Trade Ban

SEAFOOD

SEAFOOD

US President Joe Biden’s decision not to embargo products from Mexico despite the country’s failure to halt illegal wildlife trade threatening the critically endangered vaquita porpoise has drawn fire from the environmental NGO community.

21st July 2023

Environmental groups slam Biden’s vaquita response

21st July 2023

SEAFOOD

SEAFOOD

US President Joe Biden has elected not to issue an embargo on Mexican wildlife products despite the country being found in breach of a US law requiring federal action against countries found to be violating the Convention on International Trade…

20th July 2023

United States holds off issuing Mexico trade ban

20th July 2023

FISHERIES

FISHERIES

The US Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) has advised that Mexico has failed to halt the illegal wildlife trade threatening the critically endangered vaquita porpoise, diminishing the effectiveness of an international wildlife treaty. 

31st May 2023

Washington warns Mexico over illegal fishing

31st May 2023

SEAFOOD

SEAFOOD

Americans are eating seafood from countries with a history of illegal fishing and human rights violations at sea, determines new analysis from Oceana, with the ocean conservation organisation insisting that US authorities…

29th March 2023

Americans unwittingly eating illegal fish

29th March 2023

SEAFOOD

SEAFOOD

US President Joe Biden has announced that in response to the invasion of Ukraine, the United States’ trade status with Russia has been significantly downgraded and that imports of Russian seafood and…

14th March 2022

Biden bans Russian seafood

14th March 2022

AQUACULTURE

AQUACULTURE

Aquafeed giant BioMar Group has ceased all commercial trade activities within Russia in response to the Ukraine invasion.

7th March 2022

BioMar: No Russia trade

7th March 2022