Conservation Groups Sue to Block Seafood Imports From Eight Countries Over Marine Mammal Bycatch
Conservation groups filed suit against the National Marine Fisheries Service in the US Court of International Trade seeking to halt seafood imports from eight countries they claim fail to meet US marine mammal protection standards.
The lawsuit targets imports from Argentina, Ecuador, India, Norway, Taiwan, Tunisia, the United Kingdom, and Vanuatu, alleging that their commercial fisheries kill unsustainable numbers of marine mammals as bycatch and use gear including gillnets, longlines, and trawls.
Under the Marine Mammal Protection Act, the US must ban seafood imports from countries...
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