U.S. Seafood Import Monitoring Program
26/05/2017
The Seafood Import Monitoring Program—also known as SIMP—establishes reporting and recordkeeping requirements for imports of certain seafood products to prevent illegal, unreported and unregulated and/or misrepresented seafood from entering U.S. commerce.
SIMP provides additional protections for our national economy, global food security, and the sustainability of our shared ocean resources. It is the first phase of a risk-based traceability program that requires the importer of record to provide and report key data—from the point of harvest to the point of entry into U.S. commerce—on an initial list of imported fish and fish products identified as particularly vulnerable to IUU fishing and/or seafood fraud.
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Affected 'Priority Species'
Abalone* |
King Crab (red) |
Shrimp* |
Atlantic Cod |
Pacific Cod |
Swordfish |
Blue Crab (Atlantic) |
Red Snapper |
Tunas: Albacore, Bigeye, Skipjack, Yellowfin, and Bluefin |
Dolphinfish (Mahi Mahi) |
Sea Cucumber |
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Grouper |
Sharks |
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*Implementation of SIMP requirements for abalone and shrimp is delayed until further notice.
January 1, 2018, is the mandatory compliance date for most of the priority species listed in the rule, with shrimp and abalone compliance phased in at a later date that will be announced upon its determination.
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Resource Materials
We provide a variety of resource materials, including webinars, fact sheets, compliance and implementation guides, model catch certificates, and model aggregated catch certificates, to assist stakeholders in complying with SIMP. Additional resource materials like these, and their foreign language translations can be found here.
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Announcements and Actions
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For questions, or to sign up for updates on the Seafood Import Monitoring Program, email NOAA Fisheries Office of International Affairs and Seafood Inspection at IUU.fishing@noaa.gov .