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What the MARA Act Means for Offshore Fish Farming and U.S. Fisheries
March 20, 2026
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
March 17, 2026
A new op-ed in Civil Eats by Anthony Pahnke and Jason Jarvis argues that the push for AI in industrial…
Letter to the Editor: AI Won’t Clean Up Industrial Fish Farms
November 11, 2025
In a letter to the editor at IntraFish, farm policy expert Anthony Pahnke says AI and automation won’t fix offshore…
How the Fishmeal Industry Is Gutting West Africa’s Fisheries
June 13, 2025
For years, the public has been relentlessly fed the claim that farmed fish is the “sustainable” protein of the future,…
Court Ruling: Fast-Track Permit for Offshore Fish Farms Struck Down…for Good
May 27, 2025
The federal government has dropped its push to rubber stamp offshore fish farms, officially closing the chapter on a fast-track…
My First Fly-In: Fighting Industrial Aquaculture and Growing a Strong Coalition with Don’t Cage Our Oceans
May 23, 2025
by Haley SteinCommunications and Fundraising Coordinator, Inland Ocean Coalition Before diving into the whirlwind of strategy sessions, conversations, shared meals,…
It’s time for Coloradans to start thinking deeply about seafood sourcing
September 5, 2024
By Chelsea Brown (WAVES) and Mia Glover (WAVES and the Inland Ocean Coalition) Just as farming, ranching, and stewardship of…
How Offshore Fish Farms Hurt our Working Waterfronts
October 17, 2023
Introduction While only 10% of the United States is considered coastal, 40% of the US population lives in coastal areas.…
100 DEGREE WATERS AND CORAL BLEACHING – DO WE REALLY WANT TO MAKE THINGS WORSE?
August 7, 2023
July saw some of the hottest temperatures ever recorded, with a “marine heat wave” in Florida making national headlines by…
Big Aqua Looking for Big Bucks in US Appropriations
July 26, 2023
Offshore fish farm lobbyists are putting their profits above the wellbeing of coastal communities and the oceans by infiltrating the…