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08/13/2026

Elle Wibisono, Ph.D. is a fisheries scientist, but believes science only matters if it reaches people — and that storytelling can carry scientific ideas further than a paper ever could. Elle is the creator of Fishtory, a comics platform using art to convey fisheries science and the latest muralist to contribute to the Outlaw Ocean Mural Project. Her hope is to motivate passersby to ask questions like: Where does our fish actually come from? Watch how her piece for The Outlaw Ocean Mural Project came to life here: https://lnkd.in/g6ZqMJDv

08/05/2026

This piece by New York University’s Matthew Hayek underscores the need to protect Maine’s thriving coastlines from the scourge of large-scale industrial net-pen aquaculture. The concerns he points out are galvanizing citizens and sparking civic engagement.

https://lnkd.in/gaHAPSnR

07/27/2026

This weekend, To Vima International, a Wall Street Journal partner, featured a thoughtful and balanced report by Cheryl Novak and Myrto Polymili on the future of aquaculture in Greece: “Greece Reconsiders the Rules Governing Fish Farming.”

The article highlights the growing recognition of the need for better marine spatial planning, meaningful public participation, stronger environmental oversight, and effective solutions for abandoned fish farms.

We particularly appreciate that it gives voice to municipalities, local communities, scientists, civil society, industry, and government. Open, evidence-based journalism is essential to informed public dialogue and better decision-making.

The Rauch Foundation is grateful to have contributed to this important discussion on the future of Greece’s seas and the role that independent research and analysis can play in supporting informed policy and public debate.

tovima.com Cheryl Novak

07/22/2026

Across coastal Tamil Nadu and Puducherry, traditional fisher peoples and fisherwomen federations are using community mapping to put themselves back on the map. For 78 years, official records have ignored the coastal commons that sustain these communities. Now, through highly organized collective action, fisherwomen are tracing their villages, mangroves, wetlands, and fishing grounds.

These maps are more than representations of place—they are legal assertions of rights over the coast and ocean, grounded in women’s knowledge and labour.

This is a powerful example of how resourcing grassroots data collection builds legal power and challenges state erasure.

📖 Explore India’s story by the Global Alliance for the Future of Food: https://lnkd.in/eK5_FcC6

07/13/2026

Industrial fish farms: Coming soon to the Gulf coast?

The Federal government and private companies are proposing multiple industrial fish farms off the Gulf coasts of Florida and Texas, threatening the health of Gulf waters and stocks of wild fish. On July 20, Healthy Gulf will be hosting a webinar featuring leading environmentalists and advocates to talk about the proposed fish farms, what groups are doing to protect and uplift sustainable local seafood, and how you can help stop further industrialization of the Gulf.

Monday, July 20 at 6:30 pm CDT | 7:30 pm EDT

Click here to register: https://lnkd.in/gwQF49m4

07/10/2026

Did you know that anchovies in Peru affect not only the price, but also the production of farmed fish around the world?

According to a recent Bloomberg News article from Javier Blas , the El Niño weather phenomenon, one of the strongest in modern history, has forced Peru to indefinitely suspend its anchovy fishery, one of the world’s most important sources of fishmeal production.

Fishmeal production has fallen by up to 40%, while prices have increased by 80%. Why does that matter?

Because farmed salmon, seabass and seabream rely on feed made from wild-caught fish. Producing 1 kilogram of farmed fish requires approximately 1.5 to 5 kilograms of wild fish.

This raises a number of important questions, starting with this one: How can an industry continue to expand when it depends on harvesting vast quantities of wild fish?

07/03/2026

Another excellent piece of reporting by DeSmog on the FAIRR Initiative’s new Seafood Index. There’s lots of data and the benchmark finds that companies overall score poorly on the implementation of their own environmental and social policies with discrepancies between what’s on paper and what’s happening on the ground.

05/13/2026

This is a very moving video highlighting three collaborators of Ian Urbina’s Outlaw Ocean Institute working as far afield as South America and Thailand. Whether investigating the impacts of illegal, unreported, and unregulated fishing, laborers missing at sea, or tracing the hardest-to-track data and information, these collaborations are what allow Outlaw Ocean to bring their stories to the surface.

https://lnkd.in/edYFtyJX

05/06/2026

Important new research coming out of the Sunstone Institute is a devastating look into Norwegian aquaculture, which last year released the equivalent of untreated sewage from 17.21 million people (nitrogen), 19.96 million people (phosphorus), and 29.58 million people (organic carbon).

https://lnkd.in/gun8ifpk

04/27/2026

This is an excellent piece by Cheryl Novak and Myrto Polymili of TO BHMA International Edition on yet another consequence of industrial fish farming: the issue of abandoned farms and the waste and pollution they leave behind. NGOs like Healthy Seas and OZON are systematically documenting this problem and helping to bring it to light but without proper regulation and oversight, the burdensome costs and responsibility for remediation and clean-up are left to the communities.

https://lnkd.in/gFSGemDK

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