About Seafood

May 20, 2009 Washington, DC A Virginia mans 63 month federal prison sentence, for his role in a conspiracy that fraudulently labeled and sold pangasius in the United States, is evidence that fish fra...

May 18, 2009 Washington, D.C. - The National Fisheries Institute (NFI) is urging American women and consumers to ignore the demonstrably false and distorted information about seafood consumption and m...

April 22, 2009 Washington Consumers interested in shopping for seafood often dont realize they probably already buy sustainably managed fish. Worldwide focus on sustainability has highlighted the su...

April 2, 2009 Washington, DC In a letter to seafood importers the Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) says, as of April first companies must be in full compliance with its regulatory requirements,...

March 20, 2009 Washington, DC A Government Accountability Office (GAO) report released today finds the Food and Drug Administrations (FDA) work to combat fraud in the seafood industry lacking. The r...

March 18, 2009 Dear Retailers, Some of you have undoubtedly already received letters from Greenpeace announcing its intention to, once again, publish a seafood sustainability retailer ranking list. Yo...

March 11, 2009 Washington, DC For the second time in three years, a California court has refused to require mercury warnings in conjunction with the sale of canned tuna. The state attorney general's ...

March 4, 2009 Washington, DC In a letter to the Better Seafood Bureaus (BSB) secretary, Lisa Weddig, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) makes the agencys policy on the use of the name white rough...

March 3, 2009 Washington A review of the FDA Food Safety Modernization Act of 2009 by the National Fisheries Institute (NFI) finds a bipartisan endeavor that appears committed to progressive thinking ...

February 26, 2009 Washington, DC The Better Seafood Bureau (BSB) has made its case for economic integrity to the Food and Drug Administration (FDA). BSB secretary Lisa Weddig testified before the FDA...

Today the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) publicly released a comprehensive, rigorously peer-reviewed draft report assessing the latest research on the effects of seafood on heart health and baby b...

WASHINGTON, D.C. December 23, 2008 The National Fisheries Institute (NFI) is alerting reporters and editors nationwide to treat actor Jeremy Piven's claims of mercury poisoning from eating sushi wit...

December 15, 2008 Washington, DC A Washington Post story detailing a Food and Drug Administration (FDA) draft report on seafood consumption that apparently recommends urging the government to amend i...

December 12, 2008 Washington, DC - A Washington Post report says the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has delivered a recommendation urging the government to amend its out of date seafood advisory b...

WASHINGTON, D.C. November 17, 2008 In the next few weeks Greenpeace will unveil yet another set of retailer rankings that grade U.S. grocery stores based on their seafood sustainability efforts. It ...