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Threat of rail strike recedes as US Congress intervenes

December 3, 2022 โ€” The U.S. Senate joined the U.S. House in voting to intervene to prevent a nationwide strike by railroad workers.

The Senate bill, which passed 80-15, was signed into law by U.S. President Joe Biden on 2 December. Food industry and retail groups had urged Congress to pass the resolution to avert the strike, which was estimated to potentially cost the American economy up to USD 2 billion (EUR 1.9 billion) a day.

Read the full article at SeafoodSource

Control of US Congress remains in the balance as election results filter in

November 9, 2022 โ€” Results from the U.S. election on Tuesday, 8 November are still being tallied, with control of Congress at stake.

Predictions of a Republican sweep of the midterm elections, seen in part as a referendum on U.S. President Joe Biden and Democratic leadership of the U.S. Senate and U.S. House of Representatives, did not materialize in early results.

Read the full article at SeafoodSource

Fishing advocates seek new federal funding for offshore wind studies

June 22, 2022 โ€” A nationwide coalition of U.S. commercial fishing groups is asking Congress for nearly USD 74 million (EUR 69 million) in federal spending to survey and plan for how offshore wind energy development may change marine environments and fishing communities.

An accelerated drive to develop ocean wind power in the U.S. has so far led to 28 wind lease areas in federal waters, two projects now underway off southern New England, and nearly 55 million acres on all coasts in consideration for possible development.

Read the full story at SeafoodSource

US House pays tribute to Don Young by passing salmon task force bill

April 28, 2022 โ€” The U.S. House of Representatives honored the late Don Young on Tuesday, 26 April, by passing legislation the longtime Alaska Republican congressman sponsored.

Young first won the stateโ€™s only House seat in 1973. He was the โ€œDean of the House,โ€ a term given to the longest-tenured member in Congress. He died at age 88 on 18 March while traveling back to the state from Washington, D.C.

Read the full story at SeafoodSource

 

Congress Urged to Fund National Seafood Marketing Campaign

April 6, 2022 โ€” Legislators on Capitol Hill are being urged by those in the Massachusetts seafood industry to fund a nationwide marketing campaign showcasing seafood.

In a letter to the delegation in Congress representing the Bay State, members of major players in the seafood industry such as Gortonโ€™s and North Coast Seafoods called for funding to boost a multi-year marketing effort.

The signatories said that campaign would improve public health, boost the regional economy, and aid a vital part of the workforce within Massachusettsโ€“especially in the fallout of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Read the full story at CapeCod.com

Stronger America Through Seafood sends letter to Congress in support of AQUAA Act

February 14, 2022 โ€” Stronger America Through Seafood (SATS) has sent a letter signed by more than 65 supporters of aquaculture โ€“ including leaders in the U.S. seafood harvesting, production, and retail sectors โ€“ to Congress, requesting support for aquaculture expansion in the U.S.

The letter, sent on Monday, 14 February to both the U.S. House of Representatives and U.S. Senate, calls for support for the โ€œAdvancing the Quality and Understanding of American Aquaculture Act,โ€ or โ€œAQUAA Act.โ€ An updated version of the AQUAA Act was recently introduced by U.S. Senators Roger Wicker (R-Mississippi), Brian Schatz (D-Hawaii), and Marco Rubio (R-Florida); and U.S. Representatives Ed Case (D-Hawaii) and Steve Palazzo (R-Mississippi).

Read the full story at SeafoodSource

How a continuing resolution will Impact the next generation of commercial fishermen

February 11, 2022 โ€” The commercial fishing industry is facing unprecedented challenges with a graying of the fleet and very few young fishermen joining our industry. In our coastal communities, the average age of a fisherman has increased significantly and the number of โ€œgreenhorns,โ€ or beginning fishermen, has continued to decline. Inaction by Congress may make the situation worse.

Despite a deep fishing heritage, coastal and fishing communities across the country are experiencing a generational shift. As current fishermen look to retire, we see fewer younger fishermen stepping up and continuing our fishing tradition as captains and crew. The future of our industry, coastal communities, and access to sustainable, domestic seafood depends on our ability to recruit and train new fishermen. We are already seeing the landscape change as imported seafood becomes more common in our markets. The shortage of young fishermen will only exacerbate this problem and lead to fewer sustainable, domestically harvested seafood options for our fellow Americans.

It is critical that we work to solve this issue at all levels of government. Last year, Congress passed the Young Fishermenโ€™s Development Act to support training for the next generation of commercial fishermen. This new program is modeled after the U.S. Department of Agricultureโ€™s Beginning Farmers and Ranchers Development Program and is aimed at training and equipping the next generation of commercial fishermen with the skills and knowledge necessary to be successful in the fishing industry. This program will help encourage recruits in the commercial fishing industry by providing funding for states and organizations across the country to develop programs that create hands-on training opportunities for men and women interested in commercial fishing.

Read the full op-ed at The Hill

US fishing vessels now have permanent waiver from incidental discharge rule

December 10, 2018 โ€” When U.S. President Donald Trump signed the Frank LoBiondo Coast Guard Authorization Act into law last week, it finally โ€“ and permanently โ€“ relieved the fishing industry from Environmental Protection Agency regulations regarding incidental discharge on their boats.

The regulation required vessel operators to get EPA permits to perform routine actions, such as using pumped ocean water to clean off the deck after harvesting. It stemmed from a 2005 federal court ruling, and the Southern Shrimp Alliance said the system was a hindrance to more than 80,000 commercial fishing boats.

โ€œThis permit requirement should never have existed,โ€ said John Williams, SSAโ€™s executive director. โ€œIt was lawsuit driven by environmental groups in a California court a long time ago. SSA has been working ever since with Congress and other fishing groups across the nation to put a temporary stop to it. I have to say, after working to prevent this disaster for more than a decade, it feels pretty good to finally put this one to bed, permanently.โ€

Read the full article at Seafood Source

Climate change report predicts drastic changes in US marine economy

November 30, 2018 โ€” Increasing temperatures, ocean acidification, and deoxygenation are the outcomes from climate change that will cause the most damage the worldโ€™s marine economy, according to National Climate Assessment report released by the U.S. Global Change Research Program on Friday, 23 November.

The federal program that released the report was mandated by Congress to coordinate federal research and investments in understanding the forces shaping the global environment and their impacts on society. Compiled by top scientists at 13 U.S. agencies, it paints a grim picture of the future of both U.S. and global fisheries as the effects of climate change continue to advance.

The report stated with โ€œvery high confidenceโ€ that the world stands to suffer โ€œthe loss of iconic and highly valuedโ€ habitats, and said intensifying ecosystem disruption as a result of ocean warming, acidification, deoxygenation, and other aspects of climate change will result in major changes in species composition and food web structure. In fact, these changes are already underway and have caused significant shifts in how the marine environment is functioning, especially in the warmest and coldest environments, and the report stated โ€“ also with very high confidence โ€“ these transformative impacts on ocean ecosystems cannot be avoided In the absence of significant reductions in carbon emissions.

Read the full story at Seafood Source 

More US Senators push for shrimp to be added to SIMP

February 13, 2018 โ€” A bipartisan group of 11 U.S. Senators have signed on to a plan that would require the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration to add shrimp to the Seafood Import Monitoring Program.

In a letter addressed to Sens. Thad Cochran (R-Mississippi) and Patrick Leahy (D-Vermont), the chairman and vice chairman, respectively, of the Senate Appropriations Committee, the senators expressed their support for language in the Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, which mandates the inclusion of shrimp in the monitoring program within 30 days of the spending billโ€™s enactment.

SIMP, which officially took effect last month, requires imported seafood to be traced from the time it was caught or harvested to the time it reaches the United States. The program was created to crack down the sale of counterfeit or illegally caught seafood products to consumers.

Most of the seafood Americans consume is imported and shrimp makes up nearly two-thirds of those imports. Shrimp was one of the species included in the program. However, federal officials have waived it from compliance at this point until similar recordkeeping requirements are also in effect for domestic producers. That, however, has not stopped U.S. commercial fishing groups from pushing NOAA add shrimp to the program.

โ€œThe domestic, wild-caught shrimp industry has been in a state of decline for decades due to the flood of cheap, imported shrimp from countries such as India, Indonesia, Thailand, and Vietnam,โ€ said Ryan Bradley, Director of the Mississippi Commercial Fisheries United. โ€œThis bill is a beacon of hope for our coastal communities that greatly rely on domestic shrimp production โ€“ the largest commercial fishing industry in the southeastern United States.โ€

In their letter, the senators expressed concerns over the use of unapproved antibiotics in foreign farmed shrimp and cited reports of human rights abuses by processors in Thailand, one of the worldโ€™s largest shrimp providers.

โ€œWe believe that SIMP is a key step to restoring a level playing field for the U.S. shrimp industry,โ€ the senators wrote.

Read the full story at Seafood Source

 

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