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Is Aquaculture the New Factory Farming?
Opinion
December 20 - 2024
EN Global

Is Aquaculture the New Factory Farming?

The Bittman Project

Industrialization has turned an ancient, sustainable practice into an ecological and social disaster. Can this be changed?

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Salmon / Fish in / Fish Out (FIFO) / Plant-based (e.g. seaweed or kelp) / Legislation / Biodiversity loss / Antibiotics
An environmental group files intent to sue a salmon farmer for pollution off Maine's coast
News
November 16 - 2024
EN North America

An environmental group files intent to sue a salmon farmer for pollution off Maine's coast

AP News

Conservation Law Foundation contends Cooke Aquaculture’s salmon farming sites off the Maine coast pollute the state’s bays. By Patrick Whittle
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Organic waste (e.g. feed or feces) / Salmon / Lawsuits / Small-scale fishers
Environmental group says it will sue Cooke over Maine salmon farms
News
November 15 - 2024
EN North America

Environmental group says it will sue Cooke over Maine salmon farms

IntraFish

Environmental group The Conservation Law Foundation (CLF) said this week it plans to sue Canadian seafood group Cooke, alleging the group's 13 salmon farming sites in Maine are in violation of US environmental regulations. By Rachel Sapin
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Salmon / Legislation / Lawsuits
Conservation group to sue aquaculture company for allegedly polluting Maine waters
News
November 14 - 2024
EN North America

Conservation group to sue aquaculture company for allegedly polluting Maine waters

Maine Public

A national environmental group announced Thursday it intends to sue an aquaculture giant for allegedly polluting Maine waters.The Conservation Law Foundation said Cooke Aquaculture's Downeast salmon pens release fish feces, fish food, and pieces of dead salmon, polluting the water column and the ocean floor. By Ari Snider
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Salmon / Lawsuits / Organic waste (e.g. feed or feces) / Cooke
EPA wants public comment on a proposed aquaculture project in the Gulf near Sarasota
News
November 13 - 2024
EN North America

EPA wants public comment on a proposed aquaculture project in the Gulf near Sarasota

WMNF

An aquaculture project is planned for the Gulf of Mexico off of Sarasota County. There’s pushback from environmental groups and a deadline is fast approaching for the public to comment on modifications to the permit. By Chris Young
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Infrastructure (Cages or processing plants) / Investment and subsidies / Legislation
US offshore aquaculture industry launches campaign to increase Congressional support
News
November 13 - 2024
EN North America

US offshore aquaculture industry launches campaign to increase Congressional support

Seafood Source

Stronger America Through Seafood (SATS), a coalition of stakeholders in the U.S. aquaculture industry, has launched a month-long campaign to educate federal lawmakers and their staff about aquaculture and raise support for offshore finfish farming. By Nathan Strout
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Investment and subsidies / Value chain / Legislation
California becomes second US state to ban octopus farming
News
October 25 - 2024
EN North America

California becomes second US state to ban octopus farming

Seafood Source

California Governor Gavin Newsom has signed a bill banning octopus farming into law, making it the second U.S. state after Washington to prohibit the practice. The Oppose Cruelty to Octopuses (OCTO) Act prohibits octopus farming operations throughout the state. It also bans the sale of farmed octopuses in California. The bill received unanimous approval from the state senate and overwhelming support in the state assembly. By Nathan Strout
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Animal Ethics / Legislation / Octopus
‘A beautiful thing’: Klamath River salmon are spotted far upstream in Oregon after dam removal
News
October 19 - 2024
EN North America

‘A beautiful thing’: Klamath River salmon are spotted far upstream in Oregon after dam removal

Los Angeles Times

Less than two months after the removal of dams restored a free-flowing Klamath River, salmon have made their way upstream to begin spawning and have been spotted in Oregon for the first time in more than a century. By Ian James
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Salmon
National Seafood Month: Fish farming crowds out wild salmon
News
October 18 - 2024
EN North America

National Seafood Month: Fish farming crowds out wild salmon

Public News Service

October is National Seafood Month and the fish on your plate might not be coming from where you think. The U.S. imports 90% of the seafood it consumes. Offshore fish farming has come to dominate wild harvest in recent decades, with farmed salmon making up 80% of global salmon supply. By Eric Tegethoff
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Legislation / Salmon
Victory! Court Holds Unlawful Federal Government Decision That Greenlit Industrial Fish Farming in Ocean Waters
News
October 01 - 2024
EN North America

Victory! Court Holds Unlawful Federal Government Decision That Greenlit Industrial Fish Farming in Ocean Waters

Center for Food Safety

U.S. Army Corps Failed to Adequately Assess Fish Farms' Risks to Marine Life, Fishing and Indigenous Communities.
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Legislation / Lawsuits
Federal court declares finfish enclosure permit unlawful
News
September 30 - 2024
EN North America

Federal court declares finfish enclosure permit unlawful

Courthouse News Service

A federal court Monday deemed a nationwide permit authorizing the installation of fish farming structures unlawful, but questioned how to proceed with a remedy due to a lack of information in the record.
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Legislation / Lawsuits
Why did Newsom sign an octopus farming ban in California? Here's why
News
September 30 - 2024
EN North America

Why did Newsom sign an octopus farming ban in California? Here's why

NBC Los Angeles

Although octopuses may not be part of an average Californian’s meal plans, supporters of the new law said octopus farming is inhumane. By Helen Jeong
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Animal Ethics / Octopus
Newsom signs bill to ban octopus farming in California
News
September 29 - 2024
EN North America

Newsom signs bill to ban octopus farming in California

Los Angeles Times

The new law makes it illegal to raise and breed octopuses in state waters or in aquaculture tanks based on land within the state. It also prevents business owners and operators from knowingly participating in the sale of an octopus — regardless of its provenance — that has been raised to be eaten by people. By Susanne Rust
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Animal Ethics / Legislation / Octopus
With Dams Removed, Salmon Will Have the Run of a Western River
Investigative Journalism
August 27 - 2024
EN North America

With Dams Removed, Salmon Will Have the Run of a Western River

New York Times

The nation’s largest dam removal project is nearly complete after a lengthy campaign by Native tribes to restore the river at the California-Oregon border.
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Legislation / Salmon
Too Much of Our Seafood Has a Dark Secret
Opinion
August 11 - 2024
EN Global

Too Much of Our Seafood Has a Dark Secret

New York Times

Explores the factors a consumer should consider when purchasing seafood. By Paul Greenberg and Carl Safina.

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Marine Protected Areas / Biodiversity loss / Chemicals (e.g. Formaldehyde) / Hunger / Nutrition / Investment and subsidies / Labor / Fish in / Fish Out (FIFO) / Value chain / IUUs (illegal unreported and unregulated) / Legislation / Bivalves / Low trophic-level fish / Plant-based (e.g. seaweed or kelp) / Recirculating Aquaculture Systems (RAS) / Salmon / Shrimp
At sea as on land? Activists oppose industrial farming in U.S. waters
Investigative Journalism
June 26 - 2023
EN North America

At sea as on land? Activists oppose industrial farming in U.S. waters

Mongabay

Agribusiness giants and other corporate interests are pushing to expand industrial finfish aquaculture into U.S. federal waters, arguing that it will help feed a growing global demand for seafood and have less environmental impact. They want Congress to pass legislation establishing a federal aquaculture system. Though Congress has not yet acted, a 2020 Executive Order is favorable to the effort. Environmental advocates are fighting against proposed congressional bills, and calling for a reversal of the executive order and a stop to the proposed projects in U.S. federal waters.
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Chemicals (e.g. Formaldehyde) / Pesticides / Antibiotics / Investment and subsidies / Small-scale fishers / Tourism / US: Nat'l Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) / Legislation / Bivalves / Low trophic-level fish / Plant-based (e.g. seaweed or kelp) / Recirculating Aquaculture Systems (RAS) / Salmon / Organic waste (e.g. feed or feces)
Washington ban makes entire US West Coast off-limits for net-pen finfish aquaculture
News
November 22 - 2022
EN North America

Washington ban makes entire US West Coast off-limits for net-pen finfish aquaculture

Seafood Source

An executive order issued by the Washington Department of Natural Resources (DNR) on 18 November, 2022, will prohibit any net-pen aquaculture on state-owned aquatic lands. The move came in response to the 2017 collapse of a net-pen farm operated by Saint John, New Brunswick, Canada-based Cooke Aquaculture that led to the escape of hundreds of thousands of Atlantic salmon. It does not apply to hatcheries that have an environmental restoration mission or that boost native stocks.
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Legislation / Marine fauna / Hunger / Nutrition / Labor / Small-scale fishers / Salmon / Cooke
Washington Bans Fish-Farming Net Pens, Citing Salmon Threat
News
November 18 - 2022
EN North America

Washington Bans Fish-Farming Net Pens, Citing Salmon Threat

U.S. News & World Report

Washington has banned fish-farming with net pens in state waters, owned by Cooke Aquaculture, citing danger to struggling native salmon.
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Biodiversity loss / Legislation / Lawsuits / Salmon
Our Waters (trailer)
Documentary Films
July 14 - 2022
EN North America

Our Waters (trailer)

Parley for the Oceans

In 2020 a group of Norwegian investors announced plans to develop American Aquafarms off the coast of Maine's Acadia National Park. It would be one of the world's largest ocean-based salmon farms.
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Legislation / Salmon
Artifishal
Documentary Films
October 30 - 2019
EN (GR subtitles) North America

Artifishal

Patagonia

Artifishal is a film about people, rivers, and the fight for the future of wild fish and the environment that supports them. It explores wild salmon’s slide toward extinction, threats posed by fish hatcheries and fish farms, and our continued loss of faith in nature.
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Marine fauna / Biodiversity loss / Animal Ethics / Small-scale fishers / Salmon / Hatcheries & Fisheries / Dam / Dewilding
Pathways to Sustainable Land-Use and Food Systems
Research
July 25 - 2019
EN Global

Pathways to Sustainable Land-Use and Food Systems

FABLE Consortium

The Food, Agriculture, Biodiversity, Land-Use, and Energy (FABLE) Consortium is a collaborative initiative, operating as part of the Food and Land-Use coalition, to understand how countries can transition towards sustainable land-use and food systems. This first report was written collectively by members of the FABLE Consortium to outline initial findings. These include a shared approach towards framing and analyzing integrated strategies for land-use and food systems, an initial set of global targets to be achieved by midcentury, as well as preliminary country pathways for achieving these targets.
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Climate change / Hunger / Nutrition / Legislation
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