The United States is lifting its ban on wild-caught shrimp from Mexico, according to the Mexican government and the Sustainable Fisheries Partnership.
In April, the U.S. State Department banned exports of Mexican wild shrimp because Mexico’s efforts to protect sea turtles were “no longer comparable to that of the United States.”
SeafoodSource contacted the U.S. State Department on Wednesday, 20 October, but the agency declined to confirm the ban will be lifted, and there has been no update the Federal Register. However, in a press release and video, Mexico’s Secretary of Agriculture and Rural Development and Mexico’s National Commission of Aquaculture and Fishing (CONAPESCA) confirmed they had received confirmation from the United States that the ban will be removed.
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