About Seafood

October 21, 2009 Washington, DC - In a move long advocated for by the Better Seafood Board (BSB), the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) used its enforcement power to support the economic integrity of...

October 20, 2009, WASHINGTON, D.C. - The National Fisheries Institute (NFI) is urging consumers to view Monterey Bay Aquarium's (MBA) "Super Green List" recommendations concerning seafood and health w...

October 9, 2009 Washington - This morning the New York Times published yet another installment in the seemingly never-ending dispute between Jeremy Piven and the producers of the Broadway production o...

October 6, 2009 Washington - The National Fisheries Institute (NFI) is advising reporters and editors to treat the claims made earlier today by the Center for Science in the Public Interest (CSPI) reg...

September 17, 2009 Washington, DC The United Kingdoms Food Standards Agency (FSA) has released its latest advice about eating fish, which takes sustainability in to account while keeping the core mes...

September 16, 2009 Washington Last year, as part of a fundraising campaign, Greenpeace announced Alaska Pollock stocks had collapsed. This was simply not true and government scientists publicly refu...

August 28, 2009 Washington, DC Customs and Border Protection unfairly targeted imported shrimp for excessive bonding requirements according to a federal judges ruling. It appears from the record tha...

August 7, 2009 Washington, DC - The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is renewing its commitment to crack down on food companies that break the law, a pledge that is earning the agency's new chief pr...

Washington, DC - July 31, 2009 - In 2006 marine ecologist Boris Worm of Dalhousie University suggested that the oceans would be empty of fish by 2048. His prediction made for good sound bite science a...

Washington, DC - July 23, 2009 - Americans continue to include shrimp and canned tuna as part of a healthy diet more than any other seafood, according to the National Fisheries Institute's "Top Ten" ...

Michael Taylor is a nationally recognized food safety expert whose appointment as Senior Advisor to the Commissioner at the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is applauded by the National Fisheries In...

Washington, DC - July 6, 2009 - The National Fisheries Institute, a non-profit organization dedicated to education about seafood safety, sustainability, and nutrition, issued an open letter to the new...

WASHINGTON, D.C. June 1, 2009 If Greenpeace remains a creature of habit, rather than responsible actor, it will unveil a third set of retailer rankings this summer that grade U.S. grocery stores bas...

May 26, 2009 Washington, DC The Better Seafood Board (BSB) is bringing together half a dozen government regulatory offices as part of an effort to educate officials and find solutions to the problem ...

May 21, 2009 Washington Smoking is responsible for about 467,000 deaths every year, physical inactivity is responsible for about 191,000 deaths and low omega-3 (seafood) intake is responsible for abo...