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Inside Climate News reports on new USDA-led research finding that farmed salmon may contain significantly lower levels of heart-healthy omega-3 fatty acids than previously thought. The decline is tied to a shift in salmon feed: after years of relying heavily on wild-caught forage fish, the industry has been turning to land-based ingredients like soy and corn. Laura Lee Cascada, director …
Rollbacks to purported ecosystem and community protections are cause for serious concern – and further proof that this bill sells out coastal communities. Don’t Cage Our Oceans, a national coalition of 65+ member groups, strongly opposes the latest version of the Marine Aquaculture Research for America (MARA) Act. Introduced quietly in the House in July 2026, this revised bill (H.R. …
Click the red play button on the video still to play the video. In this short video, bags of fish feed are headed for Cooke Aquaculture’s massive open-ocean salmon pens off the coast of Maine. The pens sit between Black Island and Swan’s Island, just south of Mount Desert Island — home to Acadia National Park. Industrial finfish aquaculture is …
A new Sentient Media explainer examines the environmental impacts of turning wild forage fish like anchovies, sardines and menhaden into fishmeal for aquaculture and livestock feed. More than 18 million tons of wild-caught fish were processed into fishmeal and fish oil in 2024, with industrial aquaculture consuming more than 90% of the world’s fishmeal. The article looks at what removing …
In a guest commentary for the Columbia Missourian, Tim Gibbons, executive director of the National Family Farm Coalition, responds to claims by the industrial aquaculture industry that offshore fish farming will create new markets for soy and corn and help revive rural economies. He argues that: Read the full commentary to learn why farmers aren’t buying the fish farm industry’s …
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 — and warns that Congress could undo that progress. Drawing on decades on the water, Feeney argues that the Marine Aquaculture Research for America (MARA) Act would open U.S. oceans …
A new explainer from FoodPrint describes how the Marine Aquaculture Research for America (MARA) Act would fast-track offshore, commercial fish farms in U.S. waters under the premise of “research.” It outlines how the bill would worsen environmental harms, expand industrial seafood production, and use public resources rather than supporting America’s current fishing communities. The piece also highlights how these projects …
A new op-ed in Civil Eats by Anthony Pahnke and Jason Jarvis argues that the push for AI in industrial agriculture and aquaculture is being framed as a solution to feed the world. Yet, it ultimately expands corporate control over food systems. The piece highlights how these technologies can deepen farmer dependence on corporations, displace workers, and expand industrial fish …
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 …
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 story behind this bluewashing? The world’s fish farming supply chain is wreaking havoc on West African shores: fueling ecosystem collapse, crushing food sovereignty, and wiping out people’s livelihoods. The global fishmeal, …
