US in online seafood drive
THE non-profit Seafood Nutrition Partnership (SNP) has launched the 2016 Seafood Recipe Sweepstakes in the United States to encourage people to incorporate more seafood into regular meals.
The 2015-2020 USDA Dietary Guidelines for Americans recommend eating seafood at least twice a week and to take in at least 250mg of omega-3s EPA+DHA per day. Currently, only one in 10 Americans follow this guideline.
As part of SNP’s three-year public health education Healthy Heart Pledge campaign, the 2016 Seafood Nutrition Partnership Recipe Sweepstakes encourages people to show how easy, delicious, and nutritious fish and shellfish can be to add to weekly meals.
‘We are excited to introduce this consumer education programme to teach Americans about the critical importance seafood nutrition has in supporting heart and brain health,’ said SNP executive director Linda Cornish.
‘This programme not only highlights the health benefits seafood offers, but also how simple, easy and delicious it is to incorporate seafood at least twice a week into your regular meals.’
During the campaign, running until October 21, people are encouraged to share a photo of a seafood dish prepared using five ingredi- ents or less (not counting spices/garnishes) on Twitter or Instagram. between the participants, and gain new perspectives on the huge potential of industry, said EUfishmeal.
The first panel discussion addressed the issue of the biological foundation for a sustainable fishery for forage fish and called for more direct cooperation between scientists and fishermen in the collection of the data used for quota advice from the scientists.
On the second day the focus shifted from management of the fishery to the role of fishmeal and feed in the value chain. The latest research in fishmeal and fish oil was presented and the need for even more research within the composition of feed and the unique characteristics of fishmeal and fish oil was identified by different stakeholders.
It is known that the meal and oil contains more valuable ingredients than we can yet substantiate. There was specific commitment from the fishmeal industry and Nofima, the Norwegian Research Institute, to cooperate in gaining more knowledge about fishmeal and fish oil.