Briefing to the Japanese government on concerns over seafood products associated with illegal, unreported and unregulated fishing and human trafficking

Two of the acts are related to tuna import, namely the Foreign Exchange and Foreign Trade Control Act and the Act on Special Measures for the Enhancement of Conservation and Management of Tuna Resources. [...] The purpose of the Foreign Exchange Act is to ensure international transactions are conducted appropriately, and international agreements are implemented properly in Japan.7 The competent authorities of the act are the Ministry of Finance (MoF) and the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI). [...] The Act on Ensuring the Proper Domestic Distribution and Importation of Specified Aquatic Animals and Plants In 2020, due to increasing international pressure for Japan to plays its part in preventing the import of illegally caught seafood, the MAFF further introduced the Act on Ensuring the Proper Domestic Distribution and Importation of Specified Aquatic Animals and Plants (in Japan, it is often. [...] A given species is suggested for listing by the Task Force for the Scheme of Ensuring the Proper Distribution of Fishery Products (the Task Force), a special task force formed by MAFF to develop and implement the Fisheries Products Distribution Act.14 The Fisheries Products Distribution Act requires the Task Force to consult the Fisheries Policy Council, a government advisory body under the MAFF r. [...] Despite the government requiring some information, the current legal framework only mandates disclosures about the origin of the product or the flag of the vessels that harvested it through the Food Labelling Act, and it only applies to products sold in supermarkets.