This section establishes a Seafood Traceability Program which has data reporting requirements at the time of entry for imported fish or fish products and recordkeeping requirements for fish or fish products entered into U.S. commerce. The data reported and retained will facilitate enforcement of section 307(1)(Q) of the Magnuson-Stevens Act and the exclusion of products from entry into U.S. commerce that are misrepresented or the product of illegal or unreported fishing. The data reporting and recordkeeping requirements under the program enable verification of the supply chain of the product offered for entry back to the harvesting event(s). In addition, the permitting requirements of §300.322 pertain to importers of products within the scope of the program.
50 C.F.R. §300.324
Effective Date Note: At 81 FR 88997, Dec. 9, 2016, §300.324 was redesignated as §300.325, a new §300.324 was added, and paragraph (a)(3) of §300.324 was stayed indefinitely. The stay on paragraph (a)(3) was lifted, 83 FR 17765, effective May 24, 2018.