Restoring American Seafood Competitiveness

The order directs Federal agencies to address issues impacting American seafood competitiveness. The Secretary of Commerce, consulting with the Secretary of Health and Human Services and the United States fishing industry, is tasked to consider suspending, revising, or rescinding regulations that heavily burden America’s commercial fishing, aquaculture, and fish processing industries. The Secretary of Commerce is also directed to work with Regional Fishery Management Councils to reduce regulatory burdens on the most overregulated fisheries and to solicit public comments for innovative ideas to improve fisheries management and science.