NOAA Fisheries Unveils Action Plan for Enhanced Seafood Import Monitoring Program
NOAA Fisheries will implement an action plan to enhance its Seafood Import Monitoring Program (SIMP).
Last November, NOAA conducted a comprehensive review of SIMP to identify areas for improvement. That led to engagement from over 7,000 stakeholders, including seafood industry professionals, foreign governments, researchers, and civil society groups.
Based on the input, NOAA has shaped an action plan that is “designed to strengthen its impact, focusing on combating illegal, unreported, and unregulated (IUU) fishing and bolstering seafood traceability.”
NOAA Fisheries said it would work to limit the impact...
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