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Oregon seafood commodity commissions met with the Governor Kotek’s Office to discuss wastewater permitting challenges facing seafood processors and the need to identify a workable path forward that allows Oregon's fishing and seafood industry to remain economically viable. The Oregon Trawl Commission, Oregon Dungeness Crab Commission, Oregon Salmon Commission, and Oregon Albacore Commission expressed concern that new wastewater permitting requirements established by the Orego

​​​ The Oregon Trawl Commission (OTC) joined the Southern Shrimp Alliance and members of the domestic crawfish industry in formally requesting that the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative (USTR) initiate a Section 301 investigation, with a particular focus on the use of unapproved antibiotics and veterinary drugs in farm-raised seafood production in China, India, Indonesia, and Vietnam. The petition asks USTR to examine how the continued use of these substances constitute

On February 12th, the OTC submitted a petition to the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) requesting an investigation into the Global Seafood Alliance’s (GSA) third-party aquaculture certification scheme, Best Aquaculture Practices (BAP). BAP is a certification scheme for farmed seafood products and is one of the world’s largest and most prominent aquaculture certification bodies. ​ The OTC asked the FTC to examine whether BAP’s widely used logos, seals, and general marketing pr

On February 10th, the Oregon Trawl Commission (OTC) submitted comments on the Scientific Report of the 2025 Dietary Guidelines Advisory Committee (“Scientific Report”), urging the Committee to adopt a more comprehensive approach to seafood recommendations in the dietary guidelines. The Scientific Report provides the evidence base and recommendations to the U.S. Departments of Agriculture (USDA) and Health and Human Services (HHS) for shaping the official Dietary Guidelines f