Seafood Import Procedures and Certification of Admissibility

4 organizations filed 6 public comments on Seafood Import Procedures and Certification of Admissibility, at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. The comment window closed 525d ago.

Abstract

NMFS proposes amendments to regulations implementing seafood import restrictions that may be imposed under the authority of the High Seas Driftnet Fishing Moratorium Protection Act (16 U.S.C. 1826d-k), the Marine Mammal Protection Act (16 U.S.C. 1361 et seq.) or the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act (16 U.S.C. 1801 et seq.). These statutes have provisions that authorize the Agency to impose import restrictions against nations or its flag vessels for fish products that are unlawfully or unsustainably acquired, including those that are harvested by fishing methods that have bycatch of protected living marine resources in excess of United States standards. The statutes allow for imposition of trade measures against specific fisheries or specific vessels as well as those applied to the nation as a whole. In such cases of targeted import restrictions, NMFS requires Certification of Admissibility whereby exporting government officials must validate that individual seafood shipments are not subject to an embargo.

Commenters (4)

• National Customs Brokers and Forwarders Association of Americatrade assoc.

  2 filings · confidence 85%
• National Fisheries Institutetrade assoc.

  2 filings · confidence 85%
• Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC)trade assoc.

  1 filing · confidence 97%
• Virgil Group LLCunverified attribution

  1 filing · confidence 70%