NOAA Working to Promote Regulations, Establish Reporting Systems for Shrimp in SIMP
SEAFOODNEWS.COM [Seafood News] - March 28, 2018
Last week the U.S. House of Representatives passed the fiscal year 2018 Omnibus Appropriations Bill to fund the federal government through September 30, 2018. The bill included a measure that requires the inclusion of imported shrimp and abalone in the Seafood Import Monitoring Program (SIMP) – But exactly when will implementation begin?
Opponents of imported shrimp in the domestic industry originally wanted to mandate shrimp be included under this NOAA program within 30 days, which would have been highly disruptive, and in effect a non-tariff import barrier. The final action required NOAA to begin working on the program within 30 days, but set a deadline of December 31, 2018 for implementation. This gives importers and producers more time ...
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