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The Grenada government Wednesday confirmed that a fisheries ban imposed by the United States has been lifted even as St. George’s acknowledged that there is still more work to be done.
The US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) imposed the ban on fish and fish products because Grenada failed to provide a “comparability finding” under the Marine Mammal Protection Act (MMPA), which requires that foreign fishing operations do not kill or seriously injure marine mammals more often than US vessels.
Grenadian authorities said the ban was a severe blow, impacting over EC$50 million (One EC dollar=US$0.37 cents) in annual exports, primarily yellowfin tuna, which represents a key sector for Grenada’s economy and supports thousands of jobs.
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