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Throw Backs 1999 Farming a fuss Interagency jockeying for authority stunts U.S. aquaculture growth December 1999 Vol. 18 | No. 12 W hen the U.S. government released its Marine Aquaculture Policy in 2011, you might have asked yourself, 'Haven't we been here before?' Your memory isn't failing: In 1999, Te U.S. Department of Commerce unveiled a bold aquaculture policy that sought to build a competitive, environmentally sound industry by 2025 that would increase annual production to $5 billion and create thousands of jobs. But as the article Turf Battle indicated, the rift between the DOC and the U.S. Department of Agriculture wasn't exactly beneficial to necessary progress. "If USDA and Commerce were children, we'd separate them in class," said Tom Royal of Atlantic Salmon of Maine. Years later, a concise regulatory framework for aquaculture that adequately meshes local, state and federal concerns remains elusive. 2004 Of pyramids and plates Federal dietary guideline-creation process forsakes seafood again O ne of the U.S. seafood industry's greatest challenges throughout the years has been getting the federal government to officially recognize seafood's healthfulness and to promote its consumption. Every five years, as the departments of Agriculture and Health and Human Services revised Americans' dietary guidelines, hopes for seafood's recognition — and a needed shot in the arm for seafood sales — were rekindled. As the article Healthy Sales Just Ahead detailed, a federal panel of 13 nutritionists recommended that new guidelines urge Americans to eat seafood twice a week, a refrain echoed by the industry for years. It didn't happen in 2005, the last time the "food pyramid" was used. But in 2010, when the MyPlate system was launched, the sensible seafood-twice-a-week recommendation was adopted. Hallelujah. December 2004 Vol. 23 | No. 12 2009 Like cats and dogs Potential agency switch remains possible until Farm Bill gets updated December 2009 Vol. 28, No. 12 W hen the dust settles from the 2012 election and Congress tackles a new agenda, a Farm Bill update will hopefully make it to the top of the to-do list. For the seafood industry, it would resolve a long-running dispute for domestic catfish producers and their competitors. Te U.S. catfish industry has been pushing for the U.S. Department of Agriculture to oversee all For updated NEWS, go to www.SeafoodSource.com catfish inspections, which would, by all accounts, stem the flow of Vietnamese pangasius imports until the industry there could establish an equivalent inspection program. Critics panned the tactic as protectionism in the article Tug of War, but the domestic industry remained steadfast in its position that Americans' food safety was all it was trying to protect. Will 2013 bring closure? December 2012 SeaFood Business 11