Fish Watch: U.S. Seafood Facts
NOAA and Sea Grant recommended site featuring information about 50 of the most commonly harvested and farmed species that are consumed in the United States, offering the most accurate information available on population size, annual landings, management goals and milestones, life history and habitat, fishing practices, photos, factoids, and nutritional content. Visitors to the site will learn about sustainable seafood and how to distinguish science-based fact from fiction.
Seafood Choices: Balancing Benefits and Risks
The fragmented information that consumers receive about the nutritional value and health
risks associated with fish and shellfish can result in confusion or misperceptions about
these food sources. This site, prepared by the Institute of Medicine of the National Academies, reviews evidence on the benefits and risks associated with seafood consumption to help consumers make informed choices.
Be Oyster Aware
From the Gulf and South Atlantic Fisheries Foundation, provides information to the at-risk oyster consumer and general public about the health risks that may be associated with the consumption of raw or undercooked oysters.
Seafood Science and Technology in Sea Grant
The Sea Grant network is helping the U.S. seafood industry increase quality and safety, add value, lower costs and expand seafood supplies and markets.
Seafood Network Information Center
World's most comprehensive source of information on seafood safety and processing.
Center for Food Safety & Applied Nutrition, US Food and Drug Administration
Agency responsible for the safety of the nation's domestically produced and imported seafood.
National Shellfisheries Association
International organization of scientists, management officials and members of industry concerned with the biology, ecology, production, economics and management of shellfish resources of commercial importance
Seafod Science and Technology Society
Professional and educational association of aquatic food product technologists
New York Sea Grant Seafood Technology Program
Features a vareity of the program's education efforts and research projects, including the new Internet-based Seafood HACCP training course
Interstate Shellfish Sanitation Conference
Formed in 1982 to foster and promote shellfish sanitation through the cooperation of state and federal control agencies, the shellfish industry, and the academic community
The Society for Food Science and Technology
Institute of Food Technologists
Encompasses all aspects of the science and technology of aquatic food products
Spectacular Seafood: A Manual for Family and Consumer Science Science Teachers (.pdf)
Georgia Sea Grant
No other food group is as diverse as seafood. This 91-page manual is intended as a teacher's aid to help students learn the basics about seafood nutrition and preparation, from both saltwater and freshwater species.
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