Trump declares National Scallops Day to open Georges Bank fishing

The president tied a NOAA decision opening the Northern Edge of Georges Bank to a promise of millions more pounds of wild scallops and new East Coast jobs.

First Published: July 2, 2026, 6:03 PM EST

WHITE HOUSE — Donald J. Trump declared a National Scallops Day to celebrate a federal action opening the Northern Edge of Georges Bank to scallop fishing on a Truth Social post on July 2, 2026 at 12:48 PM EST.

Here is the full post (see truthsocial): “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 by the Obama and Biden Administrations, and by the Country of Canada. That 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. This is in addition to freeing up a massive area off the East Coast for our Great Lobster Fishermen, and others (An Environmental Monument declared by Barack Hussein Obama and Sleepy Joe Biden, that I terminated!), and a half a million square miles of the beautiful Pacific Ocean, where every country was allowed to fish except for our Great American Fishermen! I have opened up the Oceans, Rivers, Lakes, and Seas to our Fishermen, and freed them from ridiculous Environmental restrictions that allowed other countries to take advantage of the United States’ Waters under Barack Hussein Obuma, Sleepy Joe Biden, and the Dumocrats. It is my Great Honor to have done so because I am the Fishermen’s Friend — GO OUT AND VOTE REPUBLICAN IN THE MIDTERMS, BECAUSE IF THE COMMUNISTS GET IN, YOU’LL NEVER FISH AGAIN! Thank you for your attention to this matter. Donald J. Trump”

Trump said the NOAA action would put “millions more pounds of beautiful Wild Scallops a year on the kitchen table of Americans.” He tied the move to new jobs in Norfolk, Virginia; Cape May, New Jersey; New Bedford, Massachusetts; and other East Coast fishing ports. He framed the decision as a reversal of policies from the Obama and Biden administrations and a rebuke of Canada.

The president said he had also freed a large area off the East Coast for lobster fishermen by terminating an environmental monument established under his predecessors. He said he had opened roughly a half a million square miles of the Pacific Ocean to American fishermen.

The phrase “Today I am declaring” mirrors formal language public officials use to initiate official actions, such as governors and mayors issuing emergency declarations (see cvillerightnow.com) (see phila.gov). Trump closed the post with a call to vote Republican in the midterm elections.

In the last 30 days, 46 of 535 Trump posts were on the topic “Domestic Policy.”