Restoring American Seafood Competitiveness
Reduces regulatory barriers to domestic commercial fishing and aquaculture.
Section by Section
What each section does, and how they differ.
U.S. controls prime fishing grounds but 90 percent of domestic seafood is imported; $20 billion annual trade deficit and overregulation cripple competitiveness.
Addresses unfair trade practices, eliminates unsafe imports, reduces regulatory burdens, and ensures seafood supply chain integrity.
Promotes productive harvest, unburdens fishermen from costly regulation, combats illegal fishing, and protects markets from unfair foreign trade.
Secretary suspends or revises overregulation within 30 days; Regional Fishery Management Councils submit updated recommendations; direct public engagement solicited.
Standard boilerplate: preserves existing agency authority, conditions the order on appropriations, and creates no enforceable private rights.