Source: Undercurrent News Author: Tom Seaman A US judge has ruled against a lawsuit from the National Fisheries Institute (NFI), two trade groups and several large seafood players, which opposes a traceability rule, dubbed the “Seafood Import Monitoring Program”, or SIMP.
Read MoreSource & Author: Oceana New Rule Will Reduce Amount of Illegally Caught and Mislabeled Seafood Entering U.S.
Read MoreSource: Online Library Author: Sara G. Lewis, Mariah Boyle Abstract: In the last decade, a range of drivers within the seafood sector have incentivized the application of traceability to issues beyond food safety and inventory management. Some of the issues motivating the expanded use of traceability within the global seafood sector include: increased media attention on […]
Read MoreSource: The New Food Economy Author: Katarina Zimmer Ships routinely transfer fish on the open ocean. Most of the time, no one’s watching.
Read MoreSource: SpringerLink Author: Demian A. Willette, Samantha H. Cheng The United States is the world’s largest fish importer. Recent reports, however, indicate that 25–30% of wild-caught seafood imported into the US is illegally caught, heightening concerns over the country’s significant role in driving Illegal, Unreported, and Unregulated (IUU) fishing.
Read MoreSource: SeafoodSource Author: Madelyn Kearns A bill recently passed by the U.S. Senate Appropriations Committee and the Commerce, Justice and Science Appropriations Subcommittee, which seeks to include shrimp within the Seafood Import Monitoring Program, has been applauded by leaders within the National Chamber of Aquaculture of Ecuador.
Read MoreSource: SeafoodSource Author: Jason Holland More than one-third of the wild-caught fisheries products imported into Japan – one of the world’s biggest seafood markets – could come from illegal, unreported and unregulated (IUU) activities, claims a new study.
Read MoreSource & Author: Francisco Blaha Private sustainability endorsement may not always mean a lot (or even less legality). I think I been quite clear in the past on my views on eco-labels. I still believe that is better to support the responsible authorities in the Flag, Port and Coastal States than a private certification, which at the […]
Read MoreSource & Author: Pramod et al. An investigation of illegal and unreported fishing in source countries indicates that 24–36% of 2.15 million tonnes of wild-seafood imports to Japan in 2015 were of illegal and unreported origin, valued at $1.6 to $2.4 billion, out of a total import of US$ 13 billion.
Read MoreSource & Author: Francisco Blaha I have been keeping updates on the conditions that US Seafood Import Monitoring Program establishes for imports of certain seafood products for a while now. The aim of the programme is to tackle the reporting and recordkeeping requirements needed to prevent illegal, unreported and unregulated (IUU)-caught and/or misrepresented seafood from entering U.S. […]
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