• Trade & Commerce Video Blog

    Midwest Fish Market’s Sales Need Global Sourcing

    Annie Byrne is one of the expert staff at Coastal Seafoods in Minneapolis. Coastal Seafoods is a fish market providing high quality seafood to over 200 restaurants and co-ops in the Upper Midwest̷...

  • Trade & Commerce Video Blog

    New Generation of Seafood Jobs Depend on Imports

    Johnny Hoggatt has been working at Morey’s in Motley, MN, since he was 18 years old. He simply explains that the employees are like family. Johnny says many people probably don’t understand that M...

  • Trade & Commerce Video Blog

    Access to Seafood from All Over Provides Unique Experience in MN

    Sea Salt Eatery is a fast-casual restaurant in a beautiful park right in the heart of Minneapolis. General Manager Bill Blood discusses the restaurant’s unique ability to provide a large variety...

  • Trade & Commerce Video Blog

    Minneapolis Job Relies on Seafood Trade

    Coy Thoeun never expected to be in the seafood industry. After all, Minneapolis is a long way from any ocean. But Coy realized that high quality seafood is very much in demand by restaurants, retailer...

  • Trade & Commerce Video Blog

    Imported Fish Critical to Fish Factory in MN

    Sherrie Stockwell has worked at Morey’s Seafood International, in Motley, MN, for 20 years. She says Morey’s impacts the small town of Motley in a huge way – it brings jobs. Sherrie ...

  • Trade & Commerce Video Blog

    Seafood Plant in Minnesota Vital to Community

    Sharon Banning has worked at Morey’s Seafood International, in Motley, MN, for over 20 years. She talks about the importance of Morey’s having access to raw product from all over, that the...

  • Trade & Commerce Video Blog

    Seafood Trade Creates Jobs in St. Paul, MN

    Andy Boyle works at Coastal Seafoods, a fish market that provides high quality seafood to over 200 restaurants and co-ops in the Upper Midwest. Andy, like other Coastal Seafoods staff, possesses an ex...

  • Trade & Commerce Video Blog

    Countryside Restaurant in MN Relies on Seafood Jobs

    What does an all-American restaurant in a small town in Minnesota have to do with seafood trade? Motley, MN is home to two large seafood processing plants. Many of those employees visit Countryside Re...

  • Press Release

    NFI Statement on the Passing of Senator John McCain

    WASHINGTON, DC August 26, 2018– Senator John McCain dedicated his life to public service, as a Naval Aviator and a member of Congress he often volunteered to take on difficult tasks. From opening up...

  • Trade & Commerce Video Blog

    Seafood Trade Supports Trucking Jobs

    When you think of the American seafood worker, boats and fishing equipment come to mind. But there are many more U.S. jobs beyond commercial fishing that are supported by the seafood community. Melvin...

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    Imported Seafood Vital to U.S. Manufacturing Jobs

    Jeff Thornton has worked at High Liner Foods in New Hampshire for nearly 4 decades. He’s the maintenance supervisor of the plant, which a leading processor of value-added frozen fish and seafood...

  • Nutrition Blog

    Busting Mercury Myths

    Would you take nutrition advice from a reality TV star? What about pregnancy tips from a boy band singer? Would you listen to a doctor who used your astrological sign to diagnose you? And yet, voices ...

  • Sustainability Blog

    Latest Fraudulent “Report” from Greenpeace Includes Dangerously Misleading Advice for Consumers

    In what has become a shameless annual tradition, Greenpeace has released yet another report designed to mislead the public and entice gullible press outlets to hand them free fundraising publicity. ...

  • Trade & Commerce Video Blog

    American Seafood Jobs Fueled by Imported Seafood

    Kim Gorton is the 3rd-generation CEO of her family’s company, Slade Gorton & Co., Inc based in Boston. She started her career working in the loading dock and cash sales office, and years later b...