• Health Blog

    Mariscos

    Today starts the quick vanishing of a short four-day work week. Lloyd and I take off for a wedding in Puerto Morelos, Mexico bright and early Friday morning, where I anticipate eating some amazing mar...

  • Uncategorized Blog

    The Real Science of Sustainability Says Theres Good News

    While organizations like Greenpeace spend their time attacking the seafood community for its supposed lack of sustainable practices, independent Government scientists have gone about their work assess...

  • Health Blog

    Out to eat tips

    Im on an out to eat kick, and it doesnt seem itll be letting up anytime soon. Wednesday I had a business lunch out, last night I met an old friend from college for dinner out, and this weekend I h...

  • Uncategorized Blog

    Greenpeace’s Ageing Playbook

    Its a little worn around the edges and the pages are a bit yellow but thats no reason to get rid of itright? Especially not when we can be eco-friendly and recycle it over and over and over again. Its...

  • Sustainability Press Release

    Government Report Highlights Sustainability Successes

    June 27, 2008 Washington The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) today released its 2007 Status of U.S. Fisheries report and it contains good news. According to the report 7 stoc...

  • Uncategorized Blog

    The Can in Canned Tuna is Safe

    I came across this article in the Roanoke Times (thats a Virginia newspaper) written by those Docs you see on Oprah all the time whoauthored"YOU: The Owner's Manual." The column is about BPA (that ch...

  • Health Blog

    New Zealand seafood

    Yesterday I enjoyed a lovely al fresco lunch with Sarah Crysell, communications manager of the New Zealand Seafood Industry Council in Wellington, NZ. We had a good discussion about the highs ...

  • Safety Press Release

    Agenda Set for First-Ever Import Safety Summit

    June 26, 2008 Washington The agenda for the first-ever Import Safety Summit will see a whos who of industry leaders from a cross-section of business discuss challenges presented by the global econom...

  • Press Release

    Supreme Courts Exxon Valdez Ruling a Mixed Bag

    June 25, 2008 Washington, DC The National Fisheries Institute (NFI) supported efforts to force Exxon to pay $2.5 billion in punitive damages as a result of 1989s Valdez oil spill and sees todays ver...

  • Health Blog

    Childhood favorites

    Today my lunch was a combo of two childhood comfort foods mac-n-cheese and tuna fish. (And spinach, which I suppose most would not consider a childhood favorite, though thanks to my mom, I actual...

  • Uncategorized Blog

    Greenpeace’s Sustainability Campaign Fraught with Flawed Logic

    IntraFish says retailers seem to be reacting, rather than initiating action, to improve their seafood sustainability practices. And its that decision to follow rather than lead that has supermarket ch...

  • Health Blog

    Catfish with kale

    What a productive weekend I was the guest on a seafood-themed edition of WRYR Community Radios Local Lowdown show AND I found a wedding dress! The show went smoothly (we will have a copy on the w...

  • Uncategorized Blog

    What’s next from Greenpeace?

    So, whats next? Well, in todays Seafood Source Greenpeace made it plainly obvious whats next, we are not going to promise anyone that we won't be showing up at their doorstep." Ahhh yes, the tried an...

  • Health Blog

    Scallop sample

    Last evening was the first all week I didnt spend diving into giant white wedding gowns at a bridal shop. The dress hunt is a little more challenging and exhausting than predicted, and I start rig...

  • Health Blog

    Eat more (healthful) food

    News about Americans eating patterns is often discouraging, but today I learned of a trend I endorse. According to research firm NDP Group, eating better for you foods is starting to trump dietin...