Seafood Imports

NOAA Fisheries Announces Action Plan to Enhance the U.S. Seafood Import Monitoring Program

November 18, 2024 NOAA Fisheries

The NOAA is prioritizing the implementation of these changes, with plans to issue a proposed rule, with an opportunity for public comment. A final rule will follow thereafter, with internal improvements rolling out as resources allow. …

Sullivan, Murkowski Introduce Bill to Ban Russian Seafood Imports

February 16, 2022 Office of U.S. Senator Lisa Murkowski

U.S. Senators Dan Sullivan and Lisa Murkowski (both R-Alaska) this week introduced the U.S-Russian Federation Seafood Reciprocity Act, legislation that would impose a ban on the import of all Russian seafood products into the United States in response to Russia’s own prohibition on the import of U.S. and other western seafood products since 2014. Russia enacted its embargo in response to a suite of sanctions the United States and its allies imposed following Russia’s 2014 invasion of the Crimean Peninsula in Ukraine. …

VeChain ToolChain Powers Producers Market to Onboard U.S. Seafood Import Platform KnowSeafood

December 1, 2020 VeChain ToolChain

Challenges and opportunities posed by the pandemic are reacting in real time to consumers’ needs in the food sector. For the purpose of facilitating fresh, reliable supply of seafood in the U.S. marketplace, KnowSeafood announced its implementation of Producers Market’s powerful transparency application, StoryBird, powered by VeChain ToolChainTM. …

Seafood Imports Joins IPNLF’s Supply Chain Network

September 30, 2019 International Pole & Line Foundation

Seafood Imports, Inc. has become the latest Member of the International Pole & Line Foundation (IPNLF), the non-profit association that is committed to developing and supporting responsible one-by-one tuna fisheries and supply chains. …