Polityka i handel międzynarodowy · 28/08/1998

Revised Notice of Guidelines for Determining Comparability of Foreign Programs for the Protection of Sea Turtles in Shrimp Trawl Fishing Operations

Section 609 of Public Law 101-162 (``Section 609'') provides that shrimp harvested with technology that may adversely affect certain species of sea turtles may not be imported into the United States unless there is an annual certification to Congress that the harvesting nation has a regulatory program and an incidental take rate comparable to that of the United States, or, alternatively, that the fishing environment in the harvesting nation does not pose a threat to the incidental taking of sea turtles. This notice revises the April 19, 1996 guidelines used by the Department of State in making such certification, in response to a decision made by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit on June 4, 1998.