The Seafood Import Monitoring Program (SIMP) establishes reporting and recordkeeping requirements for imports of certain seafood products to combat illegal, unreported and unregulated (IUU)-caught and/or misrepresented seafood from entering U.S. commerce. This is a risk-based traceability program requiring the importer of record to provide and report key data—from the point of harvest to the point of entry into U.S. commerce—on thirteen imported fish and fish products identified as vulnerable to IUU fishing and/or seafood fraud. This fee covers the cost of verifying and transmitting SIMP data. SIMP is regulated by the National Marine Fisheries Service.
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