The Global Seafood Market Conference Makes its West Coast Return in 2023

The Global Seafood Market Conference (GSMC) –seafood’s leading conference – returns to California in 2023 with a focused agenda including premier panels, insightful guest speakers, and unmatched opportunities to collect data.

NFI’s Robert DeHaan Testifies Before International Trade Commission

The U.S. International Trade Commission is investigating the economic impact of Section 301 tariffs on U.S. industries. Since 2018, the National Fisheries Institute (NFI) has argued that the tariffs placed on seafood products have increased costs for U.S. seafood processors, punished American seafood harvesters utilizing China processing for U.S.-bound products and robbed U.S. exporters of competitive access to the world’s largest seafood market.

National Fisheries Institute Statement on the Passing of Dan Murphy

Dan Murphy was a highly-regarded member of the seafood community. He was a long-time advocate in promoting the benefits of eating seafood and marketing our products to a range of customers and consumers.

NFI Crab Council Summer Working Group Eyes Sustainability Work Expansion

The National Fisheries Institute’s Crab Council met in Baltimore, Maryland June 21 and 22 as part of its working group meeting series. This is the third of the policy and project focused meetings since 2019. Previous consultations have resulted in everything from development of detailed units of assessment, to track Fisheries Improvement Projects (FIP) to the adoption of the Spawning Potential Ratio (SPR) method to quantify and monitor progress.

National Fisheries Institute Statement on the Ocean Shipping Reform Act

“We are pleased that President Biden has signed the Ocean Shipping Reform Act of 2022.  This bipartisan bill, which the National Fisheries Institute supported throughout, will help strengthen Federal Maritime Commission (FMC) oversight and allow the agency to more effectively discipline oceangoing carriers for unfair practices that harm U.S. seafood importers and exporters.”