{"id":19860,"date":"2024-06-11T14:14:22","date_gmt":"2024-06-11T18:14:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.merkley.senate.gov\/?p=19860"},"modified":"2024-07-02T14:16:29","modified_gmt":"2024-07-02T18:16:29","slug":"oregon-legislators-urge-usda-to-make-more-west-coast-seafood-purchases","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.merkley.senate.gov\/es\/oregon-legislators-urge-usda-to-make-more-west-coast-seafood-purchases\/","title":{"rendered":"Oregon legislators urge USDA to make more West Coast seafood purchases"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.seafoodsource.com\/news\/supply-trade\/oregon-legislators-urge-usda-to-make-more-west-coast-seafood-purchases\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Seafood Source<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A group of U.S. senators and representatives from\u00a0Oregon\u00a0are urging the U.S. Department of Agriculture to increase government purchases of seafood originating from the West Coast.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The USDA&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.seafoodsource.com\/news\/premium\/supply-trade\/usda-to-purchase-usd-52-million-of-pacific-northwest-seafood\">made USD 52 million (EUR 48 million)<\/a>&nbsp;in seafood purchases from the U.S. West Coast in 2022 at the legislators\u2019 urging but, previous to that, had not requested Pacific Coast seafood in its commodity-purchasing programs,&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.merkley.senate.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/24.06.05-GSL-USDA-Seafood-Purchasing-FINAL.pdf\">according to a letter<\/a>&nbsp;sent to USDA Administrator Bruce Summers from U.S. senators Jeff Merkley and Ron Wyden and U.S. representatives Suzanne Bonamici, Val Hoyle, and Andrea Salinas&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThis change has proven essential, especially for Oregon\u2019s smaller coastal communities that are continuing to recover from the devastating impacts spurred by the Covid-19 pandemic, international conflicts, and many other factors,\u201d according to a&nbsp;joint press release&nbsp;from the senators and representatives.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Commercial fishing and seafood processing on the U.S. West Coast \u201care significant contributors to the nation\u2019s seafood production and agricultural economy,\u201d the lawmakers wrote.&nbsp;\u201cThe industry serves as the economic backbone for numerous small ports and rural coastal communities in Oregon. Fishing activities are deeply ingrained in the local culture and way of life across the Oregon Coast.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>An influx of imported species and substitutes from other countries has \u201cintensified competition in the domestic market, making it difficult for domestic producers to sell their inventory at desired prices,\u201d&nbsp;the legislators wrote.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cSpecifically, rockfish and whiting harvesting and production has been subject to changing economic factors, such as changes in disposable income, unemployment rates, and consumer confidence that have impacted the demand for seafood products, leading to surplus inventory,\u201d they said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As a result, U.S. Pacific Northwest seafood products that are \u201ccurrently produced in large volumes and that are easily accessible and transportable,\u201d including whiting and rockfish fillets, should be included in this year\u2019s USDA Agricultural Marketing Service Section 32 program, which makes purchases for immediate distribution to food assistance programs, the senators and representatives said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cWe greatly appreciate the efforts that the USDA has made to support our industry in recent years. These continue to be extremely challenging times, and we cannot overstate the significance of the USDA\u2019s actions to expand procurement programs to include greater quantities of domestically produced seafood,\u201d&nbsp;they wrote.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.seafoodsource.com\/author\/christine-blank\"><\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Seafood Source A group of U.S. senators and representatives from\u00a0Oregon\u00a0are urging the U.S. Department of Agriculture to increase government purchases of seafood originating from the West Coast. 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