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The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s (NOAA’s) budget request for fiscal year 2011 includes $54 million to fast track the biggest and most outrageous giveaway of access to public fish in U.S. history. Read more…
Bob Zales II speaks with Food & Water Watch about the problems with catch shares and the lack of the science and data backing up fisheries policies in the United States.
For several years now, proposed certification of one fishery after another has been causing international controversy for the Marine Stewardship Council. Likewise, one company after another have signed on to source farmed shrimp from Global Aquaculture Alliance’s Best Aquaculture Practices, despite the fact that their labor and worker health standards are sub-par according to the Solidarity Center (check out pages 14-16 in that last link to find out more). But this latest news of a fishmeal certification program really takes the cake—the green-washed cake, that is. Read more…
Local crab boat owners who are part of a family of fisherman share their stories about why big industrialized boats are destroying their way of life and fishing.
As corporations try to buy up the ocean and its precious contents, giant fishing trawlers that scrape the seas for fish are creating "an earthquake" amongst fishermen and fisher communities. Hear one fisherman tell the tale of what’s happening to his American way of life.
Food & Water Watch is conducting a recipe contest to coincide with the release of our smart seafood guide! In this video, Food & Water Watch staff get ready for the contest by preparing one of our own recipes.
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Crab fishermen in Kodiak, Alaska talk about the suffering the community and families are going to endure because the fishing waters are being basically privatized.
