The National Fisheries Institute (NFI) is the nation’s leading advocacy organization for the seafood industry. Its member companies represent every element of the industry from the fishing vessels at sea to the national seafood restaurant chains. This water-to-table diversity allows NFI to speak with authority to decision makers in Washington, D.C., and impact public policy that will help secure a healthy future for all Americans. - [Read more]

Aquaculture Certification Council, Inc. is a nongovernmental body established to certify social, environmental and food safety standards at aquaculture facilities throughout the world. This Missouri nonprofit, non-member public benefit corporation applies elements of the Global Aquaculture Alliance Responsible Aquaculture Program in a certification system that combines site inspections and effluent sampling with sanitary controls, therapeutic controls and traceability. - [Read more]

In 1984, the State of Louisiana created the Louisiana Seafood Promotion & Marketing Board to support their vast historical commercial fisheries industry. Although seafood had grown from a subsistence economy to a world class operation, it was challenged by dramatic changes in the marketplace and in the environment. - [Read more]

The Chesapeake Bay Seafood Industries Association (CBSIA) is a nonprofit trade association formed to represent the seafood processing industry in Maryland. We work to further the best interests of the Maryland seafood industry, supporting all efforts to preserve the resource and thus maintain a viable industry for the small businessmen, both watermen and processors, who depend on a healthy resource for their livelihood. The CBSIA represents the interests of Maryland’s seafood industry - [Read more]