Revolving door

NOAA Scientist now Working Directly for Offshore Aquaculture Company

James Mitchellblog, Events, latest

It seems like the revolving door just doesn’t stop spinning. Only last week we noted how the lobbyist for big aquaculture trade organization Stronger America through Seafood left to join its key member corporation Cargill as its DC lobbyist. And now we learn that a scientist who up until recently advised NOAA’s aquaculture department is now directly working with the …

Comments on the Gulf of Mexico AOAs

Andrianna NatsoulasLetters, Resources

Don’t Cage Our Oceans submitted comments to NOAA on their Notice of Intent To Prepare a Programmatic Environmental Impact Statement forIdentification of Aquaculture Opportunity Areas in Federal Waters of the Gulf ofMexico. Click on the map to read the full letter.

The Coming Threat: Offshore Fish Farms in the Gulf of Mexico. . . How Did We Get Here?

Andrianna NatsoulasEvents, latest

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, …

No Fish Farms in the Gulf of Mexico

Andrianna NatsoulasTake Action

Act Now for the Gulf of Mexico! DEADLINE IS AUGUST 1, 2022 See Instructions for submitting comments below. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) is carving up the Gulf of Mexico to establish floating factory farms. They are asking for the public to comment on these sites, called Aquaculture Opportunity Areas. This is your opportunity to say No to …