About Seafood

For our last dinner in Charlottesville we resisted a repeat visit to Miyako (barely) to knock another new restaurant off our list. Zocalo was described as Mexican, but also had touches of Cuban and Sp...

The deliciousness of the sushi spread I ordered for dinner last night even came through on my cell phone camera. Now that Im an island girl, I didnt have super high hopes for sushi in Charlottesville,...

We dont normally run across three separate internet articles about food fraud in the same week, much less that same day. Maybe food fraud isnt so much of a secret any longer.All three of these caveat ...

When Lloyd and I go out for dinner, which were doing every day this week while were in Charlottesville, VA, we often order 1-2 starters and a single entre then split and share it all. Last night we we...

Im in the middle of my two weeks of work travel, and just found my first free moment.I adore heading back to the Washington, D.C. area and seeing my colleagues in person, but I would honestly estimate...

The Justice Department announced the sentence for Mr. Thomas George, the former CEO of Sterling Seafood Corporation who pled guilty in January, 2010, for importing falsely labeled fish. Mr. George was...

Busted. This time a New Jersey seafood importer is headed to the clink for 22 months for fraudulently importing pangasius and was ordered to pay $64 million in restitution for evading tariffs. 6...

It was in this very space seven days ago that the ills of a business model that includes stifling competition by attempting to regulate imports out of the market with exaggerated attacks and twisted f...

The Justice Department announced the guilty plea of Jason Maroney of Juneau, Alaska for commercially purchasing halibut that was caught for subsistence purposes. This is a violation of the Lacy Act. M...

July 22, 2010, Washington, D.C. The Catfish Farmers of America are shopping a report, paid for by the special interest lobbying group, that seeks to create a food safety scare in order to regulate its...

July 21, 2010, Washington, D.C. Tomorrow the Catfish Farmers of America and other bottom-feeding special interest lobbying groups will sell the media a bill of goods during an afternoon news conferen...

The special interest, anti-competition lobby is expert at misrepresenting data and warping anecdotal tales of woe into food safety scares that have little or no validity.Today they are at it again on ...

The integrity of the seafood industry doesnt lie solely in the marketing of a single fish or the sustainability story of a single species. It lies with the ability of a community of competitors to loo...

I usually mix a sardine or two into my turkey meatballs for the nutty flavor and nutrition boost. But I knew I overdid it yesterday when Lloyd took one bite and asked me are these crab meatballs?I adm...

If you read this blog with any regularity you know we're constantly reminding the press about our objections to many of the seafood pocket guides that have been proliferating in recent years. In short...