Overregulation and Foreign Competition Dominate House Hearing on U.S. Seafood; Tariffs Mentioned But Not Embraced as Solution

Overregulation and Foreign Competition Dominate House Hearing on U.S. Seafood; Tariffs Mentioned But Not Embraced as Solution

At a June 4 hearing before the House Natural Resources Committee’s Water, Wildlife and Fisheries Subcommittee, lawmakers and industry representatives expressed growing frustration with what they described as an overregulated domestic seafood industry that is steadily losing ground to foreign competition.