Go Blue! Seafood Sustainability

“20 by 20” Seafood Campaign

This January’s release of the new Dietary Guidelines for Americans will greatly encourage increased seafood consumption in the coming New Year!

Sea Port is looking forward to a very bright New Year for seafood consumption in the United States due to the release on January 7^th of the 2015-2020 Dietary Guidelines for Americans issued by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services and the U.S. Department of Agriculture.

Never before has our U.S. government so strongly encouraged the increased consumption of seafood by directing that Americans replace servings of beef, pork, and other terrestrially produced animal proteins with seafood to bring the consumption level of seafood up to the recommended frequency of at least two times per week.

The serving of seafood at least twice a week (approximately 8-12 ounces total) to obtain unique essential nutrients such as omega 3s is now recommended for the majority of Americans and for women who are pregnant or breastfeeding.  Currently this level of seafood consumption is only being practiced by 10% of Americans (across all age-sex groups).  This needs to change!

Sea Port will strongly support the new dietary guidelines as we work diligently to gain the support of both our customers and suppliers to join our “20 by 20” Seafood Campaign to bring our per capita seafood consumption up to 20 pounds (currently around 14.6) by the year 2020.  This can be quickly accomplished if we all simply followed the new guidelines!

Please join our “20 by 20” initiative in the coming New Year as we all promote the new guidelines to help advance both the health of our nation and the health of our beautiful blue planet.

Go Blue! For Our Health – For Our Environment – For Sustainability

Happy New Year!

Sincerely, Dave