✓ Government indifference to the hardships brought on by arbitrary over-regulation and governmental lack of recognition of the negative impact of local economies on the Eastern and Western Shores of Maryland;

✓ Ever-increasing competition from randomly inspected imported seafood products;

✓ Increasing difficulty in obtaining raw product for processing and distribution;

✓ Public indifference due to lack of knowledge and understanding of problems of local processors and watermen;

✓ H2-B Guest Worker labor shortage issues due to lack of consistent legislation.