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FILE - This photo released by China's Xinhua shows Chinese fishing vessels navigating past a beacon in the Zhubi Reef off Spratly Islands in South China Sea, July 18, 2012. FILE - Lobsters are processed at the Sea Hag Seafood plant in Tenants Harbor, Maine, June 20, 2014. – The incoming administration of President-elect Donald Trump is likely to bring big changes for one of the oldest sectors of the U.S.
Losing Canada — an especially important buyer of American lobster — as a market for U.S. seafood could cause prices to fishermen to collapse, Sackton said. And some products could become unavailable while others become more expensive and still others oversupplied, he said. He described the seafood industry as “interdependent on both sides of the border.”
One of the major changes for fishermen under a new Trump administration is that they can expect to have a seat at the table when high-level decisions get made, said representatives for several commercial fishing groups. Last time around, Trumpand listened to their concerns about loss of fishing rights in Northeast Canyons and Seamounts Marine National Monument, a nearly 5,000-square mile protected area off New England, said Robert Vanasse, executive director of industry advocate Saving Seafood.
Others in the industry said they're concerned about how Trump will handle the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, the federal agency that regulates fisheries. The undersecretary of commerce for oceans and atmosphere, who is currently the Biden-appointed Rick Spinrad, will be one of Trump's key appointees. Trump went through three different administrators at the post during his first term of office.