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On December 8, 2016, NOAA Fisheries launched a comprehensive Seafood Import Monitoring Program to further curb Illegal, Unreported and Unregulated (IUU) fishing practices and to identify misrepresented seafood imports before they enter the U.S. market. The program requires that importers … Continued
On August 3, 2016, NOAA Fisheries published a final rule establishing regulations to integrate the collection of trade documentation within the International Trade Data System,and requiring electronic information through a single automated portal. President Obama, by Executive Order in 2014–Streamlining … Continued
Ice Trawl Greenland recently purchased a new longline fishing vessel. The new vessel measures 50 by 11 meters with a capacity of 450 tons and 11 member crew. The vessel is primarily fishing for cod and tusk in the sea … Continued
NOAA Fisheries recently announced that its Finance Program has received $100 million of lending authority* for Fiscal Year 2016 and is now accepting applications. (*Lending authority is not an appropriation of funds and may not be converted to such.) This … Continued