Wednesday, Mar 4

Welcome to Your Daily Dot where Dot will share tips, advice, and stories on how we can make our world better.

Dear Reader,

Bluedot loves stories of ordinary folks who step up to protect and preserve their communities, thereby becoming Climate Champs. Fortunately, there are loads of them, including this group who, when American Aquafarms announced the largest salmon farm in the world off the coast of Acadia National Park in Maine, said “Nope. Not on our watch.” It was a tough fight. The farm was planned for a community that needed jobs. But, as writer Jack Dodson tells us, people in the region got curious about aquafarming. And the more they learned about this particular venture, the less they liked it. They rounded up others who were opposed, including the Sierra Club. The main issue was the lack of a regulatory framework to keep these fish farms in check, both in size and in environmental impact. 

When the American Aquafarms venture was quashed, the activists didn’t stop there, but instead took on the industry as a whole. The main issue was lack of a regulatory framework to keep environmental damage in check. 

It’s an amazing story of people who refused to give up — a group of Davids up against Goliaths. (It includes an explainer about what, exactly, aquaculture is. Spoiler: It’s not all bad; it comes down to understanding the impacts.)

Small-but-Mightily,

Dot 

Eating small fish is healthier for you and the planet.

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