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NMFS to Host Webinar on 2026 MMPA Import Provisions

Posted by Timothy Miller on 12/11/25 5:00 PM

In a Cargo Systems Messaging Service (CSMS) bulletin published on December 10, 2025, the National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) announced that it is hosting two webinars to provide an overview of upcoming Marine Mammal Protection Act (MMPA) import provisions.

Beginning January 1, 2026, certain fish and fish products from nations with fisheries that have been denied comparability findings under MMPA will be inadmissible if not accompanied by a signed Certification of Admissibility (COA).

Both webinars will be hosted on Tuesday, December 16, 2025, with the first at 8:00 a.m. EST, and the second at 4:00 p.m. EST.

CSMS # 67055632 and links to the webinars can be found here:
https://content.govdelivery.com/bulletins/gd/USDHSCBP-3ff3010?wgt_ref=USDHSCBP_WIDGET_2

More information on the MMPA import provisions can be found here:
https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/foreign/marine-mammal-protection/seafood-import-prohibitions-under-marine-mammal-protection-act

Topics: NMFS, webinar

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