comparemela.com

Page 4 - பெத் லோவெல் News Today : Breaking News, Live Updates & Top Stories | Vimarsana

Congress Introduces Bold New Legislation to Combat Illegal Fishing, Seafood Fraud

Press release content from Globe Newswire. The AP news staff was not involved in its creation. Congress Introduces Bold New Legislation to Combat Illegal Fishing, Seafood Fraud OceanaMay 11, 2021 GMT None WASHINGTON, May 11, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) Today, Rep. Jared Huffman (D-CA) and Rep. Garret Graves (R-LA) introduced the Illegal Fishing and Forced Labor Prevention Act, a comprehensive bill to end illegal, unreported, and unregulated (IUU) fishing, expand transparency, and stop seafood fraud, while strengthening U.S. leadership on issues that threaten our oceans, consumers, and human rights.   A report by the International Trade Commission found that the United States imported $2.4 billion worth of seafood imports derived from IUU fishing in 2019. IUU fishing is off the books and can include fishing in closed areas or with prohibited gear, or for unmanaged species in unmanaged regions. IUU fishing can also be a driver of forced labor and other human rights abuses. The new l

Inadequacy of US screening system for IUU risks laid bare in trade study

Inadequacy of US screening system for IUU risks laid bare in trade study By Share Seafood caught via illegal, unreported, and unregulated (IUU) fishing and fishing involving forced labor amounting to USD 2.4 billion (EUR 2 billion) was imported into the United States in 2019, according to the U.S. International Trade Commission. The report names China, Russia, Mexico, Indonesia, and Vietnam as key sources for illicit wild-caught product, with the main species involved named as swimming crab, warm-water shrimp, yellowfin tuna, and squid. The report also claims 9 percent of the harvested weight of farmed seafood imports is made up of IUU-tainted feed ingredients. It states IUU-sourced seafood is a serious threat to the jobs and earnings of U.S. fishermen.

Fish fraud rampant worldwide: study - New York Daily News

Revealed: seafood fraud happening on a vast global scale

Revealed: seafood fraud happening on a vast global scale Stephen Leahy © Getty Raw fresh Seafood Cocktail close up with Mussels, Clams, Vongole, Prawns and Shrimps A Guardian Seascape analysis of 44 recent studies of more than 9,000 seafood samples from restaurants, fishmongers and supermarkets in more than 30 countries found that 36% were mislabelled, exposing seafood fraud on a vast global scale. Many of the studies used relatively new DNA analysis techniques. In one comparison of sales of fish labelled “snapper” by fishmongers, supermarkets and restaurants in Canada, the US, the UK, Singapore, Australia and New Zealand, researchers found mislabelling in about 40% of fish tested. The UK and Canada had the highest rates of mislabelling in that study, at 55%, followed by the US at 38%.

© 2025 Vimarsana

vimarsana © 2020. All Rights Reserved.