On 19 January, OCCRP reported that from 7 February, the US will ban Mexican fishing vessels from calling in US ports in the Gulf of Mexico over concerns about illegal fishing. This is said to be due to Mexico’s identification for IUU fishing in 2019 and subsequent negative certification in NOAA Fisheries’ 2021 report for its continued failure to combat unauthorised fishing activities by small-hulled vessels (called lanchas) in US waters.
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