Walk into a Save Mart or Lucky grocery store in the coming weeks and you may notice something new at the seafood counter: a label that reads “Seafood You Can Trust,” alongside the logo of a certification called Best Aquaculture Practices, or BAP. The label is the centerpiece of a new marketing campaign BAP launched...

In January, the Aquaculture Accountability Project and Farm Forward released a report scrutinizing the sustainability narrative surrounding industrial fish farming, including the widely repeated claim that aquaculture alleviates overfishing. Drawing on new research, we showed that industrial fish farming relies so heavily on small wild fish—processed into fishmeal and fish oil for feed—that it continues...

Today, the Aquaculture Accountability Project (AAP) and Farm Forward are releasing a new report that takes a hard look at the global aquaculture industry and the myths that have allowed it to expand unchecked. The Myth of “Sustainable” Aquaculture examines how claims of sustainability, responsibility, and ocean protection have been used to legitimize the rapid...

In October, the Aquaculture Accountability Project (AAP) joined faculty, researchers, and sustainability leaders from across the country at the National Sustainability Society’s annual conference at the University of Notre Dame. The event featured a fully vegetarian menu, reflecting a growing attentiveness to climate-aligned dining. Yet as campuses dive deeper into the food-system impacts of their...