President Trump speaks to Maine fisherman

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Summary

TLDRIn this video, U.S. officials discuss policies affecting the fishing industry, focusing on Maine's fishermen. The current administration is reversing previous restrictions on fishing areas—allowing commercial access to abundant northern waters. Despite having some of the world's richest fisheries, the U.S. faces a $16.6 billion seafood trade deficit, importing over 85% of its fish. To address this, the government aims to ease industry regulations and tackle trade barriers, especially with countries like Canada and China. The video underscores issues of taxation disparities with the European Union impacting seafood exports, and stresses the need for fair trade practices. Environmental conservation remains important, but industry voices seek reduced regulatory burdens which they feel prevent them from capitalizing on available resources.

Takeaways

  • 🐟 Reopening of northern fisheries to U.S. fishermen.
  • 📉 A $16.6 billion seafood trade deficit challenges American producers.
  • 🇨🇦 Trade issues with Canada put U.S. fishermen at a disadvantage.
  • ✂️ Easing of burdensome regulations to boost productivity.
  • ⚖️ Need for fair international trade practices highlighted.
  • 🌎 Encouraging sustainable fishing while reducing outdated rules.
  • 📜 Executive actions taken to support domestic fishing industry.
  • 🦞 Maine lobster industry significantly impacted by trade policies.
  • 💸 Unfair tariffs by EU and Canada affect U.S. seafood exports.
  • 📈 U.S. efforts to become more self-sufficient in seafood production.

Timeline

  • 00:00:00 - 00:05:00

    The President announces a proclamation to reopen certain regions for commercial fishing, addressing America's seafood trade deficit and stressing the importance of using local resources. He signed an executive order to reduce regulations on the seafood industry and emphasizes the need for equitable conservation practices.

  • 00:05:00 - 00:10:00

    A task force is mentioned regarding Japan, and further steps to crack down on illegal seafood imports are discussed. The state of Maine is set to receive additional funding, and there's a call for better trade practices, pointing out disadvantages faced compared to other countries such as Canada in tariffs.

  • 00:10:00 - 00:15:00

    The President criticizes existing trade agreements with Canada and the European Union, highlighting tariff disparities that disadvantage American products. He mentions a plan to impose reciprocal tariffs if other countries do not adjust their trade practices. The speech reflects frustration with historic trade balances.

  • 00:15:00 - 00:20:00

    Continued discussion on tariffs, particularly focusing on Europe and Canada. The President appoints Peter Navarro to handle trade imbalances particularly affecting the lobster industry. There's a shift towards improving lobbying efforts for fair trade and removing unnecessary tariffs affecting American industries.

  • 00:20:00 - 00:25:00

    The President criticizes a local governor for unemployment management and adheres to the ethos of getting people back to work safely amid ongoing pandemic challenges. There’s a blend of political critique and trade discourse, focusing on rational economic practices.

  • 00:25:00 - 00:30:00

    There's mention of the Antiquities Act and its impact on fishing industry regulations. The need for stakeholder input in the establishment of conservation areas is discussed, opposing actions taken by the previous administration. Industry leaders express gratitude towards the President for his supportive policies.

  • 00:30:00 - 00:35:00

    Further discourse on trade imbalances with China, and tariffs impacting lobster and seafood industries. The President indicates a focus on corresponding trade measures. There's an urgent call for addressing burdensome regulations, inviting remedies to aid the fishing sector’s recovery post-pandemic.

  • 00:35:00 - 00:40:00

    The President acknowledges local fishing concerns, particularly around regulation and sustainable fishing practices. He expresses commitment to eliminating bureaucratic hurdles which, according to him, hinder fair competition and economic growth in the fishing sector.

  • 00:40:00 - 00:45:00

    There’s a continued discussion on fishing regulations and global competition, where participants express longstanding frustrations with management processes. The President reiterates his commitment to reform, seeking to adjust policies to better serve domestic fishing interests.

  • 00:45:00 - 00:53:20

    The meeting wraps up with appreciation towards the President's attention to fishing and trade issues. There are supportive comments from industry representatives acknowledging the importance of these measures to local economies. The President prepares to leave for another engagement, highlighting ongoing successes and protests outside.

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Video Q&A

  • What is the video's main topic?

    The video is about U.S. policies affecting the fishing industry.

  • What executive actions were mentioned?

    Actions to reopen fishing areas and reduce regulations on the industry.

  • What is the seafood trade deficit mentioned in the video?

    The video mentions a $16.6 billion seafood trade deficit.

  • What problem does the U.S. face with fish imports?

    The U.S. imports over 85% of its seafood, despite having rich fisheries.

  • What trade issues with Canada were discussed?

    The video discusses tariffs and trade barriers affecting U.S. seafood exports compared to Canada.

  • What was said about environmental regulations?

    There are concerns that antiquated regulations burden the fishing industry.

  • What challenges do Maine fishermen face?

    Regulations, tariffs, and competition with Canada. Maine fishermen want fewer restrictions to export more effectively.

  • What is being done about unfair trade practices?

    The U.S. is considering imposing tariffs on European Union products in response to their tariffs on American goods.

  • How do the policies impact the environment?

    The policies aim to balance economic gains with environmental conservation, ensuring sustainability.

  • What industry does the video focus on?

    The video focuses on the fishing industry, specifically in Maine.

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    the average wasn't Moses a lot 5,000
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    square miles didn't have a reason all
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    right so we're opening it up today I'm
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    signing a proclamation to reverse that
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    injustice to reverse that order from the
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    previous administration and we are
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    reopening the northeast end and the
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    seamounts marine region to commercial
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    fishing okay so America's blessed with
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    some of the riches ocean resources
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    anywhere in the world except when they
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    close it up and yet we have a sixteen
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    point six billion dollar seafood trade
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    deficit and import over eighty-five
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    percent of the fish we can sell don't
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    whether you have five thousand miles
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    it's close up who would think that we so
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    we import 85% of the fish from
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    countries that here competitors and we
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    have the best fishing areas in the world
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    how does it compare to other locations
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    in the world
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    the bank is a very rich fishing area
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    and to lobster the best scallops Alexa
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    cow looks good
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    miss galaxy this is why I've taken
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    decisive action and we're going to send
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    our women out there you're going to go
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    fishing in that area now that you
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    haven't seen for a long time lobstermen
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    a seafood just congratulate last month I
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    signed an executive order to begin an
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    accelerated review and reduction of all
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    unnecessary regulations on the seafood
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    industry so who's doing that
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    okay you'll make sure that gets that
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    quickly Russell okay this guy when I
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    give them something that gets done when
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    in between we have the right people
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    you'll make sure that you did this this
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    is a great thing for the state of Maine
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    these two executive or together bring
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    back
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    he didn't in such a way
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    I don't know the formation of the trade
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    open pharmacy food exports
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    some countries don't enforce fisheries
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    conservation
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    we have our rules we have a lot of rules
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    sustained
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    because of regulations because of
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    antiquated regulations that are in place
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    she came
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    so
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    it's so burden
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    they made it
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    one consolation
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    so you would have the formation of a
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    task force in Japan
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    it was it use a little bit of political
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    and
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    very difficult
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    they would have information of
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    attachment for the boy
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    who are some further cracking down on
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    illegal harvested and imported seafood
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    that's what you're so we're cracking
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    down and I recently sending down the set
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    up our nation's fisheries made will
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    receive twenty million dollars and
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    you're going to get more than that now
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    as we start breaking this crazy thing up
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    and I always think that's a great
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    Christian state if you're so respected
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    it really stops you from being a great
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    fishing state under that's David Bernard
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    Peter Navarro really get involved they
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    get this done quick this is ridiculous
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    so one every American who works out of
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    the ocean and works in the ocean all of
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    the different things of the treasures to
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    let you know that we're behind you 100%
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    you do an incredible job and we won
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    conservation we want good environmental
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    practices very important but we also
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    want something that's fair to you
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    they've taken your livings away there
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    I've been hearing about this for a long
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    time and Maine and other places up let
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    it extend to other place
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    so affected Canada's given a tremendous
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    advantage over the United States because
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    of the practices of the previous
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    administration probably others so we're
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    not going to let that happen as an
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    example I heard that Canada doesn't have
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    to pay a tariff going into Europe
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    that's correct what you do and we do so
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    and then then if that goes on that we're
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    going to do something that is gonna make
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    that's gonna make that look like smoke
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    and last year we were sending about two
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    years ago we were setting a lot of
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    product to China and in China
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    40% because of some of the trade issues
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    between what happened I haven't checked
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    way that we use to pay the tariffs right
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    Colossus over on to Canada Canada they
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    go over free but it's just an added
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    expense to the main lobstermen who also
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    has a 30% this is a janitor charge since
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    a 40% down to how biggest attacks the
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    here we knew 20 22 22 okay and this
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    cookie because of stupidity the years
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    hasn't charged them and the funniest
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    part of this whole issue is the
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    Canadians were talking Maine lobster
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    come out of the same
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    but at the same time sir would you say
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    please yes we can say their equipment
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    their equipment isn't any different
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    they're coming out of the coupling so
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    you're set up with the 20% tax for
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    dinner that's a youth so they have a
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    very less European Union
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    the European Union is rip this country
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    off so much it's up a little and I'll
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    tell you easy stuff they think you're
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    gonna come in right 11:00 and they don't
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    change who can put a tariff on their
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    cars until they change it and they'll
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    change right away okay
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    it's unbelievable how bad
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    you know people hear about the European
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    Union subsidized they've been almost as
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    bad over the years as China in terms
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    but nobody talks about there's a perfect
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    case-mate lunch
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    you understand what I'm saying
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    absolutely judge an equivalent plus
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    character them but they don't drop their
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    tariffs or your lap okay we can do that
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    you like European Union charges uh
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    sometimes they don't judge Canada to
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    share this with the press so Canada
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    doesn't pay tax in the same waters but
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    we pay a tariff European
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    okay you understand it's gonna be the
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    equipment plus plus watch how fast that
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    Derrick comes off all right watch out
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    fans should be plus plus plus I'm gonna
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    put Peter Navarro in charge M that's
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    perfect for him
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    I'll take that one of you
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    Peter Navarre your judgment
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    thank you we this country has been
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    treated so badly on trade so many years
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    breaking so many of them up
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    it's been treated so badly it's hard to
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    believe you know Canada
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    some respects Jenna there's been worst
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    enemy parties industry we cannot send
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    candidates in Wisconsin before I got up
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    and changed 287 percent tariffs of dairy
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    products so think of it and they kept it
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    at 287 they don't want to make it 300
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    and until I became president I ended it
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    but they were judging Wisconsin and our
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    farmers 287 percent tariffs to send
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    dairy products so therefore you didn't
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    say you couldn't compete you couldn't
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    and our people that Judge him anything
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    that's been very tough you know why
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    because they got away with it because
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    people sitting here
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    but we didn't talk about gloves but
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    Peter Navarro is going to be the lobster
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    king now
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    dear to my heart let's see when you get
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    this this state right here babies dear
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    to my heart there's another vegetable
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    that most people don't speak of and we
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    have kicked right to Canada or one of
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    them we have a company made that's one
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    of the major growers broccoli
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    in the summer the remain is the Canadian
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    rated Rock Lee DeMarco they have a 30%
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    of mintage on these two and so we can't
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    sell our Proctor and you can't Center
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    pajamas that makes it nice to go verb a
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    big dollar to do that one two three
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    was it broccoli primarily that that has
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    a
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    they did nothing I spent a lot of time
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    and cost it on this any questions
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    I will just make one more comment make
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    one more comment we need your help right
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    now
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    we don't know you have a governor that
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    doesn't know what she's doing
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    and she's like a dictator
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    why is the one thing that she's doing is
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    $600 a week
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    she is allowed
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    so people are coming back
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    and everybody
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    No
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    that's right it don't the few that would
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    I know three cases last week by an
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    employer told me that these three people
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    call back I've imported them that I have
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    worked
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    problem
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    it's you know it works and this damage
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    State Auditor's featherbed
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    and it works and honestly reports in
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    Republican states
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    and it makes you only come in a place
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    like this
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    legislation and we just did it repeats
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    attention the legislation is is fine if
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    everybody follows the rules but if a if
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    a governor decides she's not supposed to
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    be doing
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    that's correct so when she doesn't do
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    that it's funny but the governor is
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    playing cute if you call some of that
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    someone to work and they refuse to go to
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    work or tell the state or state
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    so she's not supposed to be if ever I
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    think there's another boob in July
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    there's going to be another move in July
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    she started opening up some of the
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    restaurants that you can have you know
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    six things
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    50% and you know so why is she doing
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    this
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    well what she's afraid of them what
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    she's claiming is that in the summer
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    made only has one for three million
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    people but I we have 40 million visitors
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    a year there 30 plus million in three
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    months and she's afraid that she doesn't
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    quarantine the entire state that these
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    folks are gonna bring in goodbye so
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    those three months ago Christmas you got
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    it Tiffany likes Tiffany likes December
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    you like these three months so she's
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    gonna get rid of all of your wealth and
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    you're never gonna recover them that is
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    fun so what I advise 32
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    what I've tried her to do is we you can
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    only get into Maine to eight plus three
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    weeks the Canadian border
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    the ninety five a route to so if you put
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    somebody at room to everybody's got a
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    more plate you know not a state plate
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    their name so you giving away your
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    season this year she must know this I
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    would think she's uh I'm not a fan
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    that's an incredible would you like to
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    see something
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    Thank You mr. president it's an honor to
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    thank you
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    it's an honor to be here to discuss with
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    you the importance of commercial fishing
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    to our country I am the executive
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    director of associated fishes of Maine I
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    have more than 30 years experience in
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    regional national and international
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    fisheries management and in all of that
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    time I have never known the President to
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    express a concern about the well-being
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    of fishing and seafood industries so
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    thank you very much for your interest
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    for your executive order promoting
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    American seafood for this announcement
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    that you've made today we to go back to
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    the antiquities Act promises that
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    immediately are we doing that as of
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    immediately you're opening up 5,000
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    square miles that's it with this broken
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    say insensitive when it the minute you
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    sign it I'm going to I'll begin planting
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    and we're taking down
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    I love the process by which this
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    monument was established is a non
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    payment process that does not allow for
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    stakeholder input does not does not
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    produce any kind of economic analysis of
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    the negative impacts and prevents all of
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    us from enjoying the benefits of our
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    healthy will being these sources so
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    again we appreciate that you have
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    recognized that and are taking action
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    when home early this year election year
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    and all that power to our government so
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    in addition to the opposition from the
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    fishing industry the Secretary of
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    Commerce has also heard about opposition
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    from the regional fishery called a
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    regional fishery management councils to
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    establishing these monuments outside of
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    the regular management process so there
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    has been great
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    position to that now what we can do
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    about that Wow
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    the management of Fisheries within our
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    exclusive economic zone is rightfully
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    managed under the magnuson-stevens
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    fishery the conservation and Management
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    Act so we have a process to do that we
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    don't need the antiquities act to be
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    establishing monuments that restrict
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    fishing what do you need well this order
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    will take care of that's a big thing so
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    lucky I'm president looking to a pending
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    action by
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    the fishery service which would likely
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    be voted on sometime in the fall which
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    would establish a requirement for our
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    fishing boats to carry hundred percent
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    of observers or ab c-- monitors on all
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    of our trips at our own expense and this
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    could be as much as forty thousand
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    dollars a year for some of our vessels
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    this is simply an expense that we cannot
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    afford at this time especially on the
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    heels where we will be trying to recover
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    from this pandemic which has had a huge
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    impact on the commercial fishing
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    industry in New England we certainly
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    cannot afford an additional expense that
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    is totally discretionary the mod is not
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    Japanese
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    that's a necessity I just need a decent
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    president social imperative question so
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    your being
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    year twenty percent and his China
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    judging the forty percent
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    where's Emma what's China China
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    we're not you know China right now it's
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    charging a tariff on made lots of other
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    child sales to China have gone from like
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    she won from 600,000 pounds
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    100,000
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    you always have to visit the town yes
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    what they do responding care pick a
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    product corresponding plus if they don't
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    drop the tear
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    going into ten
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    yet the distribution companies have had
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    to stop
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    friendship me get to be exact friendship
  • 00:23:41
    they drench you okay ready
  • 00:23:47
    keep judging us and we're gonna judge
  • 00:23:48
    you it correspondent when something that
  • 00:23:50
    they sell that's very precious to them
  • 00:23:52
    but it should be for the same amount
  • 00:23:55
    plus operate a few boats here in Maine
  • 00:24:01
    but we also operates in Scala bus and
  • 00:24:03
    some factory processors out in Alaska
  • 00:24:06
    and there is a tariff on the flatfish
  • 00:24:08
    that shipped into China that stays there
  • 00:24:10
    so if we want to ship to them and
  • 00:24:12
    develop a market in China they do the
  • 00:24:15
    force of 25% tariff on it what we have
  • 00:24:18
    available to us is if they do process
  • 00:24:20
    some of the fish it shipped back in the
  • 00:24:22
    United States and there is no tariff on
  • 00:24:24
    that coming in at this present time we
  • 00:24:28
    don't
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    so they charge us then we don't judge
  • 00:24:43
    them yeah they get paid to do it work
  • 00:24:46
    with them you'll be pleased to know that
  • 00:24:48
    we just had a dude meeting with senator
  • 00:24:50
    Sullivan last night he's working on it
  • 00:24:53
    he's he's going to be in touch with a
  • 00:24:56
    few people he wanted to say a little bit
  • 00:24:57
    Sullivan too good man yeah
  • 00:25:01
    nobody can do this display it's like
  • 00:25:05
    everybody that we're all trying to do it
  • 00:25:07
    that simple yeah thank you
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    [Music]
  • 00:25:18
    well I would like to thank you for
  • 00:25:21
    taking the time to come listen to the
  • 00:25:23
    fishing community since the moment you
  • 00:25:25
    took office
  • 00:25:26
    you've been clear and consistent in your
  • 00:25:30
    efforts to bring common sense back to
  • 00:25:32
    the executive branch you've done more
  • 00:25:34
    than any president in our lifetime the
  • 00:25:37
    great common sense of government and
  • 00:25:39
    when you think about it 5,000 square
  • 00:25:42
    miles is an area that's larger than the
  • 00:25:45
    state of Connecticut the state of
  • 00:25:48
    Delaware or Rhode Island and the prior
  • 00:25:52
    administration essentially put a no
  • 00:25:54
    fishing sign to these individuals
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    if your address and your effort to
  • 00:26:04
    ensure the voices of the people
  • 00:26:06
    our clerk is deeply appreciated across
  • 00:26:09
    the country the folks here they go out
  • 00:26:12
    they brave the nation's waters that
  • 00:26:15
    wearing an incredible natural resource
  • 00:26:17
    benefit to the world and they have the
  • 00:26:19
    challenging task of facing whatever
  • 00:26:22
    mother nature nature puts in front of
  • 00:26:25
    them they should not be in a situation
  • 00:26:27
    where they're also having
  • 00:26:30
    and they needed common-sense bureaucracy
  • 00:26:33
    and you're bringing it and in doing so
  • 00:26:37
    we are not changing the boundaries of
  • 00:26:40
    the morning and we will remain
  • 00:26:44
    protecting those objects that that need
  • 00:26:48
    and are appropriately protected by so
  • 00:26:51
    thank you sir these new people will get
  • 00:26:55
    it done
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    good afternoon mr. president my name is
  • 00:27:04
    Christian quarter come on I'm a
  • 00:27:06
    commercial fisherman I've been fishing
  • 00:27:07
    for over 30 years at fish to promote
  • 00:27:09
    everything over though you love doing
  • 00:27:11
    that you know fishing well I I fish fish
  • 00:27:16
    for different things I fish with
  • 00:27:17
    scallops now and I fish for a lobster
  • 00:27:19
    would you love it right love it so way
  • 00:27:21
    life is no they love it people look you
  • 00:27:23
    wouldn't switch being president right
  • 00:27:25
    making a big decision so and I'm
  • 00:27:28
    president of Maine lobsters Association
  • 00:27:30
    and we we support the Maine lobster
  • 00:27:35
    fleet supports 10,000 jobs on the water
  • 00:27:37
    and another 5,500 sea shore side jobs so
  • 00:27:41
    that's why I'm passionate about working
  • 00:27:44
    with regular people come in it must be
  • 00:27:46
    other other countries they must send
  • 00:27:50
    their ships into this 5,000 big bucks no
  • 00:27:53
    they can't
  • 00:27:55
    the coaster - maybe we get them out
  • 00:28:00
    so we police it so keep it keep in our
  • 00:28:06
    nation's fisheries strong is a passion
  • 00:28:08
    of mine that's why I'm great it's great
  • 00:28:13
    to have this opportunity to talk to you
  • 00:28:15
    about the process a bit of the northeast
  • 00:28:19
    canyons to see mouth rather than work
  • 00:28:24
    with the conspicious who actually fish
  • 00:28:26
    there in the most knowledgeable of the
  • 00:28:29
    issue like this guy right here the this
  • 00:28:33
    this morning was formed in backrooms
  • 00:28:36
    and special interests this policy this
  • 00:28:42
    ministry
  • 00:28:43
    administration the Obama administration
  • 00:28:46
    did this he's very he's done made a
  • 00:28:49
    tremendous new servers like in this
  • 00:28:56
    created for policy here at the fishermen
  • 00:28:58
    and we really worry about depressive in
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    it you can put things you have the dick
  • 00:29:21
    this was gonna happen but the biggest
  • 00:29:25
    thing is is now now people think when
  • 00:29:27
    they close this together they've got to
  • 00:29:29
    go through the process fishermen need to
  • 00:29:31
    have the input and we didn't and so in
  • 00:29:36
    the zone that's not the only thing
  • 00:29:38
    there's other things I just want to love
  • 00:29:40
    him so bring up something that I would
  • 00:29:42
    be run out of town if I didn't bring up
  • 00:29:45
    to you
  • 00:29:46
    it's kind of the same situation is a
  • 00:29:50
    great shape for the years of years of
  • 00:29:52
    good management
  • 00:29:53
    but despite I tremendous success we find
  • 00:29:56
    our industry being aggressive being shut
  • 00:29:58
    down because of the endangered right
  • 00:30:01
    whale right right well it's a referendum
  • 00:30:05
    so and we have been words because you
  • 00:30:10
    have to be so careful
  • 00:30:12
    the entanglements and weather what is
  • 00:30:15
    that in the same area that we target no
  • 00:30:17
    it's the different areas along the coast
  • 00:30:18
    debating so we our association our
  • 00:30:23
    executive director has been great
  • 00:30:25
    conversations with your staff when I
  • 00:30:26
    would tear the day out flat is here he's
  • 00:30:29
    up to speed on this you have to go
  • 00:30:32
    really quick we have a new friend right
  • 00:30:37
    here man sent you a letter and need to
  • 00:30:39
    bring you up to speed on this governor
  • 00:30:41
    you know well you know how is the way of
  • 00:30:46
    routing the whip the right wheel
  • 00:30:51
    in the last two decades there's not
  • 00:30:56
    now their bid they found some that way
  • 00:30:59
    often in water
  • 00:31:01
    where the problem ever yours and as we
  • 00:31:03
    talked about earlier the st. Lawrence
  • 00:31:05
    Seaway at the mouth and st. Mark's
  • 00:31:07
    Seaway is where
  • 00:31:10
    we solve this problem by going to
  • 00:31:13
    nowhere and tell them to get reasonable
  • 00:31:15
    about their regulation no they done the
  • 00:31:19
    problem and I've worked two years I
  • 00:31:21
    think works you know we just want our
  • 00:31:31
    voices heard of the process
  • 00:31:34
    there's a good solution yes there is as
  • 00:31:41
    we do as long as we can protect the
  • 00:31:43
    whales all right so you remember we're
  • 00:31:46
    in and I will say he said one thing that
  • 00:31:49
    is so cool about a fisherman and man
  • 00:31:51
    maybe has the only sustainable lobster
  • 00:31:55
    fishery and certified
  • 00:31:58
    or these people will do repent over
  • 00:32:00
    backwards to save
  • 00:32:05
    you bend over that it's not robbing the
  • 00:32:10
    bottom one thing about one thing baby is
  • 00:32:18
    people treated very badly
  • 00:32:21
    regulated you out of business and get
  • 00:32:25
    you treated the area like it was your
  • 00:32:26
    home I know that but one thing that
  • 00:32:30
    Washington has never understood the main
  • 00:32:34
    lobstermen is family-owned businesses
  • 00:32:37
    the son of generation generations if
  • 00:32:40
    father kills all the luck
  • 00:32:44
    that's what the lobster industry is in
  • 00:32:46
    Maine only one in the world and
  • 00:32:49
    Washington bureaucrats
  • 00:32:57
    they
  • 00:33:00
    Thank You mr. president
  • 00:33:02
    John
  • 00:33:06
    canít change species a little bit under
  • 00:33:08
    grab better self that students I've been
  • 00:33:11
    fishing in this area
  • 00:33:16
    personally since 99
  • 00:33:30
    Raymond -
  • 00:33:33
    dance
  • 00:33:35
    the process of setting
  • 00:33:38
    the industry was never given the
  • 00:33:41
    to get involved not like
  • 00:33:45
    exactly
  • 00:33:50
    plankton soup I stopped from fishing in
  • 00:33:54
    10,000 ounces in that in that five
  • 00:33:57
    thousand one and then its primary well
  • 00:34:00
    this is this is the ironic part of the
  • 00:34:02
    whole thing they they said that they had
  • 00:34:07
    for emergencies they get into action and
  • 00:34:14
    they grandfathered me for seven more
  • 00:34:17
    years in
  • 00:34:20
    yes there was the witness of the seven
  • 00:34:22
    years
  • 00:34:23
    we're about Africa
  • 00:34:27
    we've had our fingers crossed since you
  • 00:34:29
    got back so is that very fertile gems of
  • 00:34:31
    the trips yes because nobody's thinking
  • 00:34:34
    it right it's the yeah we harvested from
  • 00:34:38
    Virginia all so they gave you a grid
  • 00:34:40
    further seven years
  • 00:34:43
    there are many people I don't that don't
  • 00:35:01
    do very much export you can't with the
  • 00:35:05
    tariff
  • 00:35:06
    you don't know and the other thing is I
  • 00:35:09
    want to bring up the hasn't God
  • 00:35:12
    we have a we have a public process has
  • 00:35:16
    been in place in years and years and
  • 00:35:18
    years
  • 00:35:19
    we protect restore
  • 00:35:23
    you guess
  • 00:35:28
    since 95 I think that's been
  • 00:35:32
    roughly 60,000 pounds have been
  • 00:35:35
    protected already but they were
  • 00:35:40
    protected in arenas like this and it who
  • 00:35:42
    excitons fishermen and environment is
  • 00:35:46
    that wrong
  • 00:35:47
    that's right you like them I think I
  • 00:35:50
    think
  • 00:35:52
    scientists really different I think that
  • 00:35:58
    people I think that it's the public
  • 00:36:02
    process is cumbersome independently and
  • 00:36:04
    sometimes I walked out of meetings not
  • 00:36:05
    happy with the pathology but it worked
  • 00:36:08
    Lisa
  • 00:36:10
    if this did not go through we have
  • 00:36:14
    this
  • 00:36:16
    gentle follicles from that well this one
  • 00:36:18
    last comment on it is is of course where
  • 00:36:22
    the industry was
  • 00:36:24
    be silent cannot go public the millions
  • 00:36:28
    of literature propaganda and websites
  • 00:36:33
    and everything that were out there
  • 00:36:35
    saying we need to save this 5,000 miles
  • 00:36:38
    because his bottom is Christine that we
  • 00:36:41
    can't allow these fishermen in there
  • 00:36:43
    because it's Christine we've been in
  • 00:36:46
    there for 40 years so if the
  • 00:36:50
    environmental groups can convene the
  • 00:36:52
    place Christine and we've been operating
  • 00:36:54
    in that area for 40 years and we can't
  • 00:36:56
    find any evidence for Rico
  • 00:36:59
    manage I would say we've been pretty
  • 00:37:01
    good stewards they've got five pounds
  • 00:37:03
    it's great stuff down there great stuff
  • 00:37:06
    great stuff take care of it
  • 00:37:10
    okay yeah just wanted
  • 00:37:16
    fisheries for 50 years
  • 00:37:21
    hope there's a captain
  • 00:37:22
    that's a complete honor and I served on
  • 00:37:26
    the council to menus make some of these
  • 00:37:29
    regulations
  • 00:37:31
    issues where we worked for many years
  • 00:37:35
    and then we were ready to roll and all
  • 00:37:39
    of a sudden
  • 00:37:39
    [Music]
  • 00:37:44
    Gilbert doesn't matter can I just get
  • 00:37:58
    one other thing
  • 00:37:59
    mr. president you know what a reiterate
  • 00:38:01
    that the stocks of fish moving the brown
  • 00:38:04
    fish store is it because you were in
  • 00:38:08
    this stuff because of proper fishing in
  • 00:38:11
    it the issue is we've got millions of
  • 00:38:15
    pounds of fish which equated to hundreds
  • 00:38:22
    and hundreds
  • 00:38:23
    so what are you gonna have to go fishing
  • 00:38:25
    in that five thousand would you mind if
  • 00:38:27
    I give a little motivation
  • 00:38:30
    so we've got some regulations that are
  • 00:38:33
    preventing us and our students healthy
  • 00:38:36
    sustainable fish boats and we need help
  • 00:38:40
    giving movies that not being taken care
  • 00:38:44
    this I just heard this now
  • 00:38:47
    they best match for me fishery services
  • 00:38:50
    and farmers to look at some of those
  • 00:38:52
    regulation no matter but I have some
  • 00:38:57
    worries that they will just tweak around
  • 00:39:00
    the edge
  • 00:39:01
    do davey lopes I have some inside
  • 00:39:04
    information about death that she signed
  • 00:39:09
    several weeks ago has very clear the
  • 00:39:13
    wreck instructions to take care of
  • 00:39:16
    this president is already on his case
  • 00:39:19
    that is a process underway and that
  • 00:39:21
    gentleman across the way to ensure that
  • 00:39:25
    this state would be able to fish waters
  • 00:39:28
    here without
  • 00:39:37
    this is the GOP's president this trip
  • 00:39:40
    today goes and create jobs
  • 00:39:43
    run back bang bang and go through all
  • 00:39:47
    the way up and down
  • 00:39:50
    this president the working class
  • 00:39:53
    president in this state is a foreign
  • 00:39:55
    travel state of Sonora clasp state and
  • 00:39:58
    people in his state should not have to
  • 00:40:01
    face the federal government that takes
  • 00:40:02
    away your livelihood these two executive
  • 00:40:05
    orders combined with greatest news in
  • 00:40:09
    this first order can clear off the decks
  • 00:40:13
    upon new regulation is second order of
  • 00:40:15
    Sunnis and signs that and gives away the
  • 00:40:17
    benefit all the folks here will set free
  • 00:40:29
    [Applause]
  • 00:40:42
    now behold
  • 00:40:46
    I don't think there's a single - mystery
  • 00:40:47
    person around the state
  • 00:41:01
    I brought the Bosch with me today he's
  • 00:41:03
    found the other side of the table
  • 00:41:06
    the president of a family health
  • 00:41:08
    as I said
  • 00:41:12
    already
  • 00:41:14
    he provides a possible
  • 00:41:17
    company started 1907
  • 00:41:21
    in Boston Massachusetts
  • 00:41:33
    that branch of the
  • 00:41:34
    all of the couples you may taste
  • 00:41:39
    so I don't know Frank if you want to add
  • 00:41:41
    it
  • 00:41:44
    we want to know you know we've been
  • 00:41:49
    around for a while we've done through
  • 00:41:50
    Wars depressions we've gotten through
  • 00:41:54
    overfishing from the course it was the
  • 00:41:56
    worst thing that you've been through
  • 00:41:58
    what happened to you when they took this
  • 00:42:00
    alone it didn't affect us as much as it
  • 00:42:03
    would have affected John
  • 00:42:04
    but in fact that's because once they
  • 00:42:06
    take one mountain or one Canyon I'll
  • 00:42:09
    take another one and another one that
  • 00:42:10
    bore the Westco are you involved in
  • 00:42:12
    there we used to do or not we do
  • 00:42:16
    scalloping which is more to the south of
  • 00:42:18
    that so our scholar boats which is
  • 00:42:20
    replicated by that model over there we
  • 00:42:23
    do some columns but mostly it's crabs
  • 00:42:25
    and lobsters out that way we're flesh
  • 00:42:30
    it is lower carbon footprint we're
  • 00:42:44
    building another boat but just under 4
  • 00:42:52
    million yeah so it's like sorry but I
  • 00:43:02
    just wanted to say
  • 00:43:08
    and served for 90 years when that comes
  • 00:43:12
    around
  • 00:43:17
    most of our industry people
  • 00:43:21
    to
  • 00:43:27
    the public process
  • 00:43:38
    cheerio
  • 00:43:44
    and I'm baseball
  • 00:43:47
    to sign that executive what I saw them
  • 00:43:55
    just like
  • 00:43:58
    then maybe touch on some
  • 00:44:03
    thank you mister
  • 00:44:09
    these
  • 00:44:13
    they push people they displace people
  • 00:44:21
    it's a good thing
  • 00:44:24
    right
  • 00:44:27
    the are their medium from Maine here are
  • 00:44:33
    you liking what we were doing yes
  • 00:44:38
    anybody else with me
  • 00:44:42
    they all come up from Washington
  • 00:44:46
    yeah
  • 00:44:50
    that's already
  • 00:44:58
    the way we get
  • 00:45:02
    so we try to catch at different size st.
  • 00:45:06
    says we negotiated
  • 00:45:13
    they're pretty good I'm on the team
  • 00:45:19
    they've been good
  • 00:45:22
    we negotiate over here
  • 00:45:26
    they catch they're retired for
  • 00:45:28
    every weekend 10% back over
  • 00:45:35
    while we're about even yes but it's
  • 00:45:40
    because of a regulation
  • 00:45:42
    [Music]
  • 00:45:51
    we can get that
  • 00:45:53
    do you know
  • 00:45:56
    the
  • 00:46:05
    you know we can fix it with the council
  • 00:46:07
    which see the exact question as
  • 00:46:18
    we were basically
  • 00:46:32
    so donor rental real quick
  • 00:46:51
    so we give you came back a big part of
  • 00:46:54
    its history
  • 00:47:07
    super-hearing well show them
  • 00:47:22
    they're gonna work with those other
  • 00:47:24
    things with Peter
  • 00:47:28
    [Applause]
  • 00:47:32
    [Music]
  • 00:47:36
    [Applause]
  • 00:47:37
    [Music]
  • 00:47:54
    you
  • 00:47:59
    [Music]
  • 00:48:09
    you
  • 00:48:25
    elipse ground fish and of course the
  • 00:48:28
    lobster industry voicing their concerns
  • 00:48:30
    for the fishing industry that made faces
  • 00:48:34
    and the challenges ahead a lot of what
  • 00:48:36
    came up talking about tariffs to the
  • 00:48:38
    European Union and what those exports
  • 00:48:41
    are having to pay when they when their
  • 00:48:44
    tariffs to the European Union as well as
  • 00:48:46
    tight regulations that fishermen say are
  • 00:48:50
    avoiding them or preventing them from
  • 00:48:52
    doing their jobs and catching for
  • 00:48:55
    example the ground fish that are out
  • 00:48:57
    there at as what they said historic
  • 00:48:59
    numbers and we do have a live look right
  • 00:49:03
    now at the president leaving that
  • 00:49:06
    meeting in Bangor as he heads to marine
  • 00:49:08
    one the helicopter that he will now
  • 00:49:11
    board and that will carry him to
  • 00:49:14
    Guilford Maine the site of Puritan
  • 00:49:17
    medical where he will take part in a
  • 00:49:19
    tour of that facility and we of course
  • 00:49:22
    are going to stay on top of that
  • 00:49:23
    coverage for you on air and online as
  • 00:49:26
    well also in Bangor today we do have
  • 00:49:30
    some video to show you of some protests
  • 00:49:33
    that are happening outside where that
  • 00:49:36
    meeting was taking place with the group
  • 00:49:38
    of fishermen and president Trump and we
  • 00:49:40
    do see this was taken I believe this is
  • 00:49:43
    live right now a look at the protests
  • 00:49:45
    and Bangor it's actually not live this
  • 00:49:48
    is video recorded on a moments ago sent
  • 00:49:51
    to us we do see some police there on
  • 00:49:53
    scenes and crowds there to protest we do
  • 00:49:56
    see some black lives matter signs as
  • 00:49:59
    well but of course many people also
  • 00:50:02
    protesting during the time of the
  • 00:50:05
    president's visit to Maine and so what
  • 00:50:09
    we know next is that he has boarded
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    marine one the helicopter that will take
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    him to Puritan medical in Guilford and
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    we are going to stay on top of this
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    coverage for you on air and online
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    thanks for being with us we're back at
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    4:00 p.m.
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    you
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    [Music]
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    you
Tags
  • fishing industry
  • seafood trade deficit
  • regulations
  • tariffs
  • U.S. policies
  • Maine fishermen
  • international trade
  • environmental conservation
  • seafood imports
  • trade barriers