June 5, 2025 — On Wednesday, Russia was accused of subsidizing their seafood industry and exporting farm-raised, mislabeled salmon – an accusation levied by other seafood producers against countries such as India, Vietnam, and China.
The accusation came at Wednesday’s meeting of the U.S. House Natural Resources Committee’s Subcommittee on Water, Wildlife and Fisheries.
The meeting was held in response to an executive order issued in April by President Donald Trump titled Restoring America’s Seafood Competitiveness.
“In the case of Russia, for instance, not only are they flooding global markets with hatchery-produced salmon, it is also often mislabeled,” Jamie O’Connor, deputy executive director of the Alaska Marine Conservation Council, told the committee. “And so we are operating in the best faith that we can as small businesses to compete in a vast global market. And we need your help to do that.”