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By Chelsea Brown (WAVES) and Mia Glover (WAVES and the Inland Ocean Coalition) Just as farming, ranching, and stewardship of land and rivers are part of Colorado’s cultural heritage, many coastal communities in the U.S. are deeply rooted in fishing traditions and caretaking relationships with the sea. The seafood we buy is one way we can support fishing communities and …
For immediate release: August 1, 2024 Contact: Feini YinNorth American Marine Alliancefeini@namanet.org908-745-9768 (text or call) Casey WillsonDon’t Cage Our Oceans cwillson@dontcageouroceans.org301-332-1202 (text or call) Download a PDF of this press release. Representatives Mary Peltola and Troy Carter introduce Domestic Seafood Production Act to support U.S. fishing communities The Act enhances seafood processing infrastructure and capacity in coastal communities, while blocking …
Press Release For Immediate Release: March 18, 2024 Contact:Casey Willson, cwillson@dontcageouroceans.com, 301-332-1202 (text/call)Feini Yin, feini@namanet.org, 908-745-9768 (text/call) Fishermen, farmers, chefs, and ocean advocates in DC to raise alarm about factory fish farming in federal waters Coalition members will meet with policymakers to encourage investments in working waterfronts and to oppose legislation aimed at opening US waters to industrial fish farms. …
Kindra Arnesen is a Louisiana small family fisheries advocate and, along with her husband, captain and owner of her family-run fishing business. Ever since the Deep Water Horizon Oil Spill in 2010 she has been advocating for her community on the state, national, and international level. From 2015 to 2023, she participated as a plaintiff in Earth Island Institute/ALERT Project …
Introduction While only 10% of the United States is considered coastal, 40% of the US population lives in coastal areas. In fact, if these coastal communities were joined into their own nation, it would rank third in world GDP -surpassed only by China and the USA as a whole. The importance of coastal communities to our national economy, culture, and …
July saw some of the hottest temperatures ever recorded, with a “marine heat wave” in Florida making national headlines by recording ocean water temperatures exceeding 100℉. Climate change – exacerbated by astounding levels of corporate greed – continues to push the Earth’s life support systems and ability to maintain balance to the limits. And often, the ocean bears the brunt …
Offshore fish farm lobbyists are putting their profits above the wellbeing of coastal communities and the oceans by infiltrating the Congressional Appropriations process and the Senate Committee in charge of allocating federal money for various programs. Their influence is obvious in the Senate Subcommittee language that advises how the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) should spend its money. In …
Linda Behnken, fisherman and Executive Director of Alaska Longline Fishermen’s Association, knows all too well the impacts that offshore fish farming has on communities. As she explains, “Every place where there has been offshore fish farming we have seen wild stocks be decimated. There are always problems with parasites and escapees that impact the wild stock. Alaska has outlawed offshore …
Offshore finfish farming (OFF) is the mass cultivation of finfish in marine waters, in underwater or floating net pens, pods, and cages. One of the many perils of eating industrially produced farmed finfish is that we never know the full suite of drugs and chemicals applied in the growing process. For over 20 years, the salmon fish farming industry has …
According to CBS News, hundreds of sea lions and dolphins are turning up dead along the southern California coast. Experts believe that a harmful algal bloom is to blame, as the particular algae strain – Pseudo-nitzschia – creates a neurotoxin known as domoic acid.
