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  • Uncategorized Blog

    What Are the Best Fish to Eat?

    In addition to delivering about 20 grams of protein for around 150 calories per serving, seafood is among the only natural sources of special omega-3s called DHA and EPA. DHA is a building block of br...

  • Uncategorized Blog

    Mercury: A natural phenomenon or manmade menace?

    Rhetoric:Man-made air pollution and mercury emissions from coal-fired power plants end up in the ocean and taint our supply of commercial seafood. Reality:Regardless of pollution, commercially cau...

  • Uncategorized Blog

    Seafood: Are we eating to little or too much?

    Rhetoric:Eating too much fish can cause mercury poisoning.   Reality:The World Health Organization estimates that “a billion people rely on fish as their main source of animal proteins....

  • Uncategorized Blog

    Tuna: A pantry staple or a fish to avoid?

    Rhetoric:Larger fish like albacore (white) tuna used in canned tuna are major sources of methylmercury in the diet. Everyone, but especially children, should stop eating canned albacore tuna and cons...

  • Uncategorized Blog

    Fish during pregnancy: A baby brain builder or harmful neurotoxin?

    Rhetoric: Pregnant and breastfeeding women need to be careful about eating seafood because the trace amounts of mercury found in almost all seafood is also a known neurotoxin that could result in neu...

  • Uncategorized Blog

    Seafood: A Healthy Choice or a Food to Limit?

    Rhetoric: The risks of methylmercury far surpass the health benefits of consuming even the minimum recommended amount of fish. Reality:“It is striking how much greater both the amount of the evi...

  • Statement on the passing of William (Bill) Shinbane

    WASHINGTON, DC April 25, 2013 Bill Shinbane loved his family, his employees and the seafood community. He saw potential in innovation, products and people. He used that vision to turn a small fish wh...

  • Health Blog

    Taking on Mercury Activism

    Scan the websites of deep-pocketed environmental groups and youll see dire warnings and ominous watch lists warning consumers about seafood. Comb through your favorite health and fitness magazines and...

  • Health Blog

    Make MyPlate Pinterest Challenge: salmon cakes with caper mayonnaise @DiabeticLiving

    Yum and simple! We tried the Salmon Cakes with Caper Mayonnaise from @DiabeticLiving earlier this week. The cakes were a big hit with the family, even my 3-year-old and 1-year-old! My kids are not ...

  • Sustainability Press Release

    NFI Announces Clam Committee Partnership with the National Science Foundation

    April 17, 2013 Washington, DC The National Fisheries Institutes Clam Committee has announced a sustainability partnership with the National Science Foundation. As part of the partnership the Foundati...