Environmental

Feds Propose New Rules to Protect Whales, Dolphins in Other Countries

Regulations Will Prohibit Seafood Imports That Don’t Meet U.S. Standards for Marine Mammal Protection

WASHINGTON—(ENEWSPF)–August 11, 2015.  The National Marine Fisheries Service today proposedmajor regulations prohibiting the import of seafood into the United States from fisheries that kill whales and dolphins in excess of U.S. standards. Under the new rules, all fisheries worldwide will have to comply with essentially the same marine mammal protection requirements as U.S. fishermen or face an embargo from the…

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