Yesterday afternoon, the U.S. Federal Court for the Western District of Washington ruled that the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ approval of a permit for industrial fish farming in federal …
Navigating the Future of Aquaculture: Insights from Recent Convenings on Sustainable Seafood
The article from the Sustainable Agriculture and Food Systems Funders (SAFSF) shares insights from recent convenings on sustainable seafood, focusing on the launch of the Aquaculture Atlas project in Savannah, Georgia. The …
US Coastal Communities Fight for Space for Small-scale Fishermen
This article by Carey L. Biron, featured on Reuters’ Context.com, addresses U.S. coastal communities’ concerns about the privatization of public waters and its effects on local economies and small-scale fishermen. …
Wild Sablefish Is a Better Choice Than Farmed Salmon
There are vast differences between industrially farmed finfish and sustainably harvested wild seafood. Dive into this op-ed in The Seattle Times by Katie Harris, which talks about why choosing underutilized …
Hope in Muddied Waters? Peeling back the curtain on PBS’s new “Hope in the Water” series
Stories of hope are important. It’s just as important to follow the money behind the stories, so we don’t put our hope in the wrong hands. By Feini Yin PBS …
The Aquaculture Values Report is here!
In the September 2023 newsletter, we share the Aquaculture Values Report, give you the latest on the Blue Harvest shutdown, and share the comment letter sent to NOAA regarding the …
NAMA Aquaculture Values Report
NAMA Aquaculture Visioning ReportCheck out NAMA’s Aquaculture Values Report! After the release of the FoodPrint of Farmed Seafood, network members expressed a need for proactive values and member vision-driven reports describing the …
NOAA Is Rolling Out a Plan to Radically Expand Offshore Aquaculture. Not Everyone Is Onboard.
The cardboard gravestones read “RIP Local fisherman,” “RIP Wild Fish,” and “RIP Humpback Whales.” Assembled in response to new aquaculture sites planned off the coast of California, the gravestones were …
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 …
Block Factory Fish Farms – Fair Prices for Fishermen and Eaters !
Take a look at our July newsletter for some media coverage of the crisis shrimpers are facing in the Gulf, corporate profits raising prices at the grocery store, catch share …
At sea as on land? Activists oppose industrial farming in U.S. waters
Perhaps the most notorious industrial farming institution is the concentrated animal feeding operation, or CAFO, in which livestock are raised in crowded conditions that require the heavy use of antibiotics …
No AQUAA Act. No Industrial Fish Farms
PROBLEM: Advancing the Quality and Understanding of American Aquaculture Act, S. 1861 or the “AQUAA Act” was introduced in the Senate on June 8th, 2023 by Senator Wicker (R-MS) with …
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 …
Fishermen, community advocates, environmentalists condemn Senate efforts to advance industrial aquaculture development
WASHINGTON, D.C.— This week, U.S. Senators Roger Wicker (R-Miss.) and Brian Schatz (D-Hawaii) reintroduced the Advancing the Quality and Understanding of American Aquaculture (AQUAA) Act to ease the way for corporations trying …