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Domestic Distribution of Specified Marine Animals and Plants Act

Topic:
  • Counter-IUU Fishing
  • Traceability
Categories:
  • Counter-IUU Policy
  • Government
Region:
  • Japan
  • North America
Harvest:
  • Aquaculture
  • Wild-capture

Contact Information

Website: www.fas.usda.gov/data/japan-japan-require-catch-documents-imports-vulnerable-marine-species#:~:text=On%20December%204%2C%202020%2C%20Japan,and%20unregulated%20(IUU)%20fishing.

Japan passed the Adjustment for the Domestic Distribution of Specified Marine Animals and Plants Act to combat illegal, unreported, and unregulated (IUU) fishing. Within two years (2022), Japan will introduce a catch documentation scheme (CDS) for IUU fishing vulnerable seafood imports, such as squid and Pacific saury. Japan Fisheries Agency will determine which species will be subject to the CDS requirements.