With the FISHES Act now officially law, the landmark policy promises to cut through catastrophic delays in disaster relief that have long left fishing communities twisting in the wind. Led …
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 …
Demand for cheap shrimp is driving U.S. shrimpers out of business
This “All Things Considered” story highlights the challenges that shrimpers in the Gulf of Mexico are facing in make a living. In addition to the struggles of domestic shrimpers, industrial-scale …
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 …
Bristol Bay fishermen protest processors’ low sockeye market price — 50 cents per pound
ANCHORAGE, Alaska (KTUU) – Some Bristol Bay fishermen are furious over the 50 cents per pound market price for sockeye salmon that Bristol Bay processors are hitting them with. According …
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 …
Cheap Imports Leave US Shrimpers Struggling With ‘Starvation Wages’
Unable to compete with imports, Louisiana’s shrimpers are calling for emergency action to shore up their shrinking industry. “We are paying to work. We are paying to feed our nation,” …
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 …