The National Fisheries Institute (NFI) and U.S. Tuna Foundation (USTF) today announced the merger of the two organizations. The combined organization will strengthen the seafood community’s ability to educate Americans about the health benefits of seafood. It will operate as a single organization.

Workers who come to the United States on short term, seasonal contracts are routinely exploited and have few legal safeguards, according to a report issued on Monday by the Southern Poverty Law Center.

There’s a national plan to increase the supply of seafood, but unfortunately, local fishermen will not benefit from it. Many worry “fish farms” could put an already struggling industry out of business. More Business News

Detroit’s Book-Cadillac Hotel was the epitome of glamour when it opened its doors in 1924. The world’s tallest hotel, it boasted an opulent, Italian Renaissance-inspired design. Over the years it hosted presidents, Hollywood stars and infamous gangsters. But after a 60-year run, the declining metropolis could no longer sustain the Book-Cadillac, and it became yet another empty landmark in …

Some 40,000 spectators crowd in here each July to watch the famed Chincoteague Wild Pony Swim. That’s when the horses that inhabit part of this barrier island off the coast of Maryland and Virginia are rounded up for a 3-minute swim across the channel.

CAMBRIDGE, Md. Officials at Icelandic U-S-A say several parties have expressed interest in buying the seafood company’s plant in Cambridge, Maryland. The plant is scheduled to close at the end of the year. The company and Dorchester County, Maryland officials are searching for a buyer.

CAMBRIDGE, Md. (AP) — Officials at Icelandic USA say several parties have expressed interest in buying the seafood company’s plant in Cambridge, Maryland.

In conjunction with the annual Boston Seafood Show, the Pure Salmon Campaign today issued a warning that American consumers are being misled by farm-raised fish currently being sold with an “organic” label.