<h1>50% US tariffs on Indian seafood threaten 1.5 million coastal fishers, collapse exports and competitiveness</h1> A recently imposed US tariff increase-an additional 25% bringing total duties on affected Indian shipments to 50%-is reported by a seafood exporters' association to threaten the livelihoods of about 1.5 million people in a coastal state's fishing sector by making Indian seafood uncompetitive versus lower-taxed Asian and Latin American suppliers. Exporters state production and shipments to the US have fallen sharply, converting prior monthly export volumes into a fraction and reducing state exports valued at Rs 4,700 crore in 2024-25, one-third of which went to the US. The association says it has sought central and state relief but no federal remedy has been announced.