June 2, 2025 — The following was released by the International Coalition of Fisheries Associations:
The International Coalition of Fisheries Associations (ICFA) launched its Seafood Nutrition Toolkit, providing resources for its members to communicate the nutritional benefits of seafood around the globe.
ICFA, a coalition of the national fish and seafood industry associations from the world’s major fishing nations, worked together with its counterpart, the Global Seafood Communicators (GSC), a group dedicated to advancing effective communication within the seafood sector, to construct a resource that assists ICFA and its members in communicating unified messaging on seafood’s health benefits to a wealth of audiences.
“The toolkit aims to bring the global seafood community together and use unified messaging to combat misinformation and promote seafood’s health benefits” GSC Chair Fiona MacMillan said. “The materials on ICFA’s website are available to those who want to join our efforts to promote the consumption of such a healthy protein.”
The materials and their messaging was derived from a scientific review, “The Health Benefits of Eating Seafood,” authored by Dr. Wendy Hunt, Murdoch University (Australia), and Professor Alexandra McManus, Curtin University (Australia), and focuses on 21 topic areas that seafood benefits, including cardiovascular health, mental health, maternal health, fertility, cancer prevention, cognitive health and healthy aging. Materials on ICFA’s website, fishcoaltion.org, include the literature review, a one-page summary, animated videos and fact sheets.
Visit fishcoaltion.org to view ICFA’s Seafood Nutrition Toolkit and join ICFA’s effort to promote consumption of the healthiest animal protein on the planet.