Sec. 104. Additional data requirements for Seafood Import Monitoring Program data collection
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Not later than one year after date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall revise section 300.324 of title 50, Code of Federal Regulations, to— require at the time of entry for imported seafood and seafood products— location of catch or cultivation, including— geographic location at a resolution of not less than 1 degree latitude by 1 degree longitude; the country code of the International Organization for Standardization if the catch was within the exclusive economic zone or territorial waters of a country; if appropriate, the regional fisheries management organization or organizations having jurisdiction over the catch, if it occurs within the jurisdiction of any regional fisheries management organization; and the Food and Agriculture Organization major fishing area codes; electronic reports of chain-of-custody records that identify, including with unique vessel identifiers when applicable, each custodian of the seafood, including transshippers, processors, storage facilities, and distributors and the physical address of such facilities; maritime mobile service identity number of harvesting and transshipment vessels; and beneficial owner of each harvesting and transshipment vessel or aquaculture facility, when applicable; require all importers submitting seafood import data to require prior notification and submission of seafood import data at least 72 hours and no more than 15 days prior to entry; and require verification and certification of harvest information by competent authorities at all major transfer points in the supply chain, including harvest, landing, processing, and transshipment at the time of entry.
The Secretary, working in direct consultation with the Secretary of Homeland Security, Department of Labor, and Department of State, shall, not later than one year after the date of enactment of this Act, complete a regulatory process to establish additional key data elements for the Seafood Import Monitoring Program, that collect information about labor conditions in the harvest, transshipment, and processing of imported fish and fish products. Not later than one year after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall— publish and maintain on the website of the National Marine Fisheries Service a list of all current International Fisheries Trade Permit holders, including the name of the permit holder and expiration date of the permit; begin to revoke, modify, or deny issuance of an International Fisheries Trade with respect to a permit holder or applicant that has violated any requirement of section 300.322, 300.323, 300.324, or 300.325 of title 50, Code of Federal Regulations; and require an International Fisheries Trade Permit for importers.