Protect American Fisheries Act of 2025

H.R.6150 - Protect American Fisheries Act, amends Magnuson-Stevens Act to add an economic cause as an allowable cause to declare a fishery resource disaster. S.2868 - India Shrimp Tariff Act, phases in higher tariffs on shrimp imports from India, imposes an additional duty on all imported shrimp to support inspections, and extends country-of-origin labeling requirements. S.688 and H.R.3756 - FISH Act of 2025, strengthens U.S. enforcement against IUU fishing and forced labor through vessel blacklists, import and port restrictions, sanctions, and enhanced interagency coordination. Other federal legislative activities about the conservation, management, and research of U.S. shrimp fisheries and bycatch; funding for shrimp fishing effort research and Section 609 administration and enforcement. Federal legislative activities related to Saltonstall-Kennedy funding to support U.S. fisheries and operation of provisions governing the statutory appropriation calculated based on gross receipts of customs duties. Federal legislative activities related to the expansion of USDA programs to include seafood. Federal legislative activities regarding shrimp industry operations, including working waterfronts, training programs for new commercial fishermen, and access to H@-B visas for shrimp fishing vessels and processors.Federal legislative activities related to NOAA National Seafood Strategy and domestic seafood marketing funding.

Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: $45,000

Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE

Legislation pertaining to ocean acidification, harmful algal blooms, hypoxia, shipping/port infrastructure, fishing regulations (incl. red snapper, greater amberjack, gray triggerfish), climate-ready fisheries, shifting fish stocks, Fishery Management Council appointments, fisheries and the Magnuson-Stevens Act generally, fishery disaster assistance, ocean exploration and mapping, seabed mining, climate change, marine debris, issues pertaining to the Water Resources and Development Act, regional ocean data portals and partnerships, coastal conservation, ocean data legislation generally, international ocean climate issues, Senate appointed position including DOC, CEQ, DOI, NOAA, NOAA Organic Act, implementing regulations of NEPA, GHG and NEPA, shipping emissions, ocean carbon dioxide removal, placing a fee on plastic production, plastics provisions in a potential farm bill, and plastic pollution. Marine Debris and Plastic Pollution H.R.1124 - Help Our Kelp Act of 2025 S.513 - Help Our Kelp Act of 2025 H.R.1918 - Farewell to Foam Act of 2025 H.R.2620 - Save Our Seas 2.0 Amendments Act S.216 - Save Our Seas 2.0 Amendments Act H.R.2786 - To allow the Secretary of Commerce to establish a Coastal and Estuarine Resilience and Restoration Program, and for other purposes H.R.2673 - Florida Coastal Protection Act H.R.2849 - West Coast Ocean Protection Act of 2025 H.R.2862 - Southern California Coast and Ocean Protection H.R.2882 - Central Coast of California Conservation Act of 2025 H.R.2865 - New England Coastal Protection Act of 2025 H.R.2886 - Defend Our Coast Act S.1432 - West Coast Ocean Protection Act of 2025 S.1472 - New England Coastal Protection Act of 2025 H.R.2820 - California Clean Coast Act of 2025 H.R.6076 - Save Our Seas 2.0 Marine Debris Infrastructure Programs Reauthorization Act Fisheries H.R.3714 - Forage Fish Conservation Act of 2025 H.R.3718 - Sustaining Americas Fisheries for the Future Act of 2025 SHIFT Act S.2357 - Young Fishermens Development Extension Act H.R.4800 - Fisheries Modernization Act of 2025 H.R.5699 - Fisheries Data Modernization and Accuracy Act of 2025 H.R.6150 - Protect American Fisheries Act of 2025 H.R.5745 - Marine Fisheries Habitat Protection Act S.3658 - A bill to support healthy fisheries in dynamicoceanconditions, and for other purposes. Boating H.R.3151 - SHIPS For America Act S.1541 - SHIPS For America Act H.R.4325 - Clean Shipping Act Clean Shipping Act (Senate bill) H.R.4341 - International Maritime Pollution Accountability Act of 2025 S.2243 - International Maritime Pollution Accountability Act of 2025 Zero Emission Vessel Innovation Act H.R.5970 - Save Our Ships Act H.R.7332 - Whale CHARTS Act of 2026 Other H.R.2772 - To Direct the Secretary of the department in which the Coast Guard is operating to study and report to Congress regarding recreational vessel operator training H.J.Res.62 - Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management relating to "Protection of Marine Archaeological Resources." Res.482 - Recognizing World Oceans Day and the need to protect, conserve, maintain, and rebuild the ocean and its resources H.R.2294 - To reauthorize the Integrated Coastal and Ocean Observation System Act of 2009 H.R.663 - To oppose the permitting of deep seabed mining and exploration for deep seabed mining, and for other purposes H.R.664 - American Seabed Protection Act H.R.5692 - To accelerate the competitiveness of the United States in marine energy technologies, and for other purposes H.R.1897 - ESA Amendments Act of 2025

● Provide Client with information/implications of S.4236 and gaining access to agriculture programs; help Client to check on AG seafood liaison position ●Assist Client with understanding DOI Secretarial Order on increasing fishing access to federal lands; implications for Merrit Island, FL; set DOI strategy ● Participate in Hill staff discussions on MSA/ESA/MMPA reforms; continue to oppose the transfer of protected species management authority from NOAA to USFWS; inform Client on NOAA ANPRM related to North Atlantic Right Whale vessel speed rule ● Outreach to NOAA on implementation of seafood EO and deregulatory agenda ● Continue to monitor federal agency activities, hearings (reports on US-CAN-MEX Senate & House IUU hearings in Q1) and legislation (S.688 & S.1369) related to IUU fishing and forced labor in the seafood industry; updates on NOAA MMPA comparability findings and status of industry-driven litigation; monitor S.2586 & H.R. 6150) for Client interests ● Monitor Offshore Wind developments, related EOs, and track BOEM activities and House passage of the SPEED Act (H.R. 4776); share NAS OSW West Coast final report on impacts to fisheries

Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: Not reported

Government targets: Agriculture, Dept of (USDA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Interior, Dept of (DOI), Natl Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), SENATE, U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service (USFWS)

H.R.2715/S.3213 Destruction of Hazardous Imports Act, FDA authority to destroy food posing public health risk. H.R.2071 Save Our Shrimpers Act, IFI funding restrictions for foreign shrimp aquaculture/processing/exports. H.R.512 Imported Seafood Safety Standards Act, shrimp duties for FDA inspections & USDA purchases. S.3065 LABEL Act, fish labeling requirements. H.R.6150 Protect American Fisheries Act, economic cause for fishery disaster declarations. S.667/H.R.3324 Safer Shrimp Imports Act, FDA inspection equivalence & import bans. H.R.2776 Imported Seafood Quality Enforcement Act, expanded FDA inspection/testing. S.2868 India Shrimp Tariff Act, shrimp tariffs/inspection funding/COOL. IUU fishing & fisheries mgmt

Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: Not reported

H.R.2715/S.3213 Destruction of Hazardous Imports Act, FDA authority to destroy food posing public health risk. H.R.2071 Save Our Shrimpers Act, IFI funding restrictions for foreign shrimp aquaculture/processing/exports. H.R.512 Imported Seafood Safety Standards Act, shrimp duties for FDA inspections & USDA purchases. S.3065 LABEL Act, fish labeling requirements. H.R.6150 Protect American Fisheries Act, economic cause for fishery disaster declarations. S.667/H.R.3324 Safer Shrimp Imports Act, FDA inspection equivalence & import bans. H.R.2776 Imported Seafood Quality Enforcement Act, expanded FDA inspection/testing. S.2868 India Shrimp Tariff Act, shrimp tariffs/inspection funding/COOL. IUU fishing & fisheries mgmt

Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: Not reported

H.R.2715/S.3213 Destruction of Hazardous Imports Act, FDA authority to destroy food posing public health risk. H.R.2071 Save Our Shrimpers Act, IFI funding restrictions for foreign shrimp aquaculture/processing/exports. H.R.512 Imported Seafood Safety Standards Act, shrimp duties for FDA inspections & USDA purchases. S.3065 LABEL Act, fish labeling requirements. H.R.6150 Protect American Fisheries Act, economic cause for fishery disaster declarations. S.667/H.R.3324 Safer Shrimp Imports Act, FDA inspection equivalence & import bans. H.R.2776 Imported Seafood Quality Enforcement Act, expanded FDA inspection/testing. S.2868 India Shrimp Tariff Act, shrimp tariffs/inspection funding/COOL. IUU fishing & fisheries mgmt

Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: Not reported

H.R.2715/S.3213 Destruction of Hazardous Imports Act, FDA authority to destroy food posing public health risk. H.R.2071 Save Our Shrimpers Act, IFI funding restrictions for foreign shrimp aquaculture/processing/exports. H.R.512 Imported Seafood Safety Standards Act, shrimp duties for FDA inspections & USDA purchases. S.3065 LABEL Act, fish labeling requirements. H.R.6150 Protect American Fisheries Act, economic cause for fishery disaster declarations. S.667/H.R.3324 Safer Shrimp Imports Act, FDA inspection equivalence & import bans. H.R.2776 Imported Seafood Quality Enforcement Act, expanded FDA inspection/testing. S.2868 India Shrimp Tariff Act, shrimp tariffs/inspection funding/COOL. IUU fishing & fisheries mgmt

Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: Not reported

H.R.2715/S.3213 Destruction of Hazardous Imports Act, FDA authority to destroy food posing public health risk. H.R.2071 Save Our Shrimpers Act, IFI funding restrictions for foreign shrimp aquaculture/processing/exports. H.R.512 Imported Seafood Safety Standards Act, shrimp duties for FDA inspections & USDA purchases. S.3065 LABEL Act, fish labeling requirements. H.R.6150 Protect American Fisheries Act, economic cause for fishery disaster declarations. S.667/H.R.3324 Safer Shrimp Imports Act, FDA inspection equivalence & import bans. H.R.2776 Imported Seafood Quality Enforcement Act, expanded FDA inspection/testing. S.2868 India Shrimp Tariff Act, shrimp tariffs/inspection funding/COOL. IUU fishing & fisheries mgmt

Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: Not reported

Legislation pertaining to ocean acidification, harmful algal blooms, hypoxia, shipping/port infrastructure, fishing regulations (incl. red snapper, greater amberjack, gray triggerfish), climate-ready fisheries, shifting fish stocks, Fishery Management Council appointments, fisheries and the Magnuson-Stevens Act generally, fishery disaster assistance, ocean exploration and mapping, seabed mining, climate change, marine debris, issues pertaining to the Water Resources and Development Act, regional ocean data portals and partnerships, coastal conservation, ocean data legislation generally, international ocean climate issues, Senate appointed position including DOC, CEQ, DOI, NOAA, NOAA Organic Act, implementing regulations of NEPA, GHG and NEPA, shipping emissions, ocean carbon dioxide removal, placing a fee on plastic production, plastics provisions in a potential farm bill, and plastic pollution. Marine Debris and Plastic Pollution H.R.1124 - Help Our Kelp Act of 2025 S.513 - Help Our Kelp Act of 2025 H.R.1918 - Farewell to Foam Act of 2025 H.R.2620 - Save Our Seas 2.0 Amendments Act S.216 - Save Our Seas 2.0 Amendments Act H.R.2786 - To allow the Secretary of Commerce to establish a Coastal and Estuarine Resilience and Restoration Program, and for other purposes H.R.2673 - Florida Coastal Protection Act H.R.2849 - West Coast Ocean Protection Act of 2025 H.R.2862 - Southern California Coast and Ocean Protection H.R.2882 - Central Coast of California Conservation Act of 2025 H.R.2865 - New England Coastal Protection Act of 2025 H.R.2886 - Defend Our Coast Act S.1432 - West Coast Ocean Protection Act of 2025 S.1472 - New England Coastal Protection Act of 2025 H.R.2820 - California Clean Coast Act of 2025 H.R.6076 - Save Our Seas 2.0 Marine Debris Infrastructure Programs Reauthorization Act Fisheries H.R.3714 - Forage Fish Conservation Act of 2025 H.R.3718 - Sustaining Americas Fisheries for the Future Act of 2025 SHIFT Act S.2357 - Young Fishermens Development Extension Act H.R.4800 - Fisheries Modernization Act of 2025 H.R.5699 - Fisheries Data Modernization and Accuracy Act of 2025 H.R.6150 - Protect American Fisheries Act of 2025 H.R.5745 - Marine Fisheries Habitat Protection Act Boating H.R.3151 - SHIPS For America Act S.1541 - SHIPS For America Act H.R.4325 - Clean Shipping Act Clean Shipping Act (Senate bill) H.R.4341 - International Maritime Pollution Accountability Act of 2025 S.2243 - International Maritime Pollution Accountability Act of 2025 Zero Emission Vessel Innovation Act H.R.5970 - Save Our Ships Act Other H.R.2772 - To Direct the Secretary of the department in which the Coast Guard is operating to study and report to Congress regarding recreational vessel operator training H.J.Res.62 - Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management relating to "Protection of Marine Archaeological Resources." Res.482 - Recognizing World Oceans Day and the need to protect, conserve, maintain, and rebuild the ocean and its resources H.R.2294 - To reauthorize the Integrated Coastal and Ocean Observation System Act of 2009 H.R.663 - To oppose the permitting of deep seabed mining and exploration for deep seabed mining, and for other purposes H.R.664 - American Seabed Protection Act H.R.5692 - To accelerate the competitiveness of the United States in marine energy technologies, and for other purposes