We recently learned about some new shenanigans related to the proposed industrial fish farm off the coast of Sarasota County and need to get the word out! The company that filed for the permit, Ocean Era, just told EPA that they are changing both the type of fish (from Almaco Jack to Red Drum) and the type of facility too …
Sustainable Seafood: Oyster Tasting & Panel Discussion
March 22 @ 6pm, Saltwater Grille, South Portland, ME
Conserve WA’s Wild Fish: Conversation & Film
March 27 @ 7pm, 305 Smith, UW Campus, Seattle, WA
West Coast Roundtable
When: Thursday, Nov 15, 5pm PT Speakers: Peter Knutson, Fisherman, Advisor to Puget Sound Harvesters Association TBA Andrianna Natsoulas, Campaign Director, Don’t Cage Our Oceans Where: Zoom – Register HereIndustrial offshore fish farming is the mass cultivation of finfish in marine waters in net pens, pods, cages, and other confinements. These operations contaminate local ecosystems with drugs, chemicals, and untreated …
East Coast Roundtable
When: Thursday, Nov 15, 5pm ET Speakers: Colles Stowell, Founder, One Fish Foundation Jason Jarvis, Fisherman, South County Fish Monger James Mitchell, Policy Director, Don’t Cage Our Oceans Where: Zoom – Register HereIndustrial offshore fish farming is the mass cultivation of fish in marine waters in net pens, pods, cages, and other confinements. These operations contaminate local ecosystems with drugs, …
NOAA Scientist now Working Directly for Offshore Aquaculture Company
It seems like the revolving door just doesn’t stop spinning. Only last week we noted how the lobbyist for big aquaculture trade organization Stronger America through Seafood left to join its key member corporation Cargill as its DC lobbyist. And now we learn that a scientist who up until recently advised NOAA’s aquaculture department is now directly working with the …
Connect the dots – industrial scale aquaculture brought to you by Big-Ag
Members and friends of Don’t Cage Our Oceans are noticing a pattern. The industrial aquaculture trade association “Stronger America Through Seafood” (SATS) has been picking up a few Congressional co-sponsors on their “AQUAA Act” – legislation designed to open our public waters to widespread factory-farm style raising of fish. What these Congressional members have in common is that several hail …
The Coming Threat: Offshore Fish Farms in the Gulf of Mexico. . . How Did We Get Here?
On July 25th Don’t Cage Our Oceans and Healthy Gulf held a webinar about activities that may open the Gulf of Mexico to offshore fish farming. The Federal government is proposing to further industrialize the Gulf of Mexico through the construction of multiple offshore fish farms, threatening the health of Gulf waters and wild fish populations. Learn about these farms, …
Press Release: Ocean Advocates, Fishermen Urge Biden to Revoke Trump-era Order
For immediate release: April 6, 2022 Contact: Kara Watkins-Chow, kara.watkinschow@berlinrosen.com Ocean Advocates, Fishermen Urge Biden to Revoke Trump-era Order Fast-tracking Industrial Aquaculture Development WASHINGTON, D.C. (April 6, 2022) — Today, more than 175 fishing groups, food advocacy groups, environmental organizations and businesses delivered an open letter to the White House, calling on President Biden to revoke the Trump Administration Executive …
Don’t Bet on Offshore Finfish Farming
March Madness is upon us, and perhaps you are checking your bracket feverishly, with an eye toward this Saturday’s Final Four either making or breaking your odds of winning. Or maybe you picked the Kentucky Wildcats to win the whole thing and your bracket broke on the first day of the tournament. Not that I um, did that or anything. …