Stronger America Through Seafood launches campaign urging Congressional support for US aquaculture.
Industry coalition Stronger America Through Seafood (SATS) has initiated a campaign aimed at persuading the US Congress to support open ocean aquaculture, highlighting both economic and environmental advantages of advancing US-based sustainable seafood production.
The campaign, targeting lawmakers and congressional staff, includes educational resources, fact sheets, and a series of digital advertisements in Politico and Axios aimed at raising awareness of aquaculture’s potential for job creation and food security.
SATS argues that the US is falling behind other nations in tapping into open ocean fish farming due to a lack of federal legislation to support the industry.
“As one of the most environmentally friendly ways to produce protein, open ocean aquaculture could be a powerful tool for U.S. food security and economic growth,” said Drue Banta Winters, campaign manager for SATS.
She emphasized that federal action would enable the U.S. to harness aquaculture’s potential for job creation and bolster access to American-grown seafood.
SATS is an industry coalition that includes aquaculture firms and companies in related industries, including Cargill, Cuna del Mar, Sysco, Pacific Seafoods, High Liner Foods, Innovasea, Fortune Fish, Blue Ocean Mariculture, Pacifico Aquaculture, among others.
The group has called for federal support of the aquaculture industry since it was founded in 2018.
