About Seafood

Yesterday I was en route to a meeting downtown at lunchtime, so I ate on the go. While my $3.99 8 Piece Brown Rice Surimi Combo doesnt shake a stick at the chefs omakase I enjoyed last weekend, ...

June 3, 2008 Washington Following weeks of Greenpeace action against tuna vessels world wide that include vandalizing tuna boats operating legally in the Pacific Ocean, boarding vessels in the Medit...

Tonight I got home late and was ravenous. Luckily, the salmon burger recipe my Aunt Rita sent me to try took less than 10 minutes from on-paper to plate. I halved the recipe since I was only cooki...

Let me start by saying I don't endorse violent confrontations as a means of protest in any way shape or form and neither does NFI... but in playing the victim after a confrontation at sea Greenpeace h...

I am a leftovers enthusiast. And a wasted-food opposer. In even the most meager of dinner remnants, I see the potential for a great lunch the next day. Today was a classic repurposing. Veggie soup...

Yesterday we left the house at 9 in the morning to spend the whole day at the Vintage Virginia wine festival. Unlike most festivals, the food options were impressive. Paella, gyros, grilled chick...

I would probably pick sushi. It tastes so good, and you feel so good after eating it. No island fantasies necessary, though -- I am lucky to live less than a block away from what must be one of t...

But I cant hide my proclivity for calamari. Not so much the fried, dip-in-marinara-sauce kind; but the grilled or sauted, sprinkled-with-olive-oil kind. Calamari (also known less glamorously as sq...

Check out this article from Readers Digest its called Get Hooked on Fish. Its actually an excerpt from a book called Cut Your Cholesterol it does a pretty good job of outlining the benefits of eating ...

May 28, 2008 Washington In testimony during a public hearing at the U.S. Department of Labor today the AFL-CIO backed Solidarity Center again voiced accusations of ongoing abuses in the Thai and Ban...

We invite you to learn more from some of the leading subject experts about the nutrition, health and safety of seafood. ...

May 16, 2008 Washington United States Senate Committee on Appropriations has committed $275 million to the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) as part of the 2008 Emergency Supplemental Appropriation...

May 8, 2008 Washington The National Fisheries Institute (NFI) sees the Common Vision statement released by a coalition of environmental groups today as a step in the right direction when it comes to...

When half-truths, misstatements and flat out errors about seafood make their way into the press, youre likely to read about it here. When a new study in the world of seafood science is making waves wi...

May 7, 2008 Washington Just in time for Mothers Day, the eco-lobbying group Oceana has enlisted actress/model Amber Valletta to dole out dietary advice and promote seafood warning signs in stores. B...