date:Sep 01, 2017
and reduce the risks facing U.S. consumers. All seafood sold in the U.S. should be safe, legally caught and honestly labeled.
A lawsuit against the program was filed by the National Fisheries Institute and eight individual seafood companies claiming that the final rule was signed by a low-level bureaucrat without authority. In June, the Secretary of Commerce ratified the rule at the judges request, resolving that claim.
In May, Oceana, represented by Earthjustice, and the Center for Biologica