About Seafood

June 2, 2021 – Washington, DC – The National Fisheries Institute (NFI) has joined forces with the Wild Blueberry Association of North America and other healthy food commodities to offer a resourc...

Washington, DC – In 2019, Americans ate 19.2 pounds of seafood per capita, an increase of .2 pounds from 2018’s revised figure. In previous years, the Top 10 list has made up an outsized portion ...

WASHINGTON, DC May 21, 2021 — The National Fisheries Institute opposes any illegal, unreported and unregulated (IUU) fishing. We appreciate NOAA’s focus on ridding the globe of pirate fishing. We...

WASHINGTON, DC – May 13, 2021 — The United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) announced today that it will purchase up to $159.4 million of seafood and other items as part of its Section 32 ...

Pioneering fish-based food research improves global nutrition Washington, DC – June13, 2021 – Dr. Shakuntala Haraksingh Thilsted has been named the 2021 World Food Prize Laureate. Often r...

WASHINGTON, DC May 6, 2021 — Today’s release of recommendations to the National Climate Taskforce illustrates an understanding that simply walling off parts of the ocean, without a scie...

ARLINGTON, VA April 29, 2021 - FMI—The Food Industry Association and National Fisheries Institute (NFI) have new resources designed to standardize the seafood buying process and improve efficiency. ...

WASHINGTON, DC April 6, 2021—Diversified Communications continues its long run of connecting the seafood community through innovative events across various platforms. Today, Diversified announced th...

Food Industry Advocate Brings Strategic Communications Experience to Fisheries  Washington, DC – April 1, 2021 –  The National Fisheries Institute announces it has hired Melaina Lewis as its ...

Washington, DC – March 9, 2021 – Netflix’s long history of providing a platform for oft over looked documentaries is being called into question with its promotion of vegan activist propaganda. ...

Washington, D.C. (March 8, 2021) – Today, the Alliance for Meat, Poultry and Seafood Innovation (AMPS Innovation), an industry coalition representing the makers of cell-cultured meat, poultry and se...

February 19, 2021 Washington, DC– The United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York has charged four men for their part in an alleged plot to import mislabeled fish into the United St...

Washington, DC | February 18, 2021 –Today the leadership of the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention ...

WASHINGTON, DC – January 27, 2021 — The National Fisheries Institute welcomes the Administration’s early focus on fisheries. We are prepared to work with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Adm...

Washington, DC – January 25, 2021 – The President and CEO of Seattle Fish Co., Derek Figueroa, is the new Chair of the National Fisheries Institute. Figueroa helms the Denver-based seafood distrib...