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Protect your health. Support American jobs. Stop seafood fraud.

“Know Where Your Seafood Comes From. Demand the Truth.”

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What’s the Problem?

90% of our Seafood is imported and most not even inspected.

Protect America’s Fleet

Protect American fishing jobs and coastal economies;

Consumer Protections

Ensure transparency for consumers through mandatory seafood origin labeling at the point of sale;

Protect America’s Food Source

Support national food security through domestic seafood production.

The Crisis at a Glance

Over 90% of seafood consumed in the U.S. is imported, often from countries with weak safety standards. Yet, it's being sold in restaurants and markets as “local” or “fresh-caught.”
Imported seafood has been linked to cancer-causing chemicals, deadly bacteria, and rampant fraud — and it’s costing American fishing families their livelihoods.

It's your life

Why This Matters

  • Your Health: Foreign shrimp and fish are often farmed in sewage water and treated with banned antibiotics and carcinogens.
  • Your Rights: Consumers are being deceived. You deserve to know what you’re eating and where it came from.
  • Our Jobs: U.S. shrimpers and fishermen are being crushed by mislabeled, cheap imports.

THE TRUTH ABOUT IMPORTED SEAFOOD

America’s Fishermen Are Drowning in Imported Seafood — And Washington Is Holding the Hose

THE FACTS

  • 90% of seafood sold in the U.S. is imported — mostly farmed shrimp, tilapia, and pangasius from countries like India, Vietnam, China, and Ecuador.

  • Only 1–2% of imported seafood is inspected by the FDA — meaning toxic chemicals, illegal antibiotics, and fraudulent labeling often go undetected.

  • All U.S.-caught seafood is heavily regulated, inspected, and sustainable — yet it’s being pushed off the shelves by unsafe, cheap imports.

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IS THE U.S. SUBSIDIZING IMPORTED SEAFOOD? YES — INDIRECTLY.

  • Low/No Tariffs on seafood from developing nations
  • USAID funds have helped foreign shrimp farms scale up production
  • Lax inspection enforcement means foreign products skip the costs U.S. fishermen face
  • Federal COVID grants went to processors & importers — not boats

These are de facto subsidies for foreign seafood — while American boats are being sold, scrapped, or sunk.

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 THE IMPACT ON AMERICAN FISHERMEN

  • Thousands of U.S. commercial fishing jobs lost in the past decade

  • Over 200 shrimp boats sold in Florida alone in the last 3 months

  • Generational fishing families forced out of business

  • Domestic seafood prices crushed by unfair, unsafe competition

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U.S. Seafood imports
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U.S. inspects
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What We’re Doing