The “Reimagining SIMP” workshops in February and May brought together over 75 stakeholders from the U.S. government, the fishing industry, customs brokers, environmental and labor NGOs, and traceability technology providers to have an open and honest conversation about SIMP. The first workshop explored what a successful traceability-based import control program for seafood could look like and the second workshop explored how to optimize an improved and expanded SIMP. With a comprehensive summary of the discussion and key ideas raised during these two workshops, we ask, “what now?”
Read the Reimagining SIMP reports from Workshop I and Workshop II.
Featured Speakers
Janet Coit, Assistant Administrator, NOAA Fisheries, U.S. Department of Commerce
Emily Menashes, Deputy Assistant Administrator for Operations for NOAA Fisheries
Panelists
Alexa Cole, Director, Office of International Affairs, Trade, and Commerce, NOAA Fisheries
Kristi Grant, NTLEX for the U.S. Food and Drug Administration
Virginia McPherson, Civil Enforcement Director, Office of Trade, U.S. Customs and Border Protection
Anne Zollner, Division Chief, Trade Policy and Negotiations, U.S. Department of Labor
Moderators
Sally Yozell, Director, Environmental Security Program, The Stimson Center
Carolyn Gruber, Fellow and Deputy Director, Environmental Security Program, the Stimson Center
Sara Lewis, Director of Programs, FishWise