Seafood NIC
Home
Coming Events
Consumer Seafood Information
Employment Opportunities
Guidelines and Regulations
Links and Information Sources
Marketing/Product Development
Nutrition and Food Labeling
On-Line News and Listservs
Publications
Sanitation
Seafood HACCP
Seafood HACCP Alliance
Seafood HACCP Compendium
SeafoodHealthFacts.org

Consumer Seafood Information

» Educational Resources » Seafood Quality
» Home Preservation Publications » Seafood Safety Information
» Purchasing Seafood » Storage
» Recipes » Sustainable Seafood Information
» Seafood and Health Information » Miscellaneous Consumer Information
» Seafood Preparation  

Educational Resources

American Medical Association - Diagnosis and Management of Foodborne Illnesses: A Primer for Physicians
Iowa State University - Food Safety Project
Michigan State University - The Food Domain - a Comprehensive Resource
Pick My Fish - About Seafood/National Fisheries Institute
Seafood - FoodSafety.gov (2012)NEW
Seafood Tips and Resources (2009)
Seafood Health Facts: Making Smart Choices, Balancing the Benefits and Risks of Seafood Consumption
U.S. Department of Agriculture Food and Nutrition Information Center
U.S. Food and Drug Administration
Virginia Institute of Marine Science, Sea Grant - Seafood Education

back to top


Home Preservation Publications

National Center for Home Food Preservation - U. Georgia
Canning Fact Sheets - Utah State U.
Canning Seafood* - Oregon State U.
Fish Pickling for Home Use* - Oregon State U.
Freezing Fish - U. Georgia
Freezing Clams - U. Florida
Freezing Crab - U. Florida
Freezing Lobster - U. Florida
Freezing Oysters - U. Florida
Freezing Scallops - U. Florida
Freezing Seafood at Home - UC Davis
Freezing Shrimp - U. Georgia
Handling and Freezing Fish and Seafood at Home* - LSU
Home Canning Smoked Fish* - Oregon State U.
Home-Canning Smoked Fish - U. Florida
Home Food Preservation - Penn State Extension
Home Freezing of Seafood* Oregon State U.
How Long Does Smoked Fish Stay Fresh in the Freezer? - U. of Alaska
Preparation and Preservation of Alabama Seafood - Auburn U.
Salting Fish - Virginia Tech.
Saving Your Catch - Auburn U.
Smoking Fish at Home - U. of Alaska
Smoking Fish at Home Safely* - Oregon State U.
Spiced and Pickled Seafoods - UC Davis
Tuna - Virginia Tech.
USDA Complete Guide to Home Canning - National Ctr. for Home Food Preservation

back to top


Purchasing Seafood

ALBACORE TUNA -- A quality guide for off the dock purchasers - OSU*
Complete Guide to Fish & Shellfish, Part 1: Buying and Handling - Simply Seafood
Consumer Handling and Seafood Safety - U. of Delaware
Food Information and Seafood Hotline - FDA
How can I avoid seafood economic fraud? - FDA
How can you select safe seafood? - FDA
How can you spot a safe seafood seller? - FDA
How much should I buy? - U. Delaware
Purchasing Seafood is Easy - NMFS
Seafood Selection Guide - NMFS
Seafood Selection Pocket Guide - NFI

back to top


Recipes

AboutSeafood.com - National Fisheries Institute
Alaska Seafood Marketing Institute - Cook It Frozen! (recipes)
Alaska Seafood Marketing Institute - Cook It Frozen! (cooking techniques)
allrecipes (seafood recipes)
Bumble Bee Seafoods
California Salmon Council
California Seafood Council
The Catfish Institute
Chicken of the Sea
Contessa - Shrimp Recipes
EatShrimp.com - The Shrimp Council
Florida Bureau of Seafood & Aquaculture
Foodnet (Food Institute of Canada)
Gorton's
Hawaii Seafood Buyers' Guide
Hawaiian Electric Company
Maine Lobster Promotion Council
National Fisheries Institute
New Jersey Seafood Harvesters' Association
Ocean Garden Products, Inc.
The Recipe Link
Red Lobster
Simply Seafood.com
Starfish Sea Products, Inc.
StarKist Tuna
Virginia Institute of Marine Science, Sea Grant
Western Fishboat Owners Association

back to top

 

Seafood and Health Information

AboutSeafood.com - Nutrition and Health - NFI
The American Council on Science and Health, Inc.

Blonz Guide to Nutrition, Food Science and Health


Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

The Combined Health Information Database (produced by health-related agencies of the Federal Government. This database provides titles, abstracts, and availability information for health information and health education resources)
Communicating Risk-Risk to the Public:  The Case of the Health Benefits and Risks from Eating Seafood, a Ceres® White Paper*, 21 p. - Center for Food, Nutrition and Agriculture Policy, University of Maryland - College Park

Eating Fish: Health Benefits and Risks, by J.M. Torpy, C. Lynm, and R.M. Glass (JAMA Patient Page) - JAMA. 2006:296:1926
Environmental Contaminants Information

Fish Intake, Contaminants, and Human Health, Evaluating the Risks and the Benefits, D. Mozaffarian and E. B. Rimm - JAMA. 2006;296:1885-1899
Fish, Mercury and Nutrition: The Net Effects - Energy & Environmental Research Ctr.
Food Allergy Network

Healthy Pregnancy: Fish Facts Print and Go Guide* 2 p. - US DHHS, National Women's Health Information Center

KIM-2 Keep It Managed-2nd Version (An interactive computer-aided personal food choice program that combines all of your daily food choices and predicts the resulting tissue highly unsaturated fatty acid (HUFA) levels that are biomarkers for essential fatty acid intake as well as surrogate clinical markers related to the probable intensity of an eicosanoid response)  

Mercury Information

Omega-3 and Omega-6 Eicosanoid Information (Dr. Bill Lands) - NIH
Omega-3 Fatty Acids and Cancer Therapy (Dr. W. Elaine Hardman) [PowerPoint] - Marshall U. School of Medicine

Nutrition & Health - National Fisheries Institute

PubMed (a service of the US National Library of Medicine and the National Institutes of Health)

Seafood and Health Alliance Conference
Seafood and Health Alliance Conference (NMFS summary of 12/6/05)*
Seafood and Health Alliance Conference (NMFS summary of 12/8/05)*
Seafood and Health in the News - NOAA Fisheries
Seafood Choices: Balancing Benefits and Risks – Report - Institute of Medicine
Seafood Choices: Balancing Benefits and Risks -  Report Brief*, 8 p. - Institute of Medicine

Vibrio vulnificus Information (a web site for healthcare professionals)
Video Clips on Experts Discussing Seafood and Health - Seafood Services Australia

U.S. Department of Agriculture
U.S. Food and Drug Administration

www.health.gov (a portal to the web sites of a number of multi-agency health initiatives and activities of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) and other Federal departments and agencies.

back to top

Seafood Preparation

BC Salmon Marketing Council - Preparation Tips
Building a Small Crab Cooker for Home Use* 2 p. - OSU
Catching, Cleaning, and Cooking Bay Crabs (1998)* 4 p. - OSU
Coming to Grips with a Crab (1987)* 6 p. - UW
Food Safety and Food Information Hotline - US FDA
National Sea Grant Library
Squid - An Underutilized Species* 10 p. - Virginia Tech

back to top


Seafood Quality

A Pocket Guide to Care and Handling of Fish from Stream to Table - North Dakota State U.
Consumer Guide to Handling and Storage - U. Delaware
Consumer Tips For Purchasing High Quality Seafood - UC Davis
Finfish Facts (includes images) - U. Delaware
Fresh Seafood - U. Delaware
Frozen Seafood - U. Delaware
Handling Sportcaught Fish - OSU
How can you figure out if the fish is fresh? - FDA
Safe Handling of Fish - U. Minn.
Shellfish Facts (includes images) - U. Delaware
Why Seafood Spoils - UC Davis

back to top


Seafood Safety Information

A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H | I | J | K | L |M | N | O | P | Q | R | S | T | U | V | W | X | Y | Z 

An Expectant Mother's Guide to Eating Minnesota Fish* - 5 pp. - Minn. Dept. of Health
Assessment and Management of Seafood Safety and Quality (by H. Huss, L. Ababouch and L. Gram), FAO Fisheries Technical Paper 444 (2003) - FAO

Critical Steps Towards Safer Seafood - US FDA

"Eat Fish That's Been Thoroughly Cooked" (Important Health Information for People with Diabetes Mellitus) - FDA 
Eating raw finfish: Risks and benefits? - U. Delaware

Farmed or wild: Both types of salmon taste good and are good for you by Tom and Olin*, 3 p. (2010) - GAA
Federal Food Safety Information Hotlines
Fish Consumption Advisories - US EPA
Fish Consumption Advisory Program - Minn. Dept. of Health
Fish Health in the Chesapeake Bay - Harmful Algal Blooms - U. Maryland
Food Facts - Canadian Food Inspection Agency
Food Safety Information
Food Security Information
Fresh and Frozen Seafood, Selecting and Serving It Safely  PDF version, 16 p. (3 MB) - US FDA

Interim Melamine and Analogues Safety/Risk Assessment (May 2007) - US FDA
Is Our Seafood Safe to Eat* 2 p. - NCSU
ISO Standards Big Catch for Seafood Industry, S. Wilson - FoodQuality.com

Mercury Information

Parasites in Marine Fishes: Questions and Answers for Seafood Retailers* - Oregon State U.
Persistent Toxic Chemicals of Human Health Concern in Fish from San Francisco Bay and the Sacramento River, CA - SFEI

Recreational Seafood Safety - A Guide for Marine Recreational Fishing - U. Florida

Safe Seafood: From Water to Table* - NFI
Seafood...Safe Food: Handy Seafood Safety Tips* - Rutgers U.
Seafood Safety
Seafood Safety Links - VIMS
Seafood Safety - Simple Solutions to Handling Seafood Safely* 2 p. - NMFS
Seafood Safety: What Consumers Need to Know* - U. Delaware and U. Alaska
Shellfish Education - ISSC
Sport Fish Consumption Advisories* - CA OEHHA

back to top


Storage

Complete Guide to Fish & Shellfish, Part 1: Buying and Handling - Simply Seafood
Consumer Advice - FDA
Consumer Guide to Safe Seafood Handling* 12 p. - U. Delaware
Food Storage Information - FMI
Storing Your Seafood - NMFS-SIP
Also see Home Preservation Publications

back to top

 

Sustainable Seafood Information

Alaska Seafood Marketing Institute - Sustainability Program
California Finfish Management Project - CDFG

California Management of Commercial Invertebrate Fisheries - CDFG
California's Living Marine Resources: A Status Report (2001) - CDFG 
Caribbean Fishery Management Council - NOAA
Checklist for Fisheries Resource Management Issues Seen from the Perspective of the FAO Code of Conduct for Responsible Fisheries, FAO Fisheries Circular No. 917 FIRM/C917 (1996)* 22 p. - FAO

The Facts About Seafood Sustainability - NFI*
FishWatch, U.S. Seafood Facts - NOAA

Gulf of Mexico Fishery Management Act

International Seafood Sustainability Foundation

Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act (provides for the conservation and management of the fisheries, and for other purposes) - NOAA
Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management Council

New England Fishery Management Council - NOAA
North Pacific Fishery Management Council - NOAA

Office of Sustainable Fisheries - NOAA

Pacific Coast Fisheries Information Network - Pacific States Marine Fisheries Commission
Pacific Fishery Management Council - NOAA

Recreational Fishing Services Team - Pacific - NOAA

South Atlantic Fishery Management Council

U.S. Ocean Commission Policy (2004)
URI Sustainable Seafood Initiative


Western Pacific Fishery Management Council - NOAA

back to top


Miscellaneous Consumer Information

AboutSeafood.com - National Fisheries Institute
Blonz Guide to Nutrition, Food Science and Health
Commercially Farmed and Wild-Caught Salmon, Bon Appétit!* 6 p.- UC Davis
The Epicurious Dictionary
Food and Health - U. of Minnesota
The Food Resource - Oregon State U.
Seafood Festivals - in the search box, enter: "seafood"
Simply Seafood.com
Spectacular Seafood, a Manual for Family and Consumer Science Teachers (1999, Compiled by T. Stivers)* 91 p. - U. of GA Marine Extension Service and GA Sea Grant College Program
Sustainable Seafood Information
U.S. Department of Agriculture
U.S. Dept. of Commerce, National Marine Fisheries Service - Seafood Selection Guide
U.S. Food and Drug Administration

back to top


*Acrobat Reader required


Sea Grant

Updated: 08/08/12

Update Log

Disclaimer

Search SeafoodNIC

Pamela D. Tom, SeafoodNIC Director

Sea Grant Extension Program
Food Science & Technology Department
University of California
One Shields Avenue
Davis, CA 95616  USA

Mailing List

NOAA