Act now: Tell your senators to reject the MARA Act and protect healthy oceans, fishing families, and coastal communities. The MARA Act (S. 2586) is a bill that would open the floodgates for factory fish farms in U.S. federal waters. It dresses up these farms as “research,” but in reality it would allow corporations to secure 10-year leases to plant …
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 American Marine Alliance, hamida@namanet.org WASHINGTON — Don’t Cage Our Oceans and a broad coalition of stakeholders strongly oppose the Marine Aquaculture Research for America (MARA) Act. Introduced by Sen. Roger Wicker (R-MS) and Sen. Brian Schatz (D-HI), this new bill …
Tell Your Senators to Keep Factory Fish Farms Out of US Waters!
Show your support for small- and medium-scale fishermen and healthy oceans by letting your senators know that you support the bipartisan Keep Finfish Free Act of 2025 (KFFA). This crucial bill will stop federal agencies from fast-tracking intensive fish farms in federal waters. Across America, commercial fishermen, fishing associations, farmers, chefs, food system advocates, conservation groups, small businesses, and seafood …
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.
Corporations contaminated our nation’s freshwater fish. We can’t let our oceans be wrecked too.
Last week, a study revealed that eating just one freshwater fish caught in a river or lake in the U.S. is the equivalent of drinking a month’s worth of water contaminated with toxic “forever chemicals” (also known as PFAS). This is a terrible revelation to all who fish for sustenance or recreation in our nation’s rivers and lakes. In fact, …