NOAA is required to maintain a list of fisheries and their interactions with marine mammals. NOAA wants to include fish raised in fish farms to this list. Farmed fish is not a fishery! DCO2 submitted comments, outlining issues with offshore fish farming, concerns about finfish farm interactions with marine mammals, and the fact that fish farms are not a fishery. …
Aquaculture Visioning Report
The North American Marine Alliance coordinated this creation of a vision for community-based, values driven aquaculture. This vision was a result of surveys, focus groups, and research with members of the Local Catch Network and other allies. Eight main aquaculture values were identified: Food – Aquaculture is essential to the overall seafood supply and is vital for healthy and culturally …
Request for Information; Data for Marine Spatial Studies in Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands
There are several reasons why the most prudent option is for NOAA to refrain from establishing AOAs in Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands. Chief among these, is that NOAA lacks the legal authority to regulate aquaculture in federal waters. Furthermore, there are grave ecological consequences and inevitable harms to other ocean industries in these regions, should offshore finfish …
Site Infographic
1. Blue Water Fisheries 2. Manna Fish Farms LLC 3. Velella Epsilon 4. Manna Farms5. Pacific Ocean Aquafarms 6. ‘Ewa Beach 7. Blue Ocean Mariculture
AQUAA Act: Advancing the Quality and Understanding of American Aquaculture Act
Learn about the AQUAA Act and why it is not good for our oceans, wildlife, and coastal communities. Download the AQUAA Act fact sheet.
Corporate Control of Our Food System
Here is our latest fact sheet about corporate control of our food system. Offshore fish farming, also known as open-ocean aquaculture, is a growing industry in the United States. While there are many players in this industry, some of the largest and most influential are corporate entities – check out our fact sheet here.
Recirculating Farms
A recirculating farm uses clean recycled water as a basis to grow food. These farms can grow plants (hydroponics), fish (aquaculture), or both plants and fish together (aquaponics). There has been an increasing interest in recirculating farms from the community level to industrial. DCO2 supports these systems that are embedded in the communities for local food production, processing, and distribution. …
Concerns With Offshore Aquaculture
Curious about the problems with offshore aquaculture -also called offshore fish farming? Check out our fact sheet that outlines the environmental, socio-economic, public health concerns and more! Download it here or click below.
Executive Order 13921
EO 13921 is an Executive Order left over from the Trump Administration. As of May 2023, the Biden Administration fully revoked or partially revoked almost 25% of the EO’s signed by Trump, but not this one. EO 13921 directs the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration – NOAA – to be the lead on promoting offshore finfish aquaculture in U.S federal …
DCO2 Comments on NOAA Fisheries’ Draft National Seafood Strategy
Thank you for this opportunity to provide feedback on NOAA Fisheries’ Draft National Seafood Strategy. Don’t Cage Our Oceans endorses the comments of our member organization, North American Marine Alliance (NAMA), and would like to provide additional comments. First, we welcome an open conversation on how NOAA Fisheries can support national seafood systems in a way that benefits people and …