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Write Your Members of Congress Today!
No to Industrial Aquaculture, Yes to Fishing Communities!
Show your support for small- and medium-scale fishermen and healthy oceans by telling your Congressional representatives that you support the Domestic Seafood Production Act (DSPA). DSPA is a piece of legislation that will provide funding opportunities to support coastal communities who rely on commercial fishing and responsible forms of mariculture, such as appropriately-scaled shellfish and seaweed farming. It will also stop federal agencies from establishing intensive fish farms in federal waters (from 3 to 200 miles offshore). With stakeholder support from across the country and across various sectors of our seafood system — it is clear that people on the ground, and in the water, do not want industrial aquaculture in our oceans!
What is industrial aquaculture? The mass cultivation of finfish in marine waters using underwater or floating net pens, pods, and cages. They are sea-based factory farms that harm public health, the environment, and local communities and economies that rely on the ocean and its resources.
Tell your Members of Congress TO SUPPORT THIS BILL TODAY!
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No AQUAA ACT!
Tell Your Senators and Representatives you do not want industrial fish farms in our waters!
Advancing the Quality and Understanding of American Aquaculture Act, S. 1861 or the “AQUAA Act” was introduced in the Senate on June 8th by Senator Wicker (R-MS) with cosponsor Senator Schatz (D-HI). The House companion bill, H.R. 1413, was introduced on June 12th by Representatives Cammack (R-FL) with cosponsors Representative Case (D-HI) and Ezell (R-MS). Its purported objective is: “to establish a regulatory system for sustainable offshore aquaculture in the United States exclusive economic zone, and for other purposes.” In reality, it is a floating confined animal feeding operations that will pollute our waters, harm marine life, and jeopardize coastal economies.
Tell your Members of Congress you do not want industrial fish farms in our waters!
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Contact President Biden Revoke Executive Order 13921
Tell Biden to Revoke Trump’s Factory Fish Farms
Trump signed Executive Order 13921 in May 2020 that would fast track opening the oceans to factory-style fish farms. Instead of helping struggling fishing communities, Trump's EO aids already well-heeled corporations in finding ways to set up polluting offshore finfish farms.
Telling President Biden to Revoke EO 13921!
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