News / American shrimpers welcome plan to 'make seafood great again'

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Fish and seafood supply chains could be set to change following a US plan to “restore American competitiveness” in the sector.

The plan, which aims to deregulate US fishing – including raising catch limits, preventing fishing grounds going to offshore wind companies, and expanding commercial fishing into previously protected areas such as the Pacific Islands – has been welcomed in the country. 

The Southern Shrimp Alliance said the executive order “directly confronts the existential threats facing our domestic shrimp industry – unfair ...