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18th Apr 13

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Financed by DEFRA

An Overview of the US Lacey Act Amendments of 1981 and a Proposal for a Model Port States Fisheries Enforcement Act

01/11/2005

Author: High Seas Task Force (Paul A. Ortiz, US NOAA)

A background study prepared for the High Seas Task Force, this paper explains how the US Lacey Act is used to control the import of IUU fish into the US, and puts forward a Model Port State Fisheries Enforcement Act modelled on the provisions of the Lacey Act.

Click here to download the document (147 k)