By the authority left in me as president by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, it is therefore ordered:
Section 1. Background. The United States controls one of the most important and abundant ocean resources in the world, with more than 4 million square miles of fishing places. With this vast resource and the hard work of American fishermen, our nation has the largest seafood in the world.
Most American fish stocks are healthy and have viable markets. Despite these opportunities, seafood is one of the most regulated sectors in the United States. Federal surregulation has prevented fishermen from productively harvesting American seafood, in particular through restrictive capture limits, from the sale of our fishing companies to foreign offshore companies, inaccurate and obsolete, and a delay in adopting modern technology.
The United States should be the dominant seafood chief of the world. But in addition to excessive surregulation, unfair commercial practices have put our seafood markets in a competitive disadvantage. Almost 90% of seafood on our shelves are now imported and seafood trade deficit amounts to more than $ 20 billion. The erosion of American competitiveness of seafood in the hands of unfair foreign trade practices must end.
Second. 2. Objective. The United States must approach unfair commercial practices, eliminate dangerous imports, level the rules of the unfair games that have benefited foreign fishing companies, promote ethical supply, reduce regulatory charges and ensure the integrity of the seafood supply chain. Previously, I signed the executive decree 13921 of May 7, 2020 (promoting competitiveness and economic growth in seafood Americans). This successful order – which remains in force – has strengthened the competitiveness of seafood from the United States, rationalized the regulations, supported maritime jobs and coastal savings and improved data collection. Over the past 4 years, our fishermen have been crushed again under pressure from unnecessary regulations and unfavorable policies. It is essential that we are now pressing our previous hard work with new additional measures to promote domestic fishing.
Second. 3. Policy. It is the United States policy to promote the productive harvesting of our seafood resources; unloading Our commercial and ineffective commercial regulatory fishermen; Fight illegal, unsuccessful and unregulated fishing (INI); And protect our seafood markets against unfair trade practices of foreign nations.
Second. 4 A new era of seafood policy. (a) The Secretary of Commerce, in consultation with the Secretary of Health and Social Services and contributions from the Fisheries Industry in the United States, will immediately envisage the suspension, revision or cancellation of regulations which hang too much on the industries of commercial fishing, aquaculture and the transformation of fish at the specific level for fishing. Within 30 days of the date of this order, the Secretary of Commerce must identify the most strongly regulated fisheries requiring measures and take appropriate measures to reduce the regulatory burden on them, in cooperation with the regional fisheries management councils, inter-institutions partners and through public-private partnerships, if necessary. This process includes the following actions:
(i) The Secretary of Commerce requests each Regional Fisheries Management Council, within 180 days of the date of this order, provides the Secretary of Trade Updates to their recommendations submitted in accordance with Decree 13921, to reduce the charges on domestic fishing and to increase production. Based on previous objectives, the actions identified should stabilize markets, improve access, improve economic profitability and prevent closings. The regional fisheries management councils will engage in a work plan and an implementation calendar to ensure that these actions are priority.
(ii) The Secretary of Commerce requests direct public comments, including members of the fishing industry, technology experts, marine scientists and other parties concerned, for innovative ideas to improve the management and science of fisheries in the requirements of the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act (16 USC 1801 et seq.); The 1973 endangered species law (16 USC 1531 and following.); The Navy Mammal Protection Act (16 USC 1361 and following.); and other applicable laws.
(iii) The Secretary of Commerce will continue a public public commitment to ensure that the departments and executive agencies (agencies) concentrate the management functions of fishing and basic science to directly support the priority needs which strengthen the supply chain of seafood in our country.
(b) At the end of the process described in paragraph (a) of this article, the Secretary of Commerce will plan to update the contribution of the Ministry of Commerce to the unified regulatory agenda. The Secretary of Commerce takes up the submission of annual reports to the Director of the Office of Management and Budget, the assistant of the President of the Economic Policy, the assistant of the President of the internal policy and the President of the Environment Quality Council in accordance with these activities as described in the executive order 13921.
(c) The Secretary of Commerce orders the National Marine Fisheries Service to incorporate less expensive and more reliable technologies and cooperative research programs in fishing assessments carried out in accordance with 16 USC 1867. As soon as possible, the Secretary of Commerce must develop exempt fishing permit programs to promote the possibilities of national fishing. In addition, the Secretary of Commerce will take all appropriate measures to modernize the collection of data and analytical practices that will improve the responsiveness of the management of peaches to the conditions of the Ocean in real time.
(d) The Secretary of Commerce, in consultation with the Secretary of Agriculture, develops and implements a seafood strategy America First to promote the production, marketing, sale and export of fishing and aquaculture products from the United States and strengthening domestic processing capacity. This program accelerates the efforts of the Ministry of Agriculture to educate American consumers on the benefits of the health of seafood and increase the purchases of seafood in nutritional programs.
(e) within 60 days of the date of this ordinance, the Secretary of Commerce and the Representative of the United States Trade, in consultation with the members of the working group on the Sea Fruit Trade Internestitutions, will assess the problems of competitiveness of seafood and jointly develop a complete strategy of seafood trade. The strategy must be based on the commercial strategy of seafood of November 3, 2020 Foreigners and addresses unfair commercial practices – including INI fishing and non -justified non -priced obstacles – while guaranteeing a fair and competitive internal market for American seafood producers.
(f) The United States commercial representative will examine the relevant commercial practices of the main seafood producing countries, including with regard to INI fishing and the use of forced labor in the seafood supply chain, and examine appropriate responses, in particular the continuation of solutions through negotiations or commercial authorities, such as section 301 of the commercial law of 1974 (19 2411).
g) The Secretary of Commerce, in consultation with the Secretary of Health and Social Services, the Secretary of Internal Security and in other agencies concerned, will immediately plan to revise or cancel the recent extensions of recent extensions The seafood import monitoring program to unnecessary species and further improve the program to more effectively target high -risk expeditions of nations that regularly violate international fishing regulations. The Secretary of Commerce, the Secretary of Health and Social Services and the Secretary of Internal Security will use cost savings to improve in-depth controls in the United States ports to prevent IUU seafood from entering the market. The Secretary of Commerce will also examine the options to use improved technology to identify violations related to foreign fishing.
h) within 180 days of the date of this order, the Secretary of Commerce, in consultation with the Interior Secretary, examines all the existing national monuments and provides recommendations to the president of who should be opened to commercial fishing. By making these recommendations, the Secretary of Commerce will examine whether the opening of monuments with commercial fishing would be in accordance with the preservation of historic monuments, historical and prehistoric structures, and other objects of historical or scientific interest initially identified in proclamations establishing the national naval monuments.
Second. 5. General provisions. a) Nothing in this order should be interpreted as altering or otherwise affect:
(i) the authority granted by law to an executive department or to an agency, or at its head; Or
(ii) the functions of the director of the management and budget office relating to budgetary, administrative or legislative proposals.
(b) This order must be implemented in accordance with the applicable law and subject to the availability of credits.
(c) This order is not intended to create and create a right or advantage, a noun or procedure, enforceable in law or equity by a party against the United States, its services, agencies or entities, its officers, employees or agents, or any other person.
Donald J. Trump
The White House,
April 17, 2025.
