Read New SATS and EDF Op-Ed in The Washington Post: Here’s why the seafood on your plate had to be imported

Stronger America Through Seafood (SATS) and the Environmental Defense Fund (EDF) are making the case for advancing responsible aquaculture in U.S. waters in a new opinion piece published today in The Washington Post.
 
SATS’ Campaign Manager Drue Banta Winters and EDF’s U.S. Aquaculture Campaign Director Maddie Voorhees discuss the enormous opportunity the U.S. is missing as sustainable aquaculture production grows around the world.
 
The U.S. currently ranks 20th in global aquaculture production, with not a single commercial-scale finfish farm operating in federal waters — leaving American jobs, economic opportunity and seafood production on the table.
 
Drue and Maddie point to the bipartisan Marine Aquaculture Research for America (MARA) Act (S. 2586/H.R. 9802) as a science-based pathway to move American aquaculture forward responsibly.
 
As they write:
 
“We represent what seems like an unlikely coalition — the Environmental Defense Fund and the food industry — but aquaculture is a sound and science-based practice that, when done responsibly, can be remarkably good for the environment.”

Read the full op-ed in The Washington Post: Here’s why the seafood on your plate had to be imported