The U.S. government has allocated USD 8 million (EUR 7.3 million) to fight IUU fishing and bolster the country’s Seafood Import Monitoring Program (SIMP) as part of the US-Mexico-Canada trade agreement (USMCA) that was approved in January.
As part of the agreement, funding will go to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) to help it cooperate with the Mexican government on fighting illegal fishing through 2023.
The USMCA legislation also includes directions for the U.S. Secretary of Commerce to implement the Port State Measures Agreement Act, which aims to prevent illegally caught fish from reaching international markets by blocking it from ever getting through ports…