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Fishers celebrate Trump's seafood order while conservation groups fear overfishing

PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — President Donald Trump's executive order to boost the U.S. commercial fishing industry drew praise from commercial fishing groups and condemnation from environmental organizations who said they fear cutting regulations will harm fish populations that have already dwindled in some areas of the oceans. The order represents a dramatic shift in federal policy on fishing in U.S. waters by prioritizing commercial fishing interests over efforts to allow the fish supply to increase. The president described his decision as "an easy one" that will improve the U.S. commercial fishing industry by peeling back regulations and opening up harvesting in previously protected areas. "The United States should be the world's dominant seafood leader," he said Thursday, citing the nation's seafood trade deficit, which is more than $20 billion. Some environmental groups ...

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