The days of the National Fisheries Institute trying to be everything to everybody in the seafood industry may be numbered.

A report containing a wide-ranging proposal to restructure significant portions of NFI is now before the group’s board members, who will meet on Oct. 12 to vote on the changes.

Among the more significant recommendations are: a reduction by almost half in the size of the NFI board of directors from 96 to 50; elimination of the 8 regional governing bodies; strengthening of NFI’s executive committee; restructuring of NFI’s membership fees; a reduction in the number of NFI committees, and commitment to a strategy that focuses on: “encouraging fish and seafood consumption; advocating for government policies that drive consumption and benefit the fish and seafood industry; and fostering cooperation among NFI members on common value or supply chain challenges.”

Falling