National Ocean Council Committee Designates Shrimp as an “At-Risk” Species
On Friday, the Federal Register published Notice of the National Ocean Council (NOC) Committee’s finalized principles for determining seafood species at risk of Illegal, Unreported, and Unregulated (IUU) Fishing and seafood fraud, as well as a list of “at-risk” species developed using these principles. Both the list of principles and the list of species are intended to inform the development […]
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IUU Seafood Fraud Task Force
SSA Submits Recommendations to President’s Task Force on Seafood Fraud and Illegal Fishing On June 17, 2014, the White House released a Presidential Memorandum entitled ”Establishing a Comprehensive Framework to Combat Illegal, Unreported, and Unregulated Fishing and Seafood Fraud.” Among other actions, the Memorandum established a Presidential Task Force on Combating Illegal, Unreported, and Unregulated Fishing and Seafood Fraud (Task […]
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Seafood Broker Sentenced to 3 Years in Federal Prison for Antidumping Duty Evasion Scheme
Yesterday, Mr. Jun Yang, who operated and controlled National Commodities Company, was sentenced to three years in federal prison for illegally brokering sales of hundreds of container loads of Chinese honey, falsely labeled as Indian or Malaysian honey, to avoid the payment of antidumping duties. Mr. Yang was one of several defendants charged in a broad criminal investigation of evasion […]
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Know Your Supplier: Bangladesh
In 2006, Bangladesh exported almost 43 million pounds of shrimp to the United States. Ever since, the volume of shrimp exported from Bangladesh has fallen every year. In 2011, we imported less than 10 million pounds of shrimp from Bangladesh and the latest numbers for this year show that volumes have fallen another 40% compared to 2011. Although there is […]