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Seaweed Industry or Seaweed Commons

5 July 2021

For the final webinar of Slow Fish 2021, all eyes were on seaweed, a new frontier in the ongoing battle between conservationists and the ever-hungry forces of globalized capitalism. The many benefits of seaweed: The first speaker was Amanda Swinimer of Dakini Tidal Wilds, a seaweed harvesting business she’s been running off the west coast of Vancouver Island, …

Cornucopia of Plastic: Christian Holstad at Slow Fish 2021

1 July 2021

American artist Christian Holstad has been dealing with themes relating to plastic and the sea for 15 years now, long before the blue planet effect saw plastic straws fall out of favor across the west. Now, as part of slow fish 2021, he brings his installation CONSIDER YOURSELF A GUEST (CORNUCOPIA) to Piazza De Ferrari, the most iconic square …

Humans and Oceans

25 June 2021 Piere Mollo

The sea, the oceans, the small ponds along the coast were my very first playground before they became the subject of my work. They have always been for me a source of inspiration and creation. In one single drop of water, I see a myriad of small marine life. I admire it, I am bewildered …

The Great Caribbean: a paradise to look after

24 March 2021 Marianeli Torres Benavides

The Greater Caribbean is made up of a group of islands and coastal areas of Central American countries, Mexico, Venezuela and Colombia. The name Caribbean derives from the name of the original inhabitants of this area. “The islands were a world dominated by Arawaks and Caribs, people who had arrived from the depths of the …

Think Eating Farmed Fish Can Save Wild Stocks? Think Again

6 November 2020

As part of Terra Madre, we’re hosting a webinar on November 10 in conjunction with Feedblack Global: Plenty of Fish in the Sea? Exploring Aquaculture’s Appetite for Wild Fish, focusing on the enormous and growing industry of farmed fish, particularly farmed salmon, which are fed on a diet of small, wild-caught “forage fish” that are …

Slow Fish Caribe advocates for sustainable fishing, agriculture and community tourism in San Andrés Providencia and Santa Catalina

18 March 2020 Liliana Marcela Vargas Vásquez

Since 2017, Slow Fish Caribe project, financed by the European Union, has been taking actions toward improving the quality of life of artisanal fishermen, Black Crab catchers, farmers and community tour operators in the San Andrés, Providencia and Santa Catalina Archipelago (Colombia), through various work strategies implemented in the field by Slow Food and its …

Young Raizales Reflect The Importance Of The Crab With their Art

6 March 2020

As part of the strategy to raise awareness about the sustainable use and exploitation of the San Andrés Black Crab, the Providencia and Santa Catalina Archipelago, Slow Food and the Afro Cultural Assets Foundation (ACUA) have launched the contest “Black Crab: all for the protection of the bastion of Raizal culture «. The objective of …

Montemariana Honey Community Welcome to the Slow Food family

28 February 2020 Jesús Pérez

In mid-2016, the CDS Solidarity Development Corporation integrates farmers from different associations located in the Montes de María to train them with sustainable productive projects for agriculture and beekeeping. With research criteria, the initiative in beekeeping exploration was born, locating the project in the Cayeto region where the type of vegetation is tropical dry forest …

Slow Fish Caribe: Local Lobster Party in Mexico

20 January 2020 By Amigos de Sian Ka’an y Alfonso S. Rocha Robles

Slow Food debuted the traceability system for the Presidium of the spiny lobster of Banco Chinchorro and Sian Ka’an. The Slow Fish Local Lobster Party celebrated the event on November 29 at the Riviera Maya in “Fairmont Mayakoba” (Playa del Carmen, Quintana Roo). The hotel hosted the dinner with the goal to join efforts on …

Spyglass: keeping track of fishing crimes at sea

9 January 2020 Jack Coulton

Illegal, unreported, and unregulated (IUU) fishing poses a serious threat to marine ecosystems and the livelihoods of coastal communities. The nature of the problem makes it particularly difficult to tackle, especially as it often happens on the high seas, where there is often no authority capable of monitoring or intervening. It may otherwise happen in …