The Trump Administration’s approach to fisheries management appears to constitute a significant policymaking shift. Recent NOAA decisions, such as extending the Gulf of Mexico red snapper season or overturning an Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission decision to cut New Jersey’s recreational quota for summer flounder, seem to go against the agency’s traditional approach of placing scientific information at the center of fisheries decisionmaking. On January 25, 2018, ELI held a webinar to discuss these and other recent developments, and to assess the direction U.S. fisheries policymaking may take in the future. In this Dialogue, ELR presents a transcript of the discussion, which has been edited for style, clarity, and space considerations.