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- EIN 26-0613665
- (808) 521-5020
- 1130 N Nimitz Highway A-263 Honolulu HI 96817-5784 USA
- www.hawaii-seafood.org
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Causes: Environment, Environmental Education
Mission: Hawaii seafood council (hsc) supports responsible fisheries and sustainable seafood in hawaii for future generations through consumer education, outreach and research. Hsc believes that marine fisheries, fishing and seafood are essential to hawaii's unique culture, food traditions, diversified economy, food security and healthy lifestyle.
Programs: The seafood industry program (ind) supported the organization's mission by preserving hawaii's seafood market reputation related to the concerns of seafood safety and sustainability. This is completed through outreach, education, training and research programs.
the seafood sample collection contract from noaa nsil (national seafood inspection laboratory) in pascagoula, mississippi involved hsc collecting 100 species of seafood (10 specimens per species) that characterize the us seafood market. The purpose of collecting these authenticated seafood samples was 1) for use by nsil in the development of a national data bank of seafood species muscle protein patterns (electrophoresis) as a rapid method for species identification and alternative to dna testing, and 2) to conduct a survey of metals and environmental contaminants of seafood species in the us seafood market.
the hawaii seafood council provides technical assistance to the seafood wholesale industry and the processing and retail sector through consultation and training related to: 1) seafood safety. 2) hazard analysis critical control point (haccp) based seafood safety plans. 3) implications of the new food safety modernization act (fsma). 4) preventative controls rule on the seafood sector. 5) sanitation control procedures and current good manufacturing practices (cgmp) compliance.