About Seafood

WASHINGTON, DC June 20, 2012 Common sense has prevailed in the Senate. A vote to repeal the duplicative USDA catfish inspection program signals a return to fiscal sanity at a time when controls on was...

WASHINGTON, DC June 7, 2012 A new Government Accountability Office (GAO) report recommends, Congress should consider repealing provisions of the Farm Bill assigning USDA responsibility for catfish in...

Household tuna brands Bumble Bee, Chicken of the Sea and StarKist are disappointed in the World Trade Organizations (WTO) appeals court ruling because it is likely to create consumer confusion about w...

April 2, 2012 Washington, DC After several months of searching, the National Fisheries Institute Crab Council has found a liaison to help carry on its sustainability mission in Asia. Jeremy Crawford,...

The new 2010 Dietary Guidelines for Americans - the basis of nutrition policy, education, and guidance in our country - include a clear seafood recommendation for the first time: Eat a variety of fish...

March 11, 2012 Boston, MA The National Fisheries Institute Crab Council and the Sustainable Fisheries Partnership (SFP) have been working together on crab sustainability projects for nearly three yea...

March 11, 2012 Boston, MA The National Fisheries Institute (NFI) hosted a luncheon for two dozen leaders and investors at the International Boston Seafood Show to discuss the creation of an independe...

March 5, 2012 Washington, DC Mobile Alabama-based Carrington Foods has joined the National Fisheries Institutes Crab Council. The coalition is dedicated to the sustainability of blue swimming crab an...

March 2, 2012 Washington, DC Customers looking for crab who visit www.CrabSuppliers.com will soon have a new tool to help them choose where they source their product. The website will begin featuring...

WASHINGTON, DC February 28, 2012 Reigning talk show titan Dr. Mehmet Oz is letting his viewers know that despite all the talk about fish fraud these days there is a way consumers can know they are ge...

WASHINGTON, DC February 24, 2012 The World Bank has announced an influential coalition of governments, international organizations and private interests that will make up its Global Partnership for O...

WASHINGTON, DC February 13, 2012 Susan Chamberlain helped build the Global Aquaculture Alliance from its beginnings as a family run start-up to the internationally respected body it is today.Whether ...

February 3, 2012 Washington, DC Four more crab companies have joined the National Fisheries Institutes Crab Council. Now comprised of 16 of the largest U.S. crab importing companies, the coalition is...

January 30, 2012 Washington, DC For the first time in its 66 year history, a Canadian is at the helm of the National Fisheries Institute (NFI), the largest seafood trade association in the U.S. A nat...

January 26, 2012 Miami, FL After 40 successful years of addressing the research needs of the seafood community, the Fisheries Scholarship Fund (FSF) is evolving into the Seafood Industry Research Fun...