NMFS Seeks Input on Foreign Illegal Fishing Practices
The National Marine Fisheries Service seeks comments on worldwide illegal fishing practices it should consider as it implements import requirements and submits a required report to Congress. NMFS is specifically seeking information on countries with fishing vessels engaged in illegal,…
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unreported or unregulated (IUU) fishing at any point in the past three years; countries with vessels that catch sharks, intentionally or unintentionally, and remove the fins before discarding the carcass into the sea; as well as countries with fishing practices that result in bycatch of protected marine living resources. NMFS is required to report to Congress every two years on these issues, it said. NMFS will also consider comments on bycatch of marine mammals to develop its list of “export” and “exempt” foreign fisheries, which it intends to revise in 2020. Comments are due Dec. 31.