NOAA Developes Seafood Consumer Guide
To be Unveiled at the Great American Seafood Cook-off in New Orleans
Seafood
consumers in the U.S., increasingly concerned about the sustainability
and quality of seafood, can now turn to a NOAA Fisheries Service
Web site, FishWatch, for the latest information.
The
Web site, at http://www.fishwatch.noaa.gov,
has information on more than 30 of the most popular seafood species,
with more species to be added in the near future. NOAA Fisheries
Service is inviting the public to visit the site and tell us what
they think of FishWatch through the Comments section on the Web
site within the next 60 days.
"Consumers are increasingly concerned about the safety, quality,
and sustainability of the seafood they eat," said Dr. Bill
Hogarth, NOAA Fisheries Service director. "This guide brings
accurate fish information available to your seafood market, and
it allows consumers to make informed decisions about purchasing
seafood."
FishWatch
provides seafood consumers with timely information about seafood,
such as red snapper. The Web site includes details on population
strength and status, as well as consumer information such as on
fat content and vitamins. FishWatch also provides economic information,
such as where seafood comes from and how much money it brings
to the economy.
The
President's Ocean Commission charged NOAA Fisheries Service with
informing the public about the status of the living marine resources
managed by the agency, and FishWatch is an outgrowth of that initiative.
Hogarth
plans to unveil the FishWatch guide at the fourth annual Great
American Seafood Cook-off in New Orleans, La., on August 4, 2007.
NOAA co-sponsors the cook-off to celebrate the wide variety, high
quality and sustainability of domestically harvested seafood.
The
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, an agency of
the U.S. Commerce Department, is celebrating 200 years of science
and service to the nation. From the establishment of the Survey
of the Coast in 1807 by Thomas Jefferson to the formation of the
Weather Bureau and the Commission of Fish and Fisheries in the
1870s, much of America's scientific heritage is rooted in NOAA.
NOAA
is dedicated to enhancing economic security and national safety
through the prediction and research of weather and climate-related
events and information service delivery for transportation, and
by providing environmental stewardship of our nation's coastal
and marine resources. Through the emerging Global Earth Observation
System of Systems (GEOSS), NOAA is working with its federal partners,
more than 70 countries and the European Commission to develop
a global monitoring network that is as integrated as the planet
it observes, predicts and protects.
NOAA
Fisheries Service is dedicated to protecting and preserving our
nation's living marine resources and their habitat through scientific
research, management and enforcement. NOAA Fisheries Service provides
effective stewardship of these resources for the benefit of the
nation, supporting coastal communities that depend upon them,
and helping to provide safe and healthy seafood to consumers and
recreational opportunities for the American public. To learn more
about NOAA Fisheries Service, please visit: www.nmfs.noaa.gov.
NOAA:
http://www.noaa.gov
NOAA Fisheries: http://www.nmfs.noaa.gov
FishWatch: http://www.fishwatch.noaa.gov
Email address to send comments: fishwatch@noaa.gov
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