Seafood in the Media

Greenpeace video a must watch

April Forristall — Fri, 21 Dec 2012 17:25:26 GMT

I have never insisted that people watch Greenpeace videos. Usually they’re hyperbole filled fundraising pitches or violent cartoon animations, but the latest eye opening creation is simply too good to pass up. Therefore, I implore you to watch this video.

Pinterest, Twitter, Tonight Show feature seafood

April Forristall — Thu, 20 Dec 2012 18:39:57 GMT

Lynsee Fowler is the Communications Coordinator at the National Fisheries Institute. The Social Media Vlog highlights the seafood community on social media. Click here to get the latest social media buzz on the seafood community.

'Today' show highlights BSB

April Forristall — Fri, 14 Dec 2012 13:38:03 GMT

Seafood social media highlights

April Forristall — Thu, 13 Dec 2012 13:33:17 GMT

Seafood featured in social media

April Forristall — Wed, 05 Dec 2012 16:42:19 GMT

Seafood fearmongers meet Jenny McCarthy

April Forristall — Fri, 02 Nov 2012 13:19:32 GMT

Mainstream researchers, doctors and dietitians agree that fringe eco gurus who promote mercury in seafood scare stories are more and more exposed by ground truth science these days. When the extensive scientific review that went into the USDA’s Dietary Guidelines

Special interest catfish lobby’s distortion compulsion

Steve Hedlund — Fri, 01 Jul 2011 15:10:02 GMT

The USDA’s comment period on proposed catfish regulation has closed and many a journalist is combing through the submissions, sifting through the repetitious rhetoric shoveled onto the record by myriad special interest catfish foot soldiers. Reading the record with an

Catfish that live in glass houses

Steve Hedlund — Tue, 24 May 2011 12:57:43 GMT

This week’s GAO report on imported seafood said a number of things and made a number of recommendations that by in large make sense. The report didn’t break much new ground because the Food Safety Modernization Act, released in January, has FDA already working on much of what the report suggested they work on.

Greenpeace's retailer rankings are a tired tactic

Mercedes Grandin — Tue, 12 Apr 2011 17:37:11 GMT

NFI's Gavin Gibbons examines Greenpeace's rankings of retailers' seafood sourcing policies.

There's no need for alarm

Mercedes Grandin — Mon, 11 Apr 2011 13:11:27 GMT

Gavin Gibbons looks at the issue of contaminated seafood from Japan, citing a Mayo Clinic physicist who says that there is no cause for alarm.

Silence is not golden

Mercedes Grandin — Tue, 30 Nov 2010 16:02:54 GMT

Gavin Gibbons stands up against in the media in a fight to set the seafood record straight.

Got Mercury? Targets America's poorest at the holidays

Mercedes Grandin — Mon, 06 Dec 2010 15:26:52 GMT

Gavin Gibbons takes aim at Got Mercury's latest attack on canned tuna.

Today Show reporter Jeff Rossen and producer Robert Powell ignore facts in story on safety of imported seafood (Part II)

Mercedes Grandin — Mon, 06 Dec 2010 15:38:53 GMT

NFI's director of media relations Gavin Gibbons continues to examine the Today Show's reporting stance on imported seafood.

Today Show Ignores Facts About Imported Seafood

Mercedes Grandin — Wed, 17 Nov 2010 18:00:39 GMT

NFI's Gavin Gibbons provides facts refuting the Today Show's angle that imported seafood is unsafe.

Catfish Farmer’s Caustic Crusade

Mercedes Grandin — Wed, 20 Oct 2010 19:18:29 GMT

Gavin Gibbons continues to follow the debate between imported vs. domestic catfish.

Got embarrassingly misguided advice and rhetoric?

Mercedes Grandin — Thu, 14 Oct 2010 12:19:51 GMT

National Fisheries Institute's Gavin Gibbons criticizes GotMercury's latest advice on seafood consumption.

Just the facts please

Mercedes Grandin — Wed, 06 Oct 2010 12:21:10 GMT

Gavin Gibbons takes aim at a recent story covering the debate circling around imported vs. domestic catfish.

Pangasius and the “Folly of Protectionism”

Mercedes Grandin — Wed, 28 Jul 2010 15:43:46 GMT

Gavin Gibbons follows up on the imported vs. domestic catfish debate.

Integrity be damned

Mercedes Grandin — Thu, 22 Jul 2010 12:14:49 GMT

Gavin Gibbons blogs about the battle to support domestic versus imported catfish.

Mining for misinformation in the Gulf

Mercedes Grandin — Thu, 08 Jul 2010 15:56:07 GMT

Gavin Gibbons draws attention to a blogger who covers the Gulf oil spill.