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Owned by a billionaire Dutch family, Blue Harvest Fisheries has emerged as a dominant force in the lucrative fishing port of New Bedford, Massachusetts. Its business model: benefit from lax antitrust rules and pass costs on to local fishermen.
On March 2, 2022, the U.S. House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee reported favorably H.R. 6865, the Coast Guard Authorization Act of 2022, including the Graves/Garamendi offshore manning legislation, a required Coast Guard report on Jones Act enforcement, and a required report on the foreign oceanographic research vessels in U.S. waters. The Committee rejected an amendment .