Environment

Court Upholds Rule Requiring Traceability For At-Risk Seafood Imports

A federal court upheld the U.S. government’s Seafood Import Monitoring Program, on August 28th, which will require some imported seafood at risk of illegal, unreported and unregulated (IUU) fishing and seafood fraud to be fully documented and traced...

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Loss of biodiversity endangers our livelihood

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Fishing Vessel Owner Convicted for Oil and Garbage Offenses Off American Samoa

A fishing vessel company that operated in and around American Samoa was convicted and sentenced for maintaining false and incomplete records relating to the discharge of oil and garbage, on August 30th, announced Acting Assistant Attorney General...

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Total’s application to drill near the Amazon Reef rejected

Brazil's Environmental Agency (Ibama) on August 29th, rejected the application for a license to drill in the mouth of the Amazon Basin by the French company Total (operating in a joint venture with BP). This is an important step towards defending the...

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