00 CS FOR HOUSE JOINT RESOLUTION NO. 29(FSH) 01 Supporting the extension of the national emergency declared in Executive Order 14024; 02 supporting the continued national prohibition on Russian seafood imports effected by 03 Executive Orders 14024, 14068, and 14114; and urging the President of the United 04 States, federal agencies, and the United States Congress to consider additional measures 05 necessary for prohibiting the importation of Russian seafood into the United States and 06 to maintain and strengthen federal measures that ensure fair trade, protect the state's 07 seafood industry, and promote sustainable and ethical seafood production. 08 BE IT RESOLVED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF ALASKA: 09 WHEREAS the state's seafood industry contributes over $5,000,000,000 annually to 10 the economy of the state, $160,000,000 in state, municipal, and federal taxes, and 11 $15,000,000 in total United States economic activity; and 12 WHEREAS the state's seafood industry produces over 60 percent of the wild seafood 13 commercially harvested in the United States; and 14 WHEREAS the state's seafood industry brought in an annual average of 01 $1,500,000,000 in ex-vessel value in 2023 and 2024 and employed over 19,000 commercial 02 fishermen, 58 percent of whom were state residents; and 03 WHEREAS the state's seafood industry is also the state's largest manufacturing 04 sector, accounting for 62 percent of all state residents employed in manufacturing, which is 05 over 21,000 workers; and 06 WHEREAS the state's seafood industry faces an existential and global threat in the 07 form of unfair trade and market practices by Russian seafood producers that drive down the 08 cost of seafood around the world and prevent seafood companies in the state from competing 09 on fair terms; and 10 WHEREAS Russia exported 70,000 metric tons of Russian-origin cod, pollock, and 11 salmon into the United States in 2022, at a value of over $452,000,000; and 12 WHEREAS the price of Russian seafood is artificially low because of factors that 13 include state-subsidized construction of fishing vessels and processing plants, exploitation of 14 workers, and lax environmental protections; and 15 WHEREAS Russian seafood competes directly with the state's seafood in global 16 markets, driving down prices and preventing companies in the state from competing on fair 17 terms; and 18 WHEREAS the dumping of Russian seafood into global markets after the 2022 19 Russian invasion of Ukraine contributed to a crisis in the state's seafood industry; and 20 WHEREAS the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration has found that 21 declines in the state's seafood industry in 2022 and 2023 resulted in more than 38,000 job 22 losses nationwide and a loss of $4,300,000,000 in total United States output; and 23 WHEREAS the state's seafood industry abides by strict state and national laws and 24 prioritizes the ethical treatment and fair compensation of workers; and 25 WHEREAS Russia has banned the importation of the state's seafood products since 26 2014, depriving the state's seafood sector of a historically important export market; and 27 WHEREAS the United States is the largest market for the state's seafood products, 28 accounting for approximately one-third of total annual sales of the state's seafood; and 29 WHEREAS the removal of Russian products from the United States domestic market 30 ensures fairness for domestic seafood producers, makes quality seafood available to American 31 consumers, and enables consumers to replace Russian seafood products with seafood from the 01 state; and 02 WHEREAS, on April 15, 2021, Executive Order 14024 established a national 03 emergency to address threats posed by Russia, and, on March 11, 2022, Executive Order 04 14068 prohibited the importation of Russian seafood products into the United States; and 05 WHEREAS, on December 22, 2023, Executive Order 14114 broadened the scope of 06 federal action, prohibiting the importation of all seafood harvested by Russia, regardless of 07 whether the seafood was substantially transformed in a third country; and 08 WHEREAS Executive Order 14024 was extended for an additional year on April 10, 09 2025, and is scheduled to expire April 15, 2026; 10 BE IT RESOLVED that the Alaska State Legislature strongly supports the further 11 extension and enforcement of Executive Orders 14024, 14068, and 14114, which prohibit the 12 importation of Russian seafood products into the United States; and be it 13 FURTHER RESOLVED that the Alaska State Legislature urges President Trump, 14 federal agencies, the Alaska Congressional delegation, and the entirety of the United States 15 Congress to consider additional measures necessary for prohibiting the importation of Russian 16 seafood into the United States and to maintain and strengthen measures that ensure fair trade, 17 protect the state's seafood industry, and promote sustainable and ethical seafood production. 18 COPIES of this resolution shall be sent to the Honorable Donald J. Trump, President 19 of the United States; the Honorable JD Vance, Vice President of the United States and 20 President of the U.S. Senate; the Honorable Mike Johnson, Speaker of the U.S. House of 21 Representatives; the Honorable John Thune, Majority Leader of the U.S. Senate; the 22 Honorable Howard Lutnick, United States Secretary of Commerce; the Honorable Jamieson 23 Greer, United States Trade Representative; and the Honorable Lisa Murkowski and the 24 Honorable Dan Sullivan, U.S. Senators, and the Honorable Nicholas Begich, U.S. 25 Representative, members of the Alaska delegation in Congress.