NATIONAL FISHERIES INSTITUTE

MAN · 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

SMB · 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

ANI · Animals

Sustainability and management of fisheries resources; regional fisheries management organizations; health benefits versus risk of consuming seafood;fish farming management and aquaculture to provide fish for the future; NOAA enforcement; seafood traceability regulations; globalproduction and distribution of seafood;Magnuson-Stevens Act Reauthorization; domestic aquaculture improvements; American Fisheries AdvisoryCommittee Act; FY25 Appropriations implementation; FY26 Appropriations Bills implementation; FY 2027 Budget and Appropriation; Farm Bill, HR. 1 Low Energy Cost Act; Seafood Executive Order;MARA act; The American Seafood Competitiveness Act; The Fighting Illegal Seafood Harvest Act

Literal federal measure citations: HR. 1

FOO · Food Industry (safety, labeling, etc.)

FDA budget and user fees; food safety issues related to country of origin labeling; user fees; third-party certification; seafood traceability regulations;international regulatory issues; inspection issues of domestic and imported seafood products; global seafood supply to U.S.; FY26 Appropriations implementation; FY27 Appropriations, tax reform; Enforcement of Net Weight Violations; Food Safety Modernization ActImplementation; food costs; health benefits of a seafood diet; Food labeling requirements and enforcement; Standard of Identity issues relating to seafood; FDA enforcement of seafood labeling laws; FDA traceability rule; FDA enforcement ofcorrect labeling of highly processed plant based alternative seafood products, Farm Bill, WIC proposed Rule, National School Lunch Program, economic integrity of food by FDA; Making America Healthy Again, One Big Beautiful Bill Act implementation, Seafood Executive Order; FDA food safety;

TRD · Trade (domestic/foreign)

International trade issues; Trade Promotion Authority; trade discussions;promotion of exported goods; Generalized Systems of Preferences; Lacey Act violations; food costs; tax reform; seafood traceability regulations; international regulatory issues; international seafood treaties; global seafood supply for both imported and domestic seafood; anti-dumping and countervailing duties policy; trade issues with a variety of individual countries, and the European Union; trade and tariffs disputes for imported and domestic goods, tariffs on goods and structure of tariffs; tariff exclusions;Congressional trade authority; import tax relief; implementation of FY25 and FY26 appropriations implementation; FY27 Appropriations; Port congestion; Ocean Shipping Reform Act implementation; Port closure concerns; seafood Executive order, seafood export promotion;

IMM · Immigration

H2B immigration wage regulations and processing concerns; number of H2B visas issued; H-2B returning worker exemption; Implementation of FY25 and FY2026 Homeland Security Appropriations; FY27 Appropriations;

BUD · Budget/Appropriations

FDA funding, H2B visa funding, USDA program funding; Fisheries Funding; Implementation of FY24 Labor, HHS and related AgenciesAppropriations; Implementation of FY24 of Homeland Security Appropriations; NOAA funding; FDA budget and user fees; Country of OriginLabeling fees; FY27 Commerce Justice Science Appropriations;FY27 Ag, FDA and related Agencies Appropriations; American Rescue Plan implementation; port congestion, One Big Beautiful Bill Act implemetnation

MAR · Marine/Maritime/Boating/Fisheries

Sustainability and management of fisheries resources; regional fisheries management organizations; fish farming management and aquaculture toprovide fish for the future; Implementation of the Seafood Import Monitoring Program (SIMP); combatting IUU, NOAA enforcement; global production anddistribution of seafood; tax reform; seafood traceability regulations; international regulatory issues; Magnuson-Stevens Act Reauthorization; tariff concerns and impact on seafood and fisheries; tariff disputes and seafood trade; FY25 Appropriations Implementation; Executiveorders on seafood; Ocean Shipping Reform Act implementation; FY26 and FY27Appropriations; Farm Bill nutrition programs, 2024 NDAA; Port closure concerns; FISH Act; One Big Beautiful Bill Act implementation;The American Seafood Competitiveness Act

NAT · Natural Resources

Sustainability and management of fisheries resources; regional fisheries management organizations; fish farming management and aquaculture toprovide fish for the future; NOAA enforcement; global production and distribution of seafood; efforts to combat IUU; seafood traceability regulations; internationalregulatory issues; tax reform; Magnuson-Stevens Act Reauthorization; Seafood Import Modernization Program expansion; American Fisheries Advisory Committee Act; FY25 Appropriations Implementation; FY26 and FY27 Appropriations; combatting off shore windimpacting fisheries; port congestion and possible closures; ; HR 5103, The FISHES Act; FISH Act to fight IUU; Seafood executive orders; tariffs; NOAA comparability findings for MMPA

Literal federal measure citations: HR 5103

TAR · Tariff (miscellaneous tariff bills)

International tariff issues; Trade Promotion Authority; Generalized Systems of Preferences; Customs regulations; Lacey Act violations; tax reform;international seafood treaties;seafood traceability regulations; international regulatory issues; food costs; global production and distribution ofseafood;anti-dumping and countervailing duties policy; trade issues with Canada, Mexico, European Union; and other countries;trade discussions;promotion of exported goods; tariff disputes for imported seafood as well as domestic seafood products; exclusion process for tariffs on goods from China; Trade Authority; Import TaxRelief; FY25 Appropriations implementation; FY26 and FY27Appropriations. Tariffs and trade deals with individual countries and the EU; tariff exclusions for products not produced in the US

AGR · Agriculture

Food Safety Modernization Act Implementation; health benefits of a seafood diet; food costs; tax reform; global production and distribution of seafood;labeling regulations; seafood traceability regulations; international regulatory issues; inspection of domestic and imported seafood products;enforcement of net weight violations; Agriculture Improvement Act of 2019; standards of identity for food products; labeling of highly processedplant-based alternative seafood products; FY23 and FY24 Appropriations implementation; FY25 Appropriations; port congestion impact; Farm Bill;Nutrition Programs; WIC; opportunities for growth for seafood consumption promotion at USDA; Seafood purchases; opportunities for growth in seafood processing via USDA programs, opportunities for Aquaculture in USDA; Make America Healthy Again; seafood executive orders; One Big Beautiful Bill Act; opportunities for seafood processing financing or debt relief

CSP · Consumer Issues/Safety/Products

Food Safety Modernization Act Implementation; health benefits of a seafood diet; FDA budget and user fees; food costs; tax reform; global production and distribution of seafood;food safety; country of origin labeling; user fees; third-party certification; food traceability rule; seafoodtraceability regulations; international regulatory issues; inspection of domestic and imported seafood products; enforcement of net weight violations;standards of identity; labeling of seafood products; labeling of highly processed plant-based alternative seafood products; FY24 and FY25 Appropriations implementation; FY26 and FY27 Appropriations; port congestion relief and port closure concerns; 2022 NDAA Implementation; Making America Healthy Again; Seafood Executive Orders

TAX · Taxation/Internal Revenue Code

tax reform; manufacturing of domestic and imported seafood products; food costs; health benefits of a seafood diet; trade and tariff discussions;seafood traceability regulations; international regulatory issues; global production and distribution of seafood; international seafood treaties;anti-dumping and countervailing duties policy; Reconciliation options to increase domestic seafood production; import tax relief, one big Beautiful bill Act implementation

TRU · Trucking/Shipping

global production and distribution of seafood; manufacturing of domestic and imported seafood products; Food Safety Modernization ActImplementation; health benefits of a seafood diet; food costs; tax reform; trade discussions; promotion of exported goods; Generalized Systems ofPreferences; Lacey Act violations; seafood traceability regulations; international regulatory issues; international seafood treaties;anti-dumping andcountervailing duties policy; trade issues ; tariff disputes in regards to imported and domestic seafood products; CongressionalTrade Authority; Import Tax Relief; FY22 Appropriations implementation; FY24/FY25 Appropriations implementation ; FY26 and FY27 Appropriations;port congestion; Ocean Shipping Reform Act implementation; 2025 NDAAimplementation; 2026 NDAA; port closure concerns; gas prices