• Trade & Commerce Video Blog

    U.S. Seafood Success-Story Requires Global Sourcing

    Bill LeBlanc has been in the seafood industry 36 years. He talks about the importance of imported seafood and the life of a seafood sales job, which he likens to a seafood stock broker. His company im...

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    Maine Lobster Business Thrives on Access to Global Markets

    Greenhead Lobster is a family owned business that focuses on one product: wild-caught fresh Stonington, Maine lobster. Owner Hugh Reynolds oversees every aspect of his operation from his Stonington, M...

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    Seafood Trade Creates American Jobs. Hundreds of thousands of American families depend on imported and exported seafood.

    Hundreds of thousands of American families depend on seafood trade, both imports and exports. Tariffs threaten those jobs....

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    Cold Storage Worker Discusses Global Sourcing

    Cody McCann is a shipping coordinator at Preferred Freezer Services in their Boston facility. Imported seafood makes up a large amount of the seafood that comes into the cold storage plant. If importe...

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    Women-Owned Business in ME Depends on Healthy Seafood Trade

    Jenni Steele and Susan Oliver own Island Fishing Gear and Napa Auto Parts in Stonington, ME. Over 90% of their customers are in some way related to the seafood industry, primarily lobstermen and women...

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    Tariffs Increasing Business Costs Bad for U.S. Fishermen

    Carla Guenther, PhD, is a Senior Scientist at the Maine Center for Coastal Fisheries. Educated in oceanography, ecology, and anthropology, Carla approaches fisheries management with a focus on fishing...

  • Press Release

    Leading Seafood Industry Groups Launch First Sustainable Crab Project in China

    August 8, 2018 Dongshan, Fujian Province, China – Leading United States and Chinese seafood industry groups, fishermen, and sustainable seafood groups came together today to celebrate the much antic...

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    NFI Expands Trade Education Campaign

    August 3, 2018 Washington, DC – Due to the interest in the National Fisheries Institute’s (NFI) Seafood See, Jobs campaign the trade association has expanded the online content offering after only...

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    Rural Entrepreneur Talks Jobs in Maine

    Megan Wood is the co-founder of 44 North Coffee, based on a small island off the coast of Maine. With two locations, 44 North Coffee has become a staple in the community. What does coffee have to do w...

  • Trade & Commerce Press Release

    NFI Launches Trade Education Campaign

    August 2, 2018 Washington, DC – In recognition of the threat to the seafood community posed by new trade tariffs, the National Fisheries Institute (NFI) has rebranded its AboutSeafood.com website to...

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    Rodolfo Alvarez’s Job in Boston, MA Relies on Global Seafood

    Rodolfo began working at Slade Gorton & Co., Inc. right after high school. Now, he’s the plant manager at the Boston facility. A majority of the fish that comes in to his plant is sourced fr...

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    Long-time Seafood Plant Employee Talks Jobs in NH

    Jim Cercone is the Manufacturing Manager at High Liner Foods in Portsmouth, NH. He’s worked there for an impressive 35 years. In that time, he’s realized the importance of having access to...

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    Iconic DC Restaurant Relies on Global Seafood

    Bart Farrell is the VP of Food and Beverage for Clyde’s Restaurant Group in the Washington, DC area. He describes how sourcing seafood from all over the world is great for the menu, and the jobs...

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    Seafood Industry Veteran in Portland, ME Talks Trade

    George Parr is the co-founder of Upstream Trucking in Portland, ME. He’s been in the seafood industry since 1976. His business sources and sells seafood to many major restaurants in the Portland...

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    Matt Burke of Quincy, MA Talks Tariffs

    Matt is an owner of Burke’s Seafood; a 3rd generation, family-owned seafood market and restaurant in North Quincy, MA. Since 1979, the Burke family has served local seafood from the Boston area,...