January 1, Trump Declares Victory Over Biden’s War on American Fishermen

Wyatt’s Take

• President Trump just reversed years of Obama-Biden regulations that strangled American scallop fishermen out of their own waters
• NOAA will reopen the northern edge of Georges Bank after bureaucrats locked hardworking Americans out of prime fishing grounds
• Trump’s celebrating with ‘National Scallops Day’ — putting working fishermen over Washington red tape

President Donald Trump just handed American fishermen a major win, reversing what he called years of “bad” treatment under Obama and Biden administrations. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration announced it’s reopening the northern edge of Georges Bank to commercial scallop fishing.

For too long, federal bureaucrats locked American fishermen out of some of the richest waters off our coast. While families who’ve fished for generations watched their livelihoods disappear, Washington regulators piled on restriction after restriction.

Trump’s NOAA directive cuts through that red tape. Commercial scallop fishermen can now return to waters that should’ve been theirs all along.

The president marked the occasion by declaring it a victory over regulatory overreach. These fishermen weren’t asking for handouts — just the freedom to work the waters their families have fished for decades.

Obama and Biden regulators treated these hardworking Americans like the enemy. Trump’s treating them like what they are: the backbone of coastal communities from Massachusetts to Virginia.

Why It Matters

When Washington bureaucrats strangle American workers with endless regulations, families suffer. Trump’s opening Georges Bank isn’t just about scallops — it’s about respecting the men and women who feed this country and trusting them to manage their own resources better than some pencil-pusher in D.C. ever could.

Today I am declaring a National Scallops Day to celebrate an action taken by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) that will open up the Northern Edge of Georges Bank to Scallops Fishing, fulfilling the dream to our Great Fishermen who were so badly treated… pic.twitter.com/pdzCRAaSqT

 — Commentary Donald J. Trump Truth Social Posts On X (@TrumpTruthOnX) July 2, 2026