As a NAMA staff and board, for several years we’ve been deepening our commitment to our core values, especially when it comes to ‘dignity for all people’ and our commitment to racial …
Honoring Indigenous Fishing Communities
“Ultimately, I believe the problems that non-indigenous, white folks like myself see in our fishing communities today are manifestations of what began when my ancestors arrived 400 years ago. This …
VOTE!
Our latest newsletter is full of updates about what we’ve been up to, but the most important message comes from our board president Jason Jarvis: VOTE! Read More
Farming the Sea? The People Will Speak!
This past week has been another juxtaposing of the struggles that fishing communities face today with the struggles of the Civil Rights era and beyond. From hearing the disappointing (yet …
With all this “big” talk about factory fish farming
Even as we’re all struggling to stay afloat during these uncertain times, we must be vigilant as “solutions” are offered, that we don’t let the wool be pulled over our …
We’re hyping our community and making strides with Congress
As we near the end of summer, we’re stoked to celebrate fishing communities across the nation that have proved their innovation and resiliency during this pandemic. Even though our pleas for …
World Ocean Month & Twitter Storm
This June, in celebration of World Oceans Month, our community came together in a big way. On June 8th we joined Too Big to Ignore’s international panel series highlighting small-scale fisheries around …
The Revol-Ocean continues to make waves!
And just like that, it’s June. Over the last three months, the Revol-Ocean has come together in full force! Together, we delivered recommendations from fishing communities across the nation for …
Rough year… but brighter future is ahead
We need hope during these times. We need community. And we need a pandemic of positive change. Changing how we feed ourselves is a good place to focus because the COVID-19 …
A Letter From Our New Board President, Jason Jarvis
Meet Jason Jarvis, commercials fisherman from Westerly, Rhode Island and our new board president. Jason writes about his life as a community-based fisherman, how the current system undermines small- and mid-scale …
We’re tackling industrial fish farming in Sarasota, FL – What Happened in Sarasota?
A crowd of more than 250 people showed up at the hearing, and most were fiercely opposed to the project. People raised concerns about the possible environmental, public health, and economic …
Remembering Tom Osmers
By Aaron Dority, Penobscot East Resource Center For NAMA Newsletter: March 23, 2010 On March 12th, 2010, New England lost a fellow fisherman and passionate advocate for small-scale fishing. Tom …