About Seafood

December 27, 2011 The NFI Crab Council will retain an Asia Liaison who will be the primary in-region contact for the Councils projects. The position will work with in-country trade associations and v...

December 20, 2011 Vietnam Association of Seafood Exporters and Producers (VASEP) has formed its own Crab Council as part of its Seafood Committee that will work on Blue Swimming Crab sustainability p...

December 6, 2011 Washington, DC As the year comes to a close, the President of the National Fisheries Institute, John Connelly, plans to take a few minutes online to Hangout with trade media on the l...

November 7, 2011 Major companies in the Blue Swimming Crab market continue their sustainability efforts with a new policy that will restrict the purchasing of female crabs bearing eggs or berried fem...

November 3, Washington, DC As part of a conference call with members of the National Fisheries Institute, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) discussed plans to ramp up its new DNA fish testing pr...

October 28 Washington, DC The Boston Globes recent investigation into the mislabeling of fish, and a flurry of later reports designed to replicate the Globes investigation, are highlighting issues of...

September 29, 2011 Washington, DC The United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) and the World Health Organization (WHO) has a new message for health and nutrition officials worldwideimpr...

NEWARK, Del., September 21, 2011 As part of an initiative from experts across the country, the Seafood Health Facts project has launched a website Seafoodhealthfacts.org designed to help clear up s...

WASHINGTON, DC (September 19, 2011) Bill Bloom created one of the most iconic American family seafood companies of the last forty years. From crab in the 1970s to shrimp in the 1980s and beyond, Bill...

Washington, DC September 12, 2011 Americans ate 20 percent more tilapia in 2010 than they did in 2009, propelling it from the number five spot to the number four spot with the single largest gain in ...

August 29, 2011 Washington, DC Greenpeace has launched an international effort to bully grocery stores over sustainability, this time targeting canned tuna. And while the eco-extremists peddle distort...

July 14, 2011 Washington, DC Fully rebuilt, U.S. fisheries hold the potential of adding $31 billion to the economy and an additional 500,000 jobs, according to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Ad...

July 1, 2011 Washington, DC Adding to a coalition that already makes up nearly 70 percent of the imported Blue Swimming Crab market in the U.S., the NFI Crab Council announced yet another company has...

June 15, 2011 Washington, DC Adding to a coalition that already makes up nearly 70 percent of the imported Blue Swimming Crab market in the U.S. the NFI Crab Council announced yet another company has...

June 2, 2011, Washington, D.C. In a very back-to-basics move, the USDA has scrapped the often maligned food pyramid for a cleanly-designed plate icon that illustrates for consumers important takeaway...