TV Host Melissa D'Arabian & Doctor William Castelli Launch Get Real About Seafood Campaign

Melissa d'Arabian – celebrity chef, TV host and busy mother of four – and Dr. William Castelli – renowned cardiovascular specialist and former Director of the Framingham Heart study – announced today the launch of Get Real About Seafood, an educational campaign to raise awareness about the heart and brain health benefits of seafood and provide resources to help people eat a seafood-rich diet. On average, Americans eat about half the recommended 2 to 3 seafood servings each week due to a lack of understanding about health benefits and lack of confidence in selecting or preparing seafood.

Louisiana Seafood Marketing Agency Chair Survives No-Confidence Vote

June 15, 2012 Mike Perlstein, WWLTV

Harlon Pearce, the longtime chair of the state's Seafood Marketing Agency, was hit with a no-confidence vote Tuesday over his son's recent guilty plea to mislabeling foreign shrimp as domestic.

New Co-Branded Catfish Product Coming From Harvest Select

June 14, 2012 Harvest Select

Harvest Select is pleased to offer our newest retail catfish product; a co-branded, breaded catfish strip.

WTO Panel Sides With China In Shrimp Duties

June 14, 2012 Tom Barkley, Marketwatch

A World Trade Organization dispute panel sided with China in challenging U.S. antidumping duties on imports of shrimp and sawblades, in yet another ruling against a controversial method of calculating antidumping duties that the Obama administration recently agreed to end.

West Coast Fish Fraud Sweep Mostly Good News For Consumers

Dozens of state Fish and Wildlife officers fanned out to seafood retailers, wholesalers and exporters late last week. It was a coordinated West Coast sweep. The cops were looking for mislabeled fish, poached product and banned seafood. Correspondent Tom Banse reports if you're a fish consumer, the results are mostly encouraging.