied on an erroneous statistic that suggested the oceans would be empty of fish by 2048. A statistic that was in error, an error tha...

I could do without the pun-y title, but Rachel Ray's "My-oh-Mahi! That's a Good Fish Taco" recipe probably does deserve the use of an explanation point. It's really great. Sometimes fish tacos are a ...