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Obama seeks to empower federal agents to search ports for seafood contraband
A US presidential task force has issued proposals to tighten the grip on the illegal global seafood trade, which it said causes billions of dollars in losses to the legal fishing industry annually.
Under the plan, Reuters reports, the US would create a programme to trace seafood entering its ports from the source to the shelves, to prevent illegal products from getting into the domestic market.
This would call on Congress to grant several federal agencies the authority to search, inspect and seize illegal seafood at US ports and on sale, and to prosecute offenders as part of the wider effort to combat "pirate fishing."
President Barack Obama formed the task force in June with representatives from 14 federal agencies stop unreported and unregulated fishing, as well as seafood fraud that includes mislabeling, misbranding and falsification of product origins.
Under the plan, Reuters reports, the US would create a programme to trace seafood entering its ports from the source to the shelves, to prevent illegal products from getting into the domestic market.
This would call on Congress to grant several federal agencies the authority to search, inspect and seize illegal seafood at US ports and on sale, and to prosecute offenders as part of the wider effort to combat "pirate fishing."
President Barack Obama formed the task force in June with representatives from 14 federal agencies stop unreported and unregulated fishing, as well as seafood fraud that includes mislabeling, misbranding and falsification of product origins.
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