Well this is a big coup for Dakota Creek

The rules regarding factory trawlers have changed, but I do not think that the Jones Act changed. I believe the changes came in one of the reauthorizations of the:

Magnusun-Stevens Act

which theoretically “Americanized” the Norwegian and Japanese factory trawler business in American waters.

The Japanese are gone, but it’s still mostly a Norwegian business fronted by a few Norwegians who became new US Citizens.