The US imports 90% of its seafood, and an Oceana survey has indicated a high level of fraud. Therefore the US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (Dept. of Commerce) will introduce a Seafood Import Monitoring Programme that will track about 25 percent of imported seafood from the fishing boat where the originates until it reaches U.S. borders. This is to prevent fraud in the most important species of seafood.
Read the full article with the embedded link to the Govt consultation document: US Seafood Monitoring Programme
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