Most people take it easy in August; we ramp things up! Check out our latest newsletter about how we’re making high impact, having family style events, reaching markets, policy makers …
Seafood Throwdown Coming to the Grand Army Plaza Greenmarket – Locally Caught Seafood Takes Center Stage
For Immediate Release July 8th, 2013 New York, NY – Seafood Throwdown, a unique cooking competition that highlights the importance of local seafood in restoring a healthy ocean ecosystem, is …
Hellos, Goodbyes and Updates
Check out our latest newsletter;introducing you to our new team members, saying goodbye to old ones, updates on a whole host of fronts including Too Big To Ignore conference in …
Spring Greetings from NAMA
It’s hard to send greetings without acknowledging that so many people are suffering around the world. Here in the greater Boston area, many are still reeling from last week’s violence. …
Setting the Record Straight
After hearing about mischaracterization of our work that was affecting the safety and comfort of the fishermen we work with, we felt it was important to set the record straight. …
Hello Summer
As fishermen from Alaska to Maine gear up for the season, NAMA is, too. Our Seafood Throwdowns kick off later this week in Providence, Rhode Island, and the summer is …
Loud and Clear – March 15, 2013
The message from the Who Fishes Matters Tour was pretty clear: Fish grabs and consolidation of fisheries access into a few hands is a real and urgent problem; Safeguards to …
2012 DECEMBER NAMA NEWSLETTER
COMMONS SENSE By Niaz Dorry, NAMA’s Coordinating Director What are the Commons? I hear that word more often these days in all sort of places. In the fisheries world, almost …
It IS Your Business – NAMA Newsletter, August 22, 2012
We keep getting told food sovereignty, justice and system activist don’t belong in the fisheries management conversation. We disagree. Find out why the future of our ocean and fisheries is …
Boston Fish Party – NAMA Newsletter, June 28, 2012
A 70+ year prohibition on sale of locally caught seafood is lifted in Boston! And we were there to enjoy the moment along with Mayor Menino and others. Also in …
Get Big or Get Out – NAMA Newsletter May 11, 2012
By Brett Tolley NAMA’s Community Organizer
The CODsolidation Emergency – NAMA Newsletter February 9, 2012
Fisherman Michael Pratt (right) from Green Harbor, Massachusetts wrote the piece below as part of his testimony to the New England Fisheries Management Council for the fleet diversity Amendment 18 …
Send Lawyers Guns and Money – NAMA Newsletter, December 8, 2011
By Niaz Dorry – NAMA’s Coordinating Director …well, we really only need the money and the lawyers! You can keep the guns. We’re non-violent. And, we’ve had enough gun encounters to …