What the New Executive Order on Seafood Means for Expanding Sustainable U.S. Seafood Production

On 7 May, U.S. President Donald Trump signed a new executive order promoting American seafood competitiveness and economic growth, propelling the United States forward as a seafood superpower. The executive order provides an exciting new opportunity to address long-term challenges to expanding the domestic seafood sector through more efficient and predictable aquaculture permitting, removing barriers to increased production within sustainable commercial fisheries, combating IUU fishing, and furthering fair and reciprocal trade in seafood products. Join NOAA Fisheries leadership for a broad discussion of what the executive order means for the domestic seafood industry.