NMFS Publishes Comparability Determinations on Foreign Fisheries, Requires Admissibility Certification
The National Marine Fisheries Service, a division of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, has published its comparability finding determinations for all fisheries on the list of foreign fisheries, the agency said in a Federal Register notice.
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Nations whose fisheries were denied comparability findings will be denied the ability to import fish and fish products from those fisheries into the U.S. starting Jan. 1, 2026, the notice said, unless a fishery submits a required certification of admissibility or the U.S. lifts its restrictions on the country.
The period that certifications of admissibility will be required spans from Jan. 1, 2026, to Dec. 31, 2029, unless NMFS states otherwise.