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Can Trump’s push for seafood competitiveness succeed without NOAA?

The federal agency, tasked with supporting American seafood, faces staffing cuts and a government shutdown.

NOAA is responsible for important surveys such as those that collect data on the distribution and abundance of crab, groundfish, and other bottom-dwelling species in the Aleutian Islands, Bering Sea, and Gulf of Alaska.
NOAA is responsible for important surveys such as those that collect data on the distribution and abundance of crab, groundfish, and other bottom-dwelling species in the Aleutian Islands, Bering Sea, and Gulf of Alaska.Photo: NOAA
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Published 7 October 2025, 13:14Updated 7 October 2025, 13:14
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