About Seafood

Contact: Gavin Gibbons (703) 752-8891 ggibbons@nfi.org WASHINGTON, D.C., Jan. 7, 2016 – The United States Departments of Agriculture (USDA) and Health and Human Services (HHS) released the 2015-2...

December 3, 2015 – Washington, DC – The Crab Council welcomes Byrd International as the latest member in its industry-led sustainability effort. With the addition of Byrd International, the Crab C...

WASHINGTON, DC November 25, 2015 — Today the USDA announced its intention to begin regulation of catfish, a product that USDA, in its own risk assessment, recognizes as a “low risk-food.”  In a...

November 19, 2015 Bangkok, Thailand – The National Fisheries Institute (NFI) and 50in10, along with support from the Monterey Bay Aquarium’s Seafood Watch program, have concluded the Regional ...

November 16, 2015 (WASHINGTON) –The National Fisheries Institute’s (NFI) Crab Council has signed an agreement with Sustainable Fisheries Partnership that formalizes a relationship of collabora...

October 29, 2015 – Washington, DC – For the second year in a row, Americans are eating more seafood. Health conscious consumers appear to be helping reverse a trend that saw seafood consu...

September 29, 2015 (WASHINGTON) – The National Fisheries Institute’s (NFI) Crab Council is being recognized by the U.N. Global Compact for its industry-led sustainability programs. Through...

September 22, 2015 Washington, DC – The National Fisheries Institute’s (NFI) Crab Council has added new member, Lawrence Street Seafood Co. Inc, expanding their roster of sustainably-minded crab i...

August 21, 2015 (WASHINGTON) – A North Carolina seafood processor and wholesale distributor faces a felony conviction, a $100,000 fine, forfeiture of more than 20,000 pounds of shrimp and three year...

June 25, 2015 (WASHINGTON) – The Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA) ongoing integration of forensic science as a way of combating seafood fraud and mislabeling is paying off. The proj...

April 23, 2015 Washington, D.C. The last time Consumer Reports (CR) cooked up a seafood scare story it was about canned tuna. That time the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) blasted the report as on...

April 6, 2015 Washington, DC Reporters, producers and editors working on stories about todays release from the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI) are warned not to misreport on the findings ...

Boston March 15th, 2015 NFI supports many of the recommendations of the Presidential Task Force on Combating IUU Fishing and Seafood Fraud. A focus on strengthening international capabilities, enforc...

March 9 2014 WASHINGTON, DC Greenpeace has released a new fund raising campaign designed to rank U.S. canned tuna companies and solicit donations from supporters. The list itself follows the model Gr...

WASHINGTON, DC February 19, 2015 Todays report from the 2015 Dietary Guidelines Advisory Committee strongly reaffirms seafoods position as one of the healthiest options in the American diet. The repo...