In December, the President’s Task Force on Combating Illegal, Unreported, and Unregulated Fishing and Seafood Fraud issued fifteen (15) recommendations “for the implementation of a comprehensive framework of integrated programs to combat IUU fishing and seafood fraud that emphasizes areas of greatest need.”
The Task Force invited the public to provide comments regarding the proposed recommendations. In response to this request, the Southern Shrimp Alliance submitted comments yesterday. The Southern Shrimp Alliance’s comments covered a wide variety of issues, advocating for:
- Legislative language that would harmonize the U.S. definition of Illegal, Unreported and Unregulated (IUU) Fishing with the definition set forth by the Food and Agricultural Organization of the United Nations’ (FAO) International Plan of Action (IPOA) to Prevent, Deter, and Eliminate IUU Fishing. Making these definitions consistent would allow the U.S. government to address human trafficking and forced labor in seafood industries abroad through access to the U.S. seafood market.
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