US’s Import Ban Rocks Vietnam’s Seafood Industry
The US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) has informed Vietnam’s Directorate of Fisheries on August 26 that imports from the affected fisheries will be banned from January 1, 2026.
Vietnam’s seafood industry is facing an unprecedented challenge as the US has declined to acknowledge Vietnam ’s equivalence to 12 seafood harvesting methods under the Marine Mammal Protection Act (MMPA ), which can cause a loss of half a billion dollars in annual exports...
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