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Some in seafood industry see Trump as fishermen’s friend, but tariffs raise prices

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(   ) -q-26- UNDATED (Correspondent Jeremy House) “protein more expensive.”

The incoming administration of President-elect Donald Trump is likely to bring big changes to seafood, one of the oldest sectors of the U.S. economy.

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TAG: Correspondent Jeremy House reporting.

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VERBATIM: Some in the industry believe the returning president will be more responsive to its needs. Many in the commercial fishing and seafood processing industries said they expect Mr. Trump will allow fishing in protected areas and will crack down on offshore wind expansion. Economic analysts fear Mr. Trump’s pending trade hostilities with major trading partners Canada and China could make an already pricy kind of protein more expensive.

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