NATIONAL FISHERIES INSTITUTE

Manufacturing

manufacturing of domestic and imported seafood products; Food Safety Modernization Act Implementation; health benefits of a seafood diet; food costs; tax reform; global production and distribution of seafood;trade discussions; promotion of exported goods; Generalized Systems of Preferences;Lacey Act violations; seafood traceability regulations; international regulatory issues; international seafood treaties;anti-dumping and countervailingduties policy; trade issues and concerns; tariff disputes over imported and domestic seafood products; import taxrelief; Congressional Trade Authority; enforcement of net weight violations; standards of identity for food products; labeling regulations; expanding domestic aquaculture; CARES Act implementation; FY24 and FY25 Appropriations implementation; Ocean Shipping Reform Act implementation; FY26 and FY27 Appropriations; 2025 NDAA implementation; opportunities for seafood processing growth; One Big Beautiful Bill Act

TargetedSENATE · HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES · Executive Office of the President (EOP) · White House Office · Office of Management & Budget (OMB) · U.S. Trade Representative (USTR) · Agriculture, Dept of (USDA) · Commerce, Dept of (DOC) · Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS) · State, Dept of (DOS) · Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) · U.S. International Trade Commission (ITC) · Natl Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) · Food & Drug Administration (FDA)

Small Business

manufacturing of domestic and imported seafood products; food costs; global production and distribution of seafood;tax reform; health benefits of aseafood diet; trade discussions; promotion of exported goods; Generalized Systems of Preferences; Lacey Act violations; seafood traceabilityregulations; international regulatory issues; international seafood treaties;anti-dumping and countervailing duties policy; trade issues; tariff disputes with regards to domestic and imported seafood products; tariff exclusion process for tariffs on goods; FY24 andFY2Appropriations implementation; FY25 and FY26 Appropriations; port congestionrelief; Ocean Shipping Reform Act implementation; 2024-2025 NDAA; Farm Bill;SIMP expansion regulation; FDA food traceability rule; port closure concerns; One Big Beautiful Bill Act; NOAA comparability findings for MMPA; opportunities for growth of seafood processing