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National Coalition Warns: Revised MARA Act Weakens Protections, Gives More Ground to Industrial Fish Farms

Rollbacks to purported ecosystem and community protections are cause for serious concern – and further proof that this bill sells…

🎥: Behind Cooke Aquaculture’s Salmon Pens in Maine

Click the red play button on the video still to play the video. In this short video, bags of fish…

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The Fish Farm Industry Wants Farmers on Its Side. Here’s Why Many Aren’t Convinced.

In a guest commentary for the Columbia Missourian, Tim Gibbons, executive director of the National Family Farm Coalition, responds to…

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New England Fisherman Sounds Alarm on MARA Act

In a powerful op-ed for The Progressive, longtime New England fisherman Doug Feeney shares his personal journey from the collapse…

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What the MARA Act Means for Offshore Fish Farming and U.S. Fisheries

A new explainer from FoodPrint describes how the Marine Aquaculture Research for America (MARA) Act would fast-track offshore, commercial fish…

Op-Ed Warns: AI in Agriculture and Aquaculture Expands Corporate Control

A new op-ed in Civil Eats by Anthony Pahnke and Jason Jarvis argues that the push for AI in industrial…

Over 400 Groups, Businesses, and Leaders Warn: MARA Act Would Lock Industrial Fish Farms into US Ocean Waters

For Immediate Release: February 4, 2026 Contact: Hamida KingeMedia CoordinatorNorth American Marine Alliancehamida@namanet.org Feini YinCommunications DirectorNorth American Marine Alliancefeini@namanet.org WASHINGTON…

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Letter to the Editor: AI Won’t Clean Up Industrial Fish Farms

In a letter to the editor at IntraFish, farm policy expert Anthony Pahnke says AI and automation won’t fix offshore…

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Fishermen, Shellfish Farmers, Environmental Advocates, Chefs, and Communities Unite Against the MARA Act and Industrial Fish Farming

For Immediate Release: September 2, 2025 Contact: Feini Yin, Communications Director, North American Marine Alliance, feini@namanet.orgHamida Kinge, Content Strategist, North…

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How the Fishmeal Industry Is Gutting West Africa’s Fisheries

For years, the public has been relentlessly fed the claim that farmed fish is the “sustainable” protein of the future,…