ANALYSIS: Blue Swimming Crab Imports Down 9% Year-to-Date Amid Tariff and Regulatory Pressures
A federal court has stayed NOAA Fisheries' Jan. 1, 2026, import ban on several blue swimming crab fisheries, offering temporary breathing room to an industry that had been bracing for significant supply disruptions. The stay pauses enforcement while the National Marine Fisheries Service reconsiders its comparability findings under the Marine Mammal Protection Act.
NMFS now has up to...
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