Seafood’s leading podcast for actionable industry information. Joel Roberson, Partner at Holland & Knight, will be speaking on the current congressional climate at this year’s Leadership Summit, taking place Sept. 23-26 at the Intercontinental Wharf in Washington, D.C. In this episode of SoFISHticated, Joel joins co-hosts Richard and Kayla to discuss the Leadership Summit and why, especially this … The post SoFISHticated Season 4, Episode 6: Why you should attend NFI’s Leadership Summit appeared first on About Seafood ..read more

Seafood’s leading podcast for actionable industry information. Co-hosts Richard and Kayla are continuing the conversation about AI in seafood with this second episode in SoFISHticated’s series on AI. Last episode, they spoke about AI in seafood manufacturing and processing, but in this episode they’re joined by Tony Chen, Co-Founder of Manolin, to talk AI in seafood farming. Listen in and buckle up for this new episode, packed full of actionable industry information. Key takeaways: What are companies looking to solve with AI? The difference between short-term outputs vs. long-term ou ..read more

June 20, 2024 The Honorable Mary Sattler Peltola 153 Cannon House Office Building Washington, DC 20515 Dear Congresswoman Peltola: We write to express our deep concern regarding H.R. 8507[1]—legislation you have introduced that would create sweeping new federal mandates constraining the effective management of our nation’s fisheries. If enacted, H.R. 8507 would directly harm fishermen and coastal communities in Alaska and throughout our nation, along with countless other people who rely on a healthy domestic seafood sector for food, jobs, and their way of life. We ask you to withdraw this legi ..read more

Reston, VA – June 3, 2024 – The United States has built a world-renowned fishery management system on regional, science-based oversight and stakeholder collaboration.  The success of this system is beyond dispute.  Rep. Mary Peltola’s “Bottom Trawl Clarity Act” flies in the face of decades of scientific understanding and actual outcomes in hundreds of federally managed fisheries. Subjectively walling off areas and imposing static area closures based on ideological hostility to certain harvesting methods is the wrong approach.  It will limit the nation’s flexibility to manage fis ..read more

The saying “everything old is new again” speaks to trends that see faded Nirvana and Guns N’ Roses concert tees flying off the shelves and quickly affixed to a generation of teens who’ve likely never listened to either. It’s a thing. It’s a statement. It’s a celebration of vintage coolness. But it’s not a trend that should be embraced by journalists in their current reporting.  A recent New York Times article about shrimp dug deep into outdated postures about seafood apparently in order to recycle hyperbole. Unable to ignore the FDA calling shrimp a “best choice”, the article searches far ..read more

Seafood’s leading podcast for actionable industry information. Listen in and buckle up, this episode of SoFISHticated is taking us to new places: the world of Artificial Intelligence. Saif Khawaja, Founder of Shinkei Systems, joined co-hosts Richard and Kayla for a knowledge-packed episode about how AI is being incorporated into the seafood industry.  Key takeaways:?  Seafood is behind when it comes to AI integration. There’s always going to be a person behind AI, but is there an upside for a labor-strapped industry? First adopters are starting with AI in the area of supp ..read more

The cycle of reporting on mercury in seafood can be an exhausting one, as misinformed reporters peddle hyperbole and spoon-fed narratives that appear to prompt simple handwringing and teeth gnashing. But they cause much more than that.  For years, informed communicators have pointed to studies like one from the National Academy of Sciences that shows a faulty focus on an overblown mercury myth has a negative impact on public health.   The director of the Center for Food, Nutrition and Agriculture Policy put it this way, “The government’s communication strategy on the risks and b ..read more

Seafood’s leading podcast for actionable industry information. Over the past few months, NFI has been charting the course for its future by creating a Strategic Plan, and in this new episode of SoFISHticated, co-hosts Richard and Kayla sit down with NFI President & CEO Lisa Wallenda Picard to discuss the plan’s key components.  From its origin to its mission, this episode will introduce you to the Strategic Plan. You don’t want to miss it.  Key takeaways: What is the meaning behind the plan’s three initiatives: Shape, Connect and Grow? Does the plan have a timeline ..read more

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If there’s one message to get across to news outlets, like Newsweek and The New York Times, it’s this: you’re missing the point.  Your recent articles about studies that show mercury levels in seafood have remained the same for the past 30 to 50 years may be accurate but they’re a surface level look. What isn’t reported is that during the past 30 to 50 years, American consumers have not gotten sick because of mercury in seafood. The fish aren’t dying of mercury poisoning— and neither are consumers… isn’t that a good thing? There’s something at play here that reporters are missing or ignor ..read more