Source: FIS
March 5, 2010

The U.S. Department of State denied Mexico the certification to export wild shrimp to that country in considering that it does not count on protection measures for marine turtles during trawler fishing.

Thus informed the Federal Office of Environment Protection (PROFEPA) and the National Aquaculture and Fisheries Commission (CONAPESCA) in a joint statement.

Section 609 of Public Law 101-162 of the U.S., "prohibits imports of certain categories of shrimp unless ... the harvesting nation has adopted a program ... in its commercial shrimp fishery comparable to the program in effect in the United States and ... the fishing environment in the harvesting nation does not pose a threat of the incidental taking of sea turtles."

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