More than 400 organizations, community leaders, and businesses have signed a joint letter to Congress urging lawmakers to reject the Marine Aquaculture Research for America Act of 2025 (MARA Act). The letter, which was delivered to lawmakers this week, was endorsed by fishing groups, farmers, food advocacy groups, conservation organizations, seafood businesses, chefs, Tribal groups, and faith-based organizations. It warns …
Over 400 Groups, Businesses, and Leaders Warn: MARA Act Would Lock Industrial Fish Farms into US Ocean Waters
For Immediate Release: February 4, 2026 Contact: Hamida KingeMedia CoordinatorNorth American Marine Alliancehamida@namanet.org Feini YinCommunications DirectorNorth American Marine Alliancefeini@namanet.org WASHINGTON — More than 420 organizations, community leaders, and businesses have signed a joint letter to Congress urging lawmakers to reject the Marine Aquaculture Research for America Act of 2025 (MARA Act of 2025, S. 2586 | H.R. 5746). The letter, …
Letter to the Editor: AI Won’t Clean Up Industrial Fish Farms
In a letter to the editor at IntraFish, farm policy expert Anthony Pahnke says AI and automation won’t fix offshore aquaculture because the real problem is the industry’s intensive, industrial scale. He writes that AI tools like sensors and automated feeders mask the harmful impacts of factory-style aquaculture, which mirrors patterns seen in industrial agriculture: corporate consolidation, ecosystem destruction, mass …
The Norway Myth
In this fact sheet, you’ll learn all about how Norway’s salmon industry spun a global reputation as the “gold standard,” and why that image falls apart when you simply look at the facts. Behind the slick marketing, Norwegian fish farms are riddled with disasters the industry doesn’t like to talk about. One thing’s for sure: America should not copy Norway’s …
The State Policy Tackle Box on Finfish Aquaculture
Don’t Cage Our Oceans, in partnership with State Innovation Exchange (SiX), is excited to announce the launch of a new resource for state legislators and advocates. The State Policy Tackle Box on Finfish Aquaculture provides policymakers and coastal communities with the resources, information, and tools needed to protect coastal waters from the threat of industrial finfish aquaculture. To access to this resource, please …
Covering Aquaculture with Confidence
Designed for reporters, this webinar examined aquaculture as the fastest-growing source of seafood worldwide and a growing flashpoint in the U.S., where corporations and government agencies are pushing to expand large-scale fish farming into federal ocean waters. Hosted by the North American Marine Alliance, the session helped journalists cut through industry spin and ask sharper questions about ownership, community impacts, …
COMMENTS ON EXECUTIVE ORDER 14276: RESTORING AMERICAN SEAFOOD COMPETITIVENESS
Don’t Cage Our Oceans submitted comments in response to Executive Order 14276 on Restoring American Seafood Competitiveness. The Executive Order aims to increase domestic seafood production and reduce U.S. dependence on imports. DCO2’s comments express support for community-based aquaculture such as bivalve and seaweed farming, while opposing industrial-scale, offshore finfish farming due to its negative impact on ocean ecosystems and …
Tell Your Senators: NO to Industrial Fish Farms!
Act now: Tell your senators to reject the MARA Act and protect healthy oceans, fishing families, and coastal communities. The MARA Act (S. 2586) is a bill that would open the floodgates for factory fish farms in U.S. federal waters. It dresses up these farms as “research,” but in reality it would allow corporations to secure 10-year leases to plant …
Louisiana Seafood Leaders to Congress: Don’t Cage Our Coasts
Sixty-five Louisiana seafood and community leaders are urging Senators Bill Cassidy and John Kennedy to back the bipartisan Keep Finfish Free Act of 2025. The letter calls for protecting Louisiana’s coastline and seafood economy from the harms of industrial offshore fish farming, which pollutes local waters, spreads disease, and threatens wild fisheries. The signers emphasize that Louisiana already produces abundant, …
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