Consumer Seafood Information

Educational Resources

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Home Preservation Publications

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Miscellaneous Consumer Information

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Purchasing Seafood

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Recipes

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Seafood and Health Information

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
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)

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.

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Seafood Preparation

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Seafood Quality

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Seafood Safety Information

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

Fish Consumption Advisories - US EPA
Fish Consumption Advisory Program - Minn. Dept. of Health
Fish Health in the Chesapeake Bay - About Pfiesteria piscicida - U. Maryland
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 - US FDA
PDF version, 16 p. (3 MB)

Interim Melamine and Analogues Safety/Risk Assessment (May 2007) - US FDA^NEW

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

Seafood...Safe Food: Handy Seafood Safety Tips* - Rutgers U.
Seafood Safety
Seafood Safety Links - VIMS
Seafood Safety: Questions & Answers - NCSU
Seafood Safety: What Consumers Need to Know* - U. Delaware and U. Alaska
Shellfish Education - ISSC
Sport Fish Consumption Advisories* - CA OEHHA

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Storage

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