Newsroom
Coalition President Jack Brooks, left, meets with Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R-AK) at the International Boston Seafood Show on March 11.
Coalition News Releases
- Coalition Statement on Senate Appropriations Committee Vote to Delay H-2B Rules
- Coalition Statement on Federal Court’s Delay of H-2B Rules
- Seafood Processors Head to Capitol Hill Seeking Relief From Labor Regulations That Could Shut them Down Sept. 30
- Mikulski Announces Appropriations Committee Passage Of Her Amendment To Delay New Department Of Labor Requirements That Would Hurt Jobs And Maryland’s Seafood Industry
Media Coverage
Clips from 2013
Clips from 2012
- Sen. Begich Proposes National Seafood Marketing Program
- Chesapeake Bay Blues, WYPR Radio Baltimore, Sept. 27, 2012
- NC Coast Needs Viable Fish Houses, Jacksonville (NC) Daily News, Sept. 25, 2012
- Louisiana Looks at High Cost of New H-2B Regs, September 2012
- Gulf Processors Slammed by Hurricane Isaac
- Sen. Begich to Introduce National Seafood Marketing Legislation, August 24, 2012
- Block of H-2B Rules Appears Near in House, July 23, 2012
- News Coverage of Senate Appropriations Vote to Delay H-2B Rules, June 2012
- Senate Appropriations Panel Votes to Delay New H-2B Rules
- Maryland Chefs Promote Crabs With True Blue Program, The Washington Post, May 27, 201
- Use of H-2B Workers in Louisiana Profiled by theind.com, May 2012
- Seafood Industry “Fighting for Life’ on Alabama Coast,’ Associated Press, May 24, 2012
- 40 House Members Call on Solis to Abandon New Rules, May 17, 2012
- “Welcome Back, Workers!” Seafoodsource.com/National Fisherman, May 1, 2012
- “District Court Enjoins DOL From Enforcing New Rules Pertaining to H-2B Visa Program,” Bloomberg/BNA, April 30, 2012
- “Court Blocks Labor Department Changes to Guest Worker Visa,” International Business Times, April 27, 2012
- “Seafood Industry Braces for New Guest Worker Rules,” Louisiana Weekly, April 16, 2012
- Senate Oceans Caucus Briefing On Seafood Jobs in America, March 29. 2012
- “Immigration-Reform Duplicity: The Obama Administration’s New Temporary Worker Rules,” Nation of Immigrants blog, March 25, 2012
- “Cochran Supporting Bill to Stop New Regulations for H-2B Program,” Mississippi Business Journal, March 20, 2012
- Early Crab Abundance Points Up Importance of H-2B Workers
- “Solis Hears From GOP Critics of Rule on Temporary Visas.” CQ Today, March 15 2012
- “Conference Takes Hard Look at Jobs,” SeafoodSource.com, March 11, 2012
- “Louisiana Congressman Aims to Halt Federal Guest Worker Rule,” The Times Picayune, February 28, 2012
- “Labor Dept. Issues New Rules for Guest Workers,”The New York Times, Feb. 10, 2012
- “U.S. Seafood Labor Trends Unsustainable,” Seafoodsource.com, January 2012
Clips from 2011
Coalition members and Sen. Barbara Mikulski (D-MD) celebrate the successful delay of H-2B visa program changes in December 2011. Sen. Mikulski led the effort on Capitol Hill, citing the vital economic importance of the seafood industry in Maryland and other states.