Op-Ed Alaska’s Farm Bill promises to safeguard our oceans and fishing families
[. . .] It is with this connection to our state’s natural bounty and coastal families that I applaud Sen. Lisa Murkowski for introducing the Improving Agriculture, Research, Cultivation, Timber, …
NAMA Statement on Blue Harvest Shutting Down
Download the StatementFOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE September 11, 2023 Statement of the North American Marine Alliance (NAMA) on Private Equity Firm’s Failure ———————————————— Congress must immediately enact a moratorium against Catch …
Ban irresponsible aquaculture in WA waters and beyond
By Carl Wassilie As a Yup’ik Salmon Person, I know that for coastal tribes, including the Lummi, Samish and Swinomish, wild Pacific salmon are sacred and inextricably tied to cultural, …
NAMA Aquaculture Visioning Report
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Counter-APEC protest calls attention to corporate-controlled food systems, connecting land and sea
SEATTLE, Wa. — On Thursday, a group of community members representing Washington’s fishing, farming, and food worker communities staged a creative action against the Asian Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) meetings …
Big News: Improving ARCTIC Act
NAMA and the Fish Locally Collaborative have been working hard to uplift community-based seafood for years. We’ve told our decision-makers what we need. We’ve written letters, gathered together, taken part …
MA delegation should protect local fishermen from private equity’s grip and ensure accountability in Blue Harvest acquisition
For immediate release: July 22, 2023 Contact: Feini Yin, feini@namanet.org MA delegation should protect local fishermen from private equity’s grip and ensure accountability in Blue Harvest acquisition On the one-year …
Op-ed: Saving This Fish Means Saving Our Tribe’s Future
A group of Northern California Tribes are working hard to save the Clear Lake hitch, a small fish that has played a large role in our culture. But we can’t …
Shrimp imports threaten U.S. Gulf fleet
Southern shrimpers, facing record low prices, choose to stay at the dock. In places like Delacroix, La., shrimp fishermen are looking at $1.10 for 16 to 20 count brown shrimp. …
Reflections after the FDA public meeting on AquaBounty, December 2022: What if we instead invested in community-controlled food systems?
On December 15, 2022, members of the Block Corporate Salmon campaign attended the US Food and Drug Administration’s public meeting on its new environmental assessment of AquaBounty’s genetically engineered salmon …
A Chefs Camp in Philly, new podcasts, and more!
Sure signs of Spring have arrived with warmer weather here in the Northeast, animals migrating, birds singing, bees buzzing, and flowers blooming. Even more exciting though is how much energy …
A Precautionary Approach to Seaweed Aquaculture in North America
As a group of seaweed growers, harvesters, scientists and advocates, Seaweed Commons support a collaboratively managed and locally controlled seaweed industry. The Seaweed Commons supports an ecosystem-based approach to the …
Our New Website is Here! Plus, solidarity actions, the FSNE Challenge, and more!
Happy Spring to all! While it can have its difficulties, winter in the northwest Atlantic area provides a time to slow down a bit and prepare for the burst of …
A call for solidarity, reflections from DC, the upcoming FSNE challenge, and more!
To kick off the February 2023 newsletter I wanted to share a story about fisheries organizing and a sense of magic. Earlier this month we traveled to DC with a …