Attention Ohio Residents and Supporters Everywhere: The Block Corporate Salmon campaign invites you to comment on AquaBounty’s discharge permit. Submit your comments by April 6! In December, the Block Corporate …
World Forum of Fisher Peoples Rejects UN Ocean Conference
The World Forum of Fisher Peoples (WFFP) has firmly rejected participation in the 2025 UN Ocean Conference, calling it an undemocratic platform that pushes false solutions like 30×30 and industrial …
Federal Court Overturns Industrial Fish Farming Permit in Landmark Victory
In a major win, a federal court today struck down an agency’s blanket, nationwide permit that would have allowed industrial-scale fish farming in U.S. ocean waters without site reviews. The …
Experts and Lawmakers Say NOAA Cuts Could Impact Fisheries
Civil Eats reports that, after DOGE’s staff purge of hundreds of NOAA employees, experts and lawmakers say everything from weather forecasting to fisheries regulation to climate research could be at …
ProPublica Investigates: How a Small Town Lost Big on GMO Salmon
In this investigative report, ProPublica uncovers how Pioneer, Ohio, banked on AquaBounty’s GMO salmon venture—only to be left with broken promises and financial fallout. AquaBounty promised jobs, investment, and a …
East Coast Salmon Farms Face Backlash After West Coast Closures
Mongabay recently reported that a new lawsuit in Maine is stirring up controversy as the last remaining U.S. East Coast net pen salmon farms come under fire for serious environmental …
Atlas: Mapping the Future of Values-Based Aquaculture Across the US
Last month, our Atlas for Values-Based Aquaculture project’s core team gathered in Baltimore to map out our next steps. Atlas is a multi-year initiative to build a living resource that …
NAMA Cheers FISHES Act Victory, Securing Faster Relief for Fishing Communities
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 …
178,000 Salmon Die at Norway Fish Farm During Delousing
IntraFish reports that Mowi, the world’s largest salmon farmer, lost 178,000 fish during a routine delousing in western Norway — an incident the company calls “completely unacceptable.” While Mowi and …
Campaigners celebrate as firm making first-ever GMO fish ceases operations
This story from Mongabay highlights the success of campaigners in shuttering AquaBounty Technologies, the company behind the first genetically engineered salmon approved for human consumption in North America. The campaign, …
Five Years After a $50M Win, One Shrimper and Local Citizen Scientists Transform a Texas Coastline
Inside Climate News tells the incredible story of Diane Wilson, a fourth-generation fisherwoman from Texas, who with a group of citizen scientists took on petrochemical giant Formosa Plastics and won …
We Need More Than Docks to Keep the Port of San Diego Fishing
Longtime advocate for San Diego fishermen Pete Halmay shares his perspective in this San Diego Union-Tribune commentary on the urgent need for local seafood infrastructure. Halmay highlights challenges that the …
Crew Together: Reeling in Resilience at Slow Fish Charleston
Charleston, SC, recently hosted Slow Fish 2024, a 3-day gathering where fishers, chefs, educators, and advocates came together to share values rooted in food justice, sustainability, and community. Participants tackled …
WFFP Declaration on the 8th General Assembly in Brasília, Brazil in Nov. 2024
The World Forum of Fisher Peoples (WFFP) convened in Brasília, Brazil, from November 15-21, 2024, for its 8th General Assembly. Despite delays that had been caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, …
Cooke Aquaculture to be sued over alleged violations to Clean Water Act
The Conservation Law Foundation has just issued their notice of intent to file suit against Cooke Aquaculture for alleged violations of the Clean Water Act. Cooke Aquaculture is a Canadian …
Forging Toward Seafood Independence for Alaska’s Fragile Food Systems
In her guest column in Juneau Empire, commercial fisherman Linda Behnken conveys the challenges Alaska’s fishing communities are facing, including the loss of local fish processors and fishing access, which …
Bringing Shrimp to a Food Fight: Defending the Gulf South’s Seafood Sovereignty
In his guest column for Nola.com, celebrated New Orleans chef Dana Honn speaks on the urgent crisis facing Louisiana’s shrimpers. Imported, chemical-laden shrimp is flooding the market, plummeting prices for …
Guest Column: Legislation charts a path for domestic seafood
Commercial fisherman and catch share reform advocate Rob Seitz is all-in for the Domestic Seafood Production Act (DSPA). Why? It supports family-run fishing operations, keeps seafood local, and puts a …