CSMS Message: 95-000852

TO : ALL ABI BROKERS.

FROM : LEO WELLS

SUBJECT : OGA-SHRIMP EMBARGO

DATE : 08/25/95

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AUGUST 23, 1995

RES-1-FO:TC:I:E LW

CATEGORY: OGA

TO: ALL REGIONAL DIRECTORS (COMMERCIAL OPERATIONS), DISTRICT,
AREA AND PORT DIRECTORS OF CUSTOMS

FROM: DIRECTOR, TRADE COMPLIANCE DIVISION

RE: SHRIMP EMBARGO AGAINST TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO

PASS TO: ALL REGIONAL PROGRAM MANAGERS, NATIONAL IMPORT
SPECIALISTS, IMPORT SPECIALISTS, ENTRY OFFICERS AND
INSPECTORS AND IMPORTERS AND BROKER ASSOCIATIONS

PURSUANT TO AN ISSUANCE BY THE DEPARTMENT OF STATE IN THE FEDERAL
REGISTER OF AUGUST 22, 1995 (VOL. 60, NO. 162 AT PAGES 43640-41),
THAT AGENCY ANNOUNCED THAT THE SHRIMP EMBARGO AGAINST TRINIDAD
AND TOBAGO HAS BEEN LIFTED. ON AUGUST 15, 1995, THE STATE
DEPARTMENT CERTIFIED THAT THE COMMERCIAL TRAWL FISHERY INDUSTRY
OF TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO HAD NOW ADOPTED A PROGRAM TO REDUCE THE
INCIDENTAL CAPTURE OF SEA TURTLES IN CONNECTION WITH SHRIMP
FISHING AND, CONSEQUENTLY, THE BAN WOULD BE LIFTED. THE REMOVAL
OF THIS EMBARGO IS EFFECTIVE IMMEDIATELY.

QUESTIONS BY CUSTOMS OFFICERS CONCERNING THIS ISSUANCE SHOULD BE
DIRECTED TO CUSTOMS HEADQUARTERS, TRADE COMPLIANCE DIVISION,
COMMERCIAL ENFORCEMENT, AT (202) 927-0771. IMPORTER QUESTIONS
SHOULD BE REFERRED TO THE DEPARTMENT OF STATE, BUREAU OF OCEANS
AND INTERNATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL AND SCIENTIFIC AFFAIRS AT (202)
647-3940.

PHILIP METZGER