Hello, MARMAMers:

I want to call your attention to the publication of the US government’s draft List of Foreign Fisheries, which is open for public comment through October 23, 2017.

The draft List of Foreign Fisheries is an important step in implementing the import provisions of the U.S. Marine Mammal Protection Act, which requires that fish and fish products imported into the United States meet U.S. standards for marine mammal protection applicable to commercial fisheries.

If you know of fisheries exporting to the United States that have particularly problematic marine mammal bycatch issue or otherwise represent a significant threat to marine mammal populations, please consider reviewing the draft List of Foreign Fisheries and, as necessary, submitting comments here: https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2017/08/22/2017-17671/fish-and-fish-product-import-provisions-of-the-marine-mammal-protection-act-list-of-foreign.

Thank you,

Zak

Zak Smith

Senior Attorney

Director, Wildlife Trade Initiative

Natural Resources

Defense Council

1314 Second Street

Santa Monica, CA 90401

T 310.434.2334
zsmith@nrdc.org
@smithzak
NRDC.ORG

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