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Fishers hope to chart new course

On April 17, 2025, an executive order titled Restoring American Seafood Competitiveness was issued, aiming to reform U.S. Fishing practices and address the nation’s substantial seafood trade deficit.
The order responds to a seafood trade deficit exceeding $20 billion and aims to reduce regulations that fishermen say hinder competitiveness.
Commercial fishermen face environmental challenges including dwindling fish stocks, offshore wind farms, and trade imbalances, while conservation groups oppose deregulation.
Virginia Olsen of Stonington, Maine said the order allows fishermen to fish more freely, while Matt Wiebe in Alaska called it "terrifying" due to conservation concerns.
The order could boost fishing communities like Stonington but risks weakening protections critical to sustaining fish populations and fisheries such as Bristol Bay salmon.

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Fishers hope to chart new course

STONINGTON, Maine — Virginia Olsen has pulled lobsters from Maine's chilly Atlantic waters for decades while watching threats to the state's lifeblood industry mount.

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