In a commentary for the Columbia Missourian, Tim Gibbons, executive director of the National Family Farm Coalition, argues that industrial offshore fish farming is not the economic lifeline for rural …
For All the Fish Brings Community Together in Maine
On May 31, NAMA joined fishing families, community members, conservation advocates, and other allies in Downeast Maine for the first-ever For All the Fish gathering, a day dedicated to celebrating …
New Report Examines Catch Share Impacts on Fishing Communities
Catch shares are a fisheries management system that treat fishing rights like stock on Wall Street. This system has enabled mega-corporations and equity firms to seize and monopolize fishing access. …
Podcast Interview: Niaz Dorry on Who Controls the Right to Fish and the Future of Seafood
In a recent episode of Food Talk — Food Tank’s podcast hosted by Dani Nierenberg — NAMA Coordinating Director Niaz Dorry discussed the growing consolidation of seafood systems and the …
New England Fisherman Sounds Alarm on MARA Act
In a powerful op-ed for The Progressive, longtime New England fisherman Doug Feeney shares his personal journey from the collapse of the cod industry to rebuilding a community-based seafood system …
San Diego Fishermen Turn Competition Into Cooperation
This short film follows a powerful shift happening in San Diego’s commercial fishing community. Instead of competing against each other, commercial fishermen are working cooperatively to build something stronger: shared …
The Bristol Bay Story of the Women Who Invented Set-Net Fishing
In her personal essay, fisherwoman Melanie Brown reflects on growing up around set-net fishing from a very young age and the Indigenous women in Bristol Bay, AK, whose ingenuity created …
Jason Jarvis Is Reimagining Rhode Island’s Seafood Economy
In a recent 41°N Magazine feature, Rhode Island fisherman and NAMA board president Jason Jarvis is celebrated for his deep roots in his coastal community and his decades-long fight for …
Broad Coalition Criticizes the MARA Act for Launching Risky Experiments in Federal Waters
Don’t Cage Our Oceans and a broad coalition of stakeholders have spoken up against the Marine Aquaculture Research and Advancement (MARA) Act, recently introduced by Sen. Roger Wicker (R-MS) and …
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Are you an aqua-farmer?An aquaculture policymaker or researcher? Help us build a resource to make locally, ethically and sustainably raised seafood the norm, not the exception. The Aquaculture Atlas is the …
Farmed Fish, Empty Nets: How the Fishmeal Industry Is Gutting West Africa’s Fisheries
For years, the public has been relentlessly fed the claim that farmed fish is the “sustainable” protein of the future, a message bankrolled by powerful aquaculture lobbies. But the real …
Commentary: Melanie Brown Lays Out Stakes in Alaska’s Finfish Farming Debate
In an Alaska Beacon op-ed, fourth-generation Bristol Bay fisherman and wild salmon advocate Melanie Brown makes a compelling case for why Alaska should steer clear of industrial-scale finfish farming. Melanie …
Say NO to Ocean Feedlots — Support the Keep Finfish Free Act!
Today, Senators Cory Booker (D-NJ) and Dan Sullivan (R-AK) jointly introduced the Keep Finfish Free Act of 2025, a critical bill to stop federal agencies from greenlighting dangerous offshore finfish …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
Victory! Genetically Engineered Salmon Production Ends as AquaBounty Shutters Last Facility
First Commercialized GE Animal a Market Failure Following Rejection by Largest Food Retailers, Food Service Companies and Court Challenges For Immediate Release: Thursday, December 12, 2024Communications contacts: Feini Yin, +1 (908) 745-9768, …
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