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 …
NAMA and NFFC Issue Joint Statement in Response to New USDA Office of Seafood
The North American Marine Alliance (NAMA) and the National Family Farm Coalition (NFFC) today released a joint statement in response to the launch of the USDA Office of Seafood, welcoming …
Antonio Tovar: Organizing Across Land and Sea
Hello everyone, It’s a pleasure to introduce myself. I’m Antonio Tovar. I’ve been part of NAMA for a few months now, and am glad to finally connect with you all. …
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 …
News Recap, Mar 30-Apr 13: Mobile Clinic for Gulf Shrimpers and More
Some news we’re following, including three stories on shrimpers in Texas: TX Shrimper Continues Long-Running Fight Against Petrochemical Pollution Inside Climate News features lifelong shrimper and environmental advocate Diane Wilson, …
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 …
A World of Fish Work: My Journey from Bristol Bay to Sri Lanka
By Melanie Brown, NAMA Board Member and Bristol Bay Fisherwoman The past 12 months of my life have been a season of firsts. As a fourth-generation Bristol Bay fisherwoman and …
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 …
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 …
Senators Propose Bill to Rein In Offshore Fish Farming
A recent article from Sentient Media covers the Keep Finfish Free Act of 2025, a bipartisan bill introduced by Senators Cory Booker and Dan Sullivan. The legislation would require congressional …
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 …
Farmed Salmon Isn’t “Mediterranean”
In this Medium article, Paul Greenberg uncovers how marketing by multinational companies has linked salmon with the Mediterranean diet, leading to higher global demand and widespread industrial fish farming. Greenberg …
Big Win for Oceans: Court Strikes Down Unlawful Federal Action on Industrial Fish Farming!
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 …
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 …
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