Import Restrictions Lifted on Certain New Zealand Fish and Fish Products

CSMS # 60413947 - Import Restrictions Lifted on Certain New Zealand Fish and Fish Products U.S. Customs and Border Protection sent this bulletin at 05/01/2024 10:09 AM EDT CSMS # 60413947 - Import Restrictions Lifted on Certain New Zealand Fish and Fish Products This CSMS supersedes and replaces CSMS # 54456976 The United States Court of International Trade lifted the Preliminary Injunction that prohibited the importation of all snapper, tarakihi, spotted dogfish, trevally, warehou, hoki, barracouta, mullet, and gurnard fish and fish products harvested by set nets and trawls in the inshore fisheries of the west coast of New Zealand’s North Island within the Maui dolphin’s geographic range. As of April 2, 2024, the above seafood products no longer require a National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) Certificate of Admissibility to enter the United States . Background: In response to the United States Court of International Trade order in November 2022 (Slip Op. 22-130) and in cooperation with the NMFS, the U.S. Customs and Border Protection imposed immediate import restrictions on the fish and fish products listed above from the New Zealand inshore set net and trawl fisheries deployed in the range of the Maui dolphin, a marine mammal species endemic to the on the west coast of the North Island. The Certificate of Admissibility requirements for Mexico remain in place. Certificate of Admissibility and instructions for importers and trade are found at: HTTPS://WWW.FISHERIES.NOAA.GOV/FOREIGN/MARINE-MAMMAL-PROTECTION/SEAFOOD-IMPORT-RESTRICTIONS . Related messages: CSMS # 54456976 , 54241684