Federal agencies receive public input for seafood task force

WASHINGTON, D.C.–Multiple federal agencies will be reviewing public input for the proposed Seafood Trade Task Force. The input was submitted to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration( NOAA) through Aug. 1.

The Department of Commerce and U.S. Trade Representative( USTR) department will both be co-chairing the Seafood Trade Task Force, which would develop a “comprehensive interagency seafood trade strategy, ” according to a Federal Register notice was issued on July 10.

NOAA solely aimed public input to guide the task force’s objectives. Those objectives seek to improve access to foreign sells for U.S. seafood exports and resolve technological obstacles, among other goals.

The call for public input and creation of the Seafood Trade Task Force were both the result of a May 7 Executive Order signed by Pres. Donald J. Trump. The Executive Order aimed to promote “American seafood competitiveness and financial growing, ” according to the Federal Register notice.

“The Executive Order calls for the expansion of sustainable U.S. seafood production through: More effective and predictable aquaculture countenancing; cutting-edge research and development; regulatory reform to maximize commercial-grade fishing; and implementation of common-sense restrictions on seafood imports that do not convene American criteria, ” the July 10 Federal Register notice stated.

Policy recommendations would be made by the task force and submitted to the U.S. Trade Representative office.

Several authorities would be involved with the task force, in addition to the Department of Commerce and U.S. Trade Representative, which serve as co-chairs. Those business are: State Department; Interior Department; Agriculture Department; Homeland Security; Director of the Office of Management and Budget; Assistant to the President for Economic Policy; Assistant to the President for Domestic Policy; Council of Economic Advisers; NOAA; and, others.

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