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Richard Blumenthal: “I am concerned that by enforcing regulations on only one part of the world's seafood supply, the market is really placed…”

On the recordSeptember 26, 2017
I am concerned that by enforcing regulations on only one part of the world's seafood supply, the market is really placed at-risk as a result of fraudulent and illegal activity by leaving space for wrongdoing and perpetrators of seafood fraud and human trafficking--human trafficking is a tremendous threat around the world--to continue illegal activities by harvesting fish outside the rules designated group.
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Richard Blumenthal
Democratic · Connecticut

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Blumenthal expresses concern over seafood fraud and human trafficking risks.

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