Month: February 2014

A fourteen foot wave breaking the bow and crashing into the cockpit of the 50 foot Chelsea Ann doesn’t scare Bill “Bubba” Cochrane, its just part of his job as a Gulf of Mexico commercial fisherman. What scares him is losing the ability to harvest twenty percent of one of the most sustainable fish in the Gulf of Mexico. …

Four major seafood buyers announced today that they have joined the Wild Salmon Center’s Salmon Fishery Improvement Project (FIP) Partnership. The Partnership, which includes Nestlé, Gorton’s, The Fishin’ Company, Albion Fisheries, and High Liner Foods, aims to significantly increase the number of fisheries around the globe that supply sustainable salmon. The buyers’ involvement motivates fisheries to focus on their sustainability performance, and the Wild Salmon Center (WSC) builds on this interest by working on the ground to help fisheries find practical ways to improve their sustainability efforts. …

To raise awareness among women that prevention of heart disease should be a top priority—and to promote the heart-health benefits of seafood consumption—Seafood Nutrition Partnership is collaborating with the National Institutes of Health (NIH) program The Heart Truth® and Sister to Sister: The Women’s Heart Health Foundation on a public service message that launches nationally February 7, 2014. …