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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, …
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 …
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. …
Ah, St. Patrick’s Day – that fun time of the year to wear green, look for four-leaf clovers, maybe drink a couple of emerald-colored beers, and eat farmed fish tainted with malachite green. Wait…what was that last one? Offshore finfish farming (OFF) is the mass cultivation of finfish in marine waters, in underwater or floating net pens, pods and cages. …
Right now, the Biden administration is pushing forward efforts to industrialize our oceans by speeding the construction of harmful, offshore finfish farming facilities across the country. During his presidential campaign, President Biden promised a science-first approach to protecting the environment, so why aren’t we hearing more about how his administration is doing the opposite right now? Offshore finfish facilities cram …
Today, President Biden announced Dr. Rick Spinrad as the new Administrator of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. As NOAA lead, Dr. Spinrad will oversee agency policies on weather, climate, and ocean science, including environmental and business policies that affect fishing and coastal economies.
WASHINGTON, D.C.— Senators Roger Wicker (R-MO), Brian Schatz (D-HI) and Marco Rubio (R-FL) have introduced Senate Bill 4723, which would pave the way for the federal government to permit offshore, industrial finfish farming facilities. This form of aquaculture uses giant floating net pens and cages that allow pollution, like excess feed, fish waste and chemicals, to flow freely into open waters, damaging …
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) yesterday announced its intent to prepare an Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) for the Pacific Ocean AquaFarms facility off the coast of San Diego, CA, bringing this risky project one step closer to reality. This announcement follows the agency’s recent decision to designate federal waters in Southern California and the Gulf of Mexico as …
WASHINGTON – Today, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) will move to designate federal waters off Southern California and in the Gulf of Mexico as “Aquaculture Opportunity Areas” (AOA). Areas designated as AOAs have been pre-approved for expansion of industrial aquaculture facilities, as dictated in President Trump’s May 2020 Executive Order on Promoting American Seafood Competitiveness and Economic Growth.
The federal government continues to take full advantage of an unprecedented time for America to push forward controversial and shameful corporate agendas. As we face uncertainty in all aspects of life, from physical and mental health to the economic crisis and ongoing racial injustice occurring across the country, it is nothing less than unethical for the government to maintain any …
