By Maryland State Wire Report |
May 22, 2023
U.S. Senator Ben Cardin (D-Md.), joined Senator Jeff Merkley (D-Ore.), in writing a bipartisan letter to U.S. Department of Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo, Under Secretary of Commerce for Oceans and Atmosphere Richard Spinrad, and National Marine Fisheries Service Janet Coit, pushing for a revised proposed rule to the Seafood Import Monitoring Plan (SIMP) current proposal to tackle Illegal, Unregulated, and Unreported (IUU) fishing.