Seafood Coalition Highlights Concerns With National Ocean Policy, Requests Congressional Action

Seafood Coalition:  Letter to the Chairman of the U.S. House Natural Resources Committee

In a November 7, 2011 letter to the Chairman of the U.S. House Natural Resources Committee, the Seafood Coalition expressed its appreciation for recent congressional oversight hearings, adding that testimony at the hearings demonstrates “the need for Congressional action barring the Administration from continuing to divert appropriations from authorized programs to implement an ill-conceived [National Ocean Policy] that is not authorized by Congress and that threatens fishing industry jobs.”

The Seafood Coalition is an organization that includes commercial fishing interests, seafood processors, and coastal communities, and its members account for roughly 85% of domestically-landed seafood.