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Executive Order of the President of the United States on Promoting American Seafood Competitiveness and Economic Growth.

Country/Territory
United States of America
Document type
Regulation
Date
2020
Source
FAO, FAOLEX
Subject
Food & nutrition, Fisheries
Keyword
Marine fisheries Fishery management and conservation Inland fisheries Aquaculture Policy/planning EIA Foreign fishing Enforcement/compliance Fish products International trade
Geographical area
Americas, Arctic, East Pacific, North America, North Atlantic
Abstract

This Executive Order of the President seeks to improve the competitiveness of American seafood industry, to regulate better the trade in seafood, to take any unnecessarily burdensome regulations affecting the fisheries sector and to strengthen efforts to combat illegal, unreported, and unregulated fishing. It also provides for new arrangements regarding law enforcement and effective cooperation in the fisheries sector and the application of the "One Federal Decision process" to authorization of aquaculture projects that require environmental review or authorization by two or more agencies. The Order requires a new National Aquatic Animal Health Plan to be drafted.

Full text
English
Website
www.whitehouse.gov