President Donald Trump declared July 2 “National Scallops Day” after the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) opened New England to scallop fishing.
“Today I am declaring a National Scallops Day … fulfilling the dream to our Great Fishermen who were so badly treated by the Obama and Biden Administrations, and by the Country of Canada,” Trump posted on Truth Social.
“This will mean millions more pounds of beautiful Wild Scallops a year on the kitchen table of Americans, and more Jobs in Norfolk, Virginia, Cape May, New Jersey, New Bedford, Massachusetts, and essentially all parts of the East Coast,” Trump added.
The Commerce Department closed the northern edge of Georges Bank and other fishing grounds to commercial fishing in 1994 as an emergency action to protect spawning habitats for scallops and groundfish….
Trump Declares ‘National Scallops Day’ and Opens Scallop Fishing
