USDA is providing leadership to ensure that a healthy, competitive, and sustainable aquaculture sector can produce an abundant, safe, and affordable supply of seafood products.

fish by consumers in organic markets because fish are sepa-rated from other animal protein products that meet national organic standards and are sold with the USDA organic seal. According to FAO, active countries producing and certifying

Apr 16, 2015 · WASHINGTON — After more than a decade of delays, the government is moving toward allowing the sale of U.S.-raised organic fish and shellfish. But don’t expect it in the grocery store anytime...

The USDA’s National Organic Program develops and enforces the standards for organic crops, livestock, and agricultural products so consumers can feel confident purchasing organic goods. The organic standards set specific requirements for different types of products.

Comprehensive restrictions on organic aquaculture production must be in place in order to comply with organic principles. To protect the environment and to maintain the organic integrity of products labeled as organic, the task force report specifies practices that protect these principles.

Mar 30, 2025 · The United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) recommends eating 8 ounces of healthy fish weekly. 1 They also advise that some people, like pregnant or nursing women and children, limit their consumption to fish that’s lower in mercury, like tilapia, salmon, cod, and oysters.

Sep 10, 2024 · The USDA announced it will propose USDA organic standards for aquaculture, to be released this year. The standards will be available for seafood including salmon, tilapia, catfish, shrimp, mussels, oysters, and clams.

In October 2001, the National Organic Standards Board of the USDA decided that ‘aquatic animals’ (i.e. fish and shellfish) cannot be organic since animals survive in contaminated water, and the food they eat lacks protection from a polluted environment. Farmed fish also are at some risk for pollution exposure since they also may eat wild ...

the legal and policy issues surrounding the cultivation and sale of organic fish, shellfish, and aquatic plants. In 2017, 5% of all food consumed in the U.S. was sold under the USDA organic label, and it is estimated that demand for USDA-certified seafood would exceed 5% of the market, totaling more than 100 million pounds per year.4

Apr 16, 2015 · WASHINGTON (AP) — After more than a decade of delays, the government is moving toward allowing the sale of U.S.-raised organic fish and shellfish. But don’t expect it in the grocery store anytime soon. The Agriculture Department says it will propose standards for the farmed organic fish this year.