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A Hot Day on Capitol Hill

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July 18, 2008 - Assistant Editor James Wright traveled to Washington, D.C., this week with the National Fisheries Institute's Future Leaders program to learn about lobbying for recently proposed food-safety legislation....
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Education Is Everything

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July 16, 2008 - Consumers seek more information so they can make more informed food-purchasing decisions. But if they can't decipher it, what good is it?...
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The New 'Normal' Prices

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July 14, 2008 - According to a new Deloitte study, global commodity food prices have risen dramatically and are considered to be the new "normal." In the future, the "what goes up must come down" mentality cannot be applied to seafood - or any other food price....
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A Nod to Farmed Shrimp

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July 11, 2008 - The U.S. Food and Drug Administration is using the shrimp-farming industry as a test case to help it draft guidance for third-party certification programs to ensure certified food imports meet its requirements. It's a gigantic step in the right direction for the embattled agency, and the U.S. food supply will be safer because of it....
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Don't Dread the Tide

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July 09, 2008 - Despite numerous closures of shellfish harvesting grounds due to red tide outbreaks, the New England shellfish supply is in safe hands. One Maine family wishes they hadn't pressed their luck over the holiday weekend by consuming mussels they harvested themselves....
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Roger on the MTA

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July 07, 2008 - Legal Sea Foods President and CEO Roger Berkowitz isn't making any friends at the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority or Carmen's Union. But his seafood restaurant chain's cheeky ad campaign and free speech crusade are getting a laugh out of consumers at a time when they aren't dining out as frequently....
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Feds Should Guide COOL, Not Mississippi

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July 02, 2008 - Mississippi yesterday became the first state to mandate country-of-origin labeling for catfish served at restaurants. Foodservice COOL has merit, but the state law is the domestic catfish industry's latest act of protectionism - and it could hurt restaurants....
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Good News Gets No Press

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June 30, 2008 - U.S. fisheries received their yearly report card on Friday, and the news is encouraging: Seven fish stocks are no longer subject to overfishing, and no new fish stocks were added to the overfishing list. But barely any media outlets picked up on the report card, leaving it up to retailers and foodservice operators to spread the good word....
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Survival in Seattle

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June 27, 2008 - During the second leg of the National Fisheries Institute's Future Leaders program in Seattle, at-sea safety hit home. Nothing gives you a greater sense of appreciation for the risks commercial fishermen take more than donning a survival suit and jumping in the water - even if it's only an indoor swimming pool....
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Tough Times for The Big 3

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June 25, 2008 - Dongwon Group is expected to acquire the StarKist canned tuna brand from Del Monte Foods Co. for more than $300 million. The company, which retains about three-quarters of South Korea's canned tuna market, just may bring the wherewithal and stability necessary to revive StarKist and the stagnant U.S. shelf-stable tuna category....
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