1 This is a big deal! Yday in settlement of @NRDC @CenterForBioDiv AWI lawsuit, @NOAAFisheries commits to a transparent 2025 public schedule for what had been an opaque & delayed process of determining which seafood imports are allowable because have comparable bycatch mitigation
x.com/CetaceanAction/status/1821952589338178005?t=MjHXer3wmHlYMApMVCx3UQ&s=19
2 Note this comparability finding phased implementation process is legally binding on next US administration. Also paras a & b do indicate NOAA has been making some preliminary rejections, countries have very little time to try to demonstrate effective bycatch mitigation.
x.com/AWIOnline/status/1880046395887091895?t=r-Gi7hFSnlJETEzxgdMz9g&s=19
3 A reminder that legal #vaquita-safe gear shrimp & finfish fisheries in Mexico's Upper Gulf of California will remain the ONLY banned imports until Jan 1 2026, & for panga-gillnetted blue shrimp this ban has completely failed for 4 years.
youtu.be/snlK-ZbKcIU?si=NRhbyFbx3hx3Zp_r
4 However, if/when? the US announces in Jan 1 2026 that finally gillnet shrimp fisheries in the rest of the Gulf of California are banned, #vaquita unsafe shrimp fraud will be all washed up.
x.com/CetaceanAction/status/1879243569393004679?t=KNe6yq-5C1Okstl7fs1Nsw&s=19
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Rescuing the vaquita porpoise and securing a sustainable fishing future for the Upper Gulf of California with Mexican partners