EPA, Environmental Protection Agency (1998) Federal register document: Revised notice of guidelines for determining comparability of foreign programs for the protection of sea turtles in shrimp trawl fishing operations. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
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This document provides information on Section 609 of Public Law 101-162. This section deals with the shrimp importation to United States and specifies that shrimp harvested with technology that may adversely affect certain species of sea turtles may not be imported into the United States unless there is an annual certification to Congress that the harvesting nations has a regulatory program and an incidental take rate comparable to that of the United States, or, alternatively, that the fishing environment in the harvesting nation does not pose a threat to the incidental taking of the sea turtles.
| Item Type: | Documents |
|---|---|
| Class Number: | 400.FED001 |
| Keywords: | Turtle, Shrimp, Imports, Trade and Environment, World Trade Organisation (WTO), United States of America (USA), Turtle Excluder Devices (TED) |
| Subjects: | Fisheries Trade |
| Depositing User: | Varsha V icsf |
| Date Deposited: | 10 Jan 2022 04:53 |
| Last Modified: | 10 Jan 2022 04:53 |
| URI: | http://icsfarchives.net/id/eprint/7018 |
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