DA seeks to restore US market access for local blue crab

MANILA, Philippines – The Department of Agriculture (DA) is moving to restore market access for Philippine blue swimming crab, locally known as alimasag, in the United States. The US Marine Mammal Protection Act currently bars US imports of Philippine blue swimming crab harvested through bottom pots, traps, gillnets, or entangling nets. READ: PhilExport-Negros: US ban on PH blue crab imports threatens livelihoods The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration-National Marine Fisheries Service (NOAA-NMFS) found that the Philippines still lacks requirements for reporting marine mammal mortalities and serious injuries and for establishing a bycatch monitoring program.monitoring program. “The Philippines has also not demonstrated […]...

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