Fish

Both a major buyer and processor of fish, Japan is an important link in the global seafood distribution chain. So the effects of the disaster -- including the ruined ports, roads, fisheries and processing centers -- have taken their toll on the seafood industry worldwide.

The Christian season of repentance, Lent, is underway. And with the season comes an increased demand for seafood -- as traditional followers of Lent avoid meat on Fridays. That demand has caused some restaurants to alter their menus, and seafood retailers to consider their supplies.

As the FDA considers the first genetically modified animal for human consumption, many in the seafood industry advocate for warning labels. But the biotech industry insists the fish are biologically identical to other Atlantic salmon.

The price of shrimp is up 50 cents a pound at Ruth's seafood stand in the Westwego fish market, just outside of New Orleans, La. And this could be just the beginning. Among my friends and fellow sustainable food nuts, there is a dark humor when it comes to seafood: we can't decide if we should...

Are you confused by the many reports about fish, which are safe to eat, which are being depleted? Do you want to do right by the environment but don't know enough about ichthyology (the study of fish)? Greenpeace has just unveiled the latest iteration of its Supermarket Seafood Sustainability...

Consumption of tuna, the most commonly eaten fish in the United States, accounts for one-third of mercury exposure from eating seafood, a new study shows. The study is in this month's issue of the journal Environmental Research, and shows that mercury content varies widely depending on the...

Packages of frozen yellow fin tuna steaks sold at Whole Foods Market stores in more than two dozen states are being recalled due to concerns about high levels of histamine that could cause a reaction called scombroid poisoning, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration announced. Eating fish with...

There's a scene from the old John Candy movie Summer Rental in which Candy and his family order a dish called "Sully's Catch of the Day" at a seaside restaurant. The dish is advertised as being freshly caught, lightly breaded and sautéed grouper, but it turns out, it's just frozen fish...

That luscious ahi tuna roll you chowed down on at your local sushi joint? It's the same as eating an endangered Siberian tiger. Well, not quite. But scientists are increasingly worried that ahi, the blood-red belle of the raw-fish ball, is being quickly fished to extinction courtesy of the...

Though millions of you eat fish sticks, Filet-o-Fish sandwiches, and sushi made of this fish every month, it's a good bet you wouldn't be able to pick the hoki out of a creature-of-the-deep lineup; it's an even better bet you've never heard of the hoki, also known as the blue grenadier. So of...