California Seafood Exports
In order to export non live fish and seafood products to the people s republic of china establishments who process fish and cold storage warehouses who store and handle these products as part of the supply chain for export to that country are required to appear on the list of canadian establishments approved for export to the people s republic of china xlsx 72 kb.
California seafood exports. Agrifood and seafood international export highlights 2017 in 2017 b c. Atlantic canada is on the doorstep of the entire north american market connected by a four lane highway that includes the trans canada highway and the northern terminus of u s. Importing food products into the united states. Noaa fisheries has revoked comparability findings under the import provisions of the marine mammal protection act for several mexican fisheries within the range of the vaquita in the upper gulf of california.
California anchovies engraulis mordax california squid loligo opalescens corvina microstomus pacificus giant squid dosidicus gigas pacific hake pacific whiting merluccius productus. Value of canada s fish and seafood exports to the us canada s largest export destination by value was 4 27b1 accounting for 62 per cent of total canadian fish and seafood exports by value. Exported 3 9 billion worth of agrifood and seafood products to 157 markets. Fda s import program ensures the safety of food imported into the united states.
The value of agrifood product exports rose by more than five per. When it comes to shipping by sea atlantic canada has the rest of north america beat. The value of british columbia agrifood and seafood international exports increased over two per cent 94 million in 2017. About atlantic canada exports.
Cal fish exports is a los angeles based company that exports and provides export related services for california fish and seafood products. The fish seafood and production division fspd is responsible for facilitating access to international fish and seafood markets by negotiating agreements with trading partners identifying export requirements for key import countries certifying that fish and seafood exports are safe and acceptable for human consumption and providing technical assistance to resolve trade disruptions where. Effective april 3 2020 this action expands the current import restrictions on shrimp curvina sierra and chano fish and fish products caught in the upper gulf of california with. Canadian fish and seafood export value to the us remained almost the same as in 2017 with less than a 1 per cent decrease 34m.