About Seafood

KPIX in San Francisco has produced another mercury in fish scare story. Here's our YouTube rebuttal video and below you'll find our letter to KPIX management about our concerns with the report: Ma...

Just like a good psychologist has her own psychologist, I like to keep my diet in check via an outside source at least a few times a year. My go-to tool is the website, FitDay. If you can ignore the b...

Today for lunch I had the last bit of our delicious seared Ahi tuna and shredded cabbage. I thought about heating up the fish, but actually really liked it cold. Lloyd and I are sharing one ca...

March 4, 2009 Washington, DC In a letter to the Better Seafood Bureaus (BSB) secretary, Lisa Weddig, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) makes the agencys policy on the use of the name white rough...

March 3, 2009 Washington A review of the FDA Food Safety Modernization Act of 2009 by the National Fisheries Institute (NFI) finds a bipartisan endeavor that appears committed to progressive thinking ...

The last few days I've had a look at the seafood chain from beginning to end. On Thursday of last week I visited the Oceanic Institute (OI), a non-profit aquaculture research and development organiza...

I don't always wear my heart-healthy food on my sleeve - some of my omega-3s are out of sight. The eggplant and spinach lasagna spirals we ate last night had the subtlest nutty, salty flavor thanks to...

On February 19th you'll remember I challenged the AP's Nairobi, Kenya Bureau Chief to take a close look at the reporting on mercury coming out of her bureau. If I could be so presumptuous to characte...

The star stuck New York Times is out shilling for Jeremy Piven. The Old Gray Lady appears to be smitten with the actor, perhaps that's why it's the only paper reporting that Piven, "convinced a group ...

Hollywood blogs are a buzz this morning as actor Jeremy Piven has his quasi day in court-also known as a hearing before the Actors' Equity committee. You'll remember producers filed a grievance agains...

February 26, 2009 Washington, DC The Better Seafood Bureau (BSB) has made its case for economic integrity to the Food and Drug Administration (FDA). BSB secretary Lisa Weddig testified before the FDA...

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 ...