Aquaculture represents a real opportunity for economic growth and food security in the territories, and I will continue to push for these investments.
Continue pushing for investments in Virgin Islands and territorial aquaculture development.
Occurrences
Evidence
Plaskett's FY2027 CPF page lists multiple U.S. Virgin Islands requests aimed at local investment, including a $2,000,000 VIDA Agricultural Infrastructure Cistern Project, a $500,000 La Reine Farmers' Market Enhancement Project that explicitly serves farmers and fishermen, and a $4,000,000 UVI RTPark Youth Agripreneur Farm and Resource Center. The page says these projects would strengthen food security, agricultural productivity, and economic development in the territory.
Assessments
The available evidence shows Plaskett continued to push for federal investment in the U.S. Virgin Islands during her current term by submitting FY2027 community project funding requests for agriculture and food-system infrastructure, including projects benefiting farmers, fishermen, and youth agripreneur development. That supports the 'investments in Virgin Islands' portion of the promise. But the record provided does not specifically show aquaculture-development funding, legislation, or other material advancement tied to aquaculture itself, so the full promise is not established. Because she is actively advancing related territorial investment priorities in office, this merits partial rather than never.