International Trade Data Subscription

The National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) Office of International Affairs and Seafood Inspection (OIASI) is requesting the procurement of services for the provision of data pertaining to international trade pertaining to marine seafood product.  Traceability of seafood is the primary focus of the Seafood Import Monitoring Program (SIMP).  In order to assure that persons importing fisheries product to the United States are doing so in accordance with the requirements of SIMP, other NMFS import and export trade monitoring programs and the related regulatory requirements, it is necessary to assure that personnel are equipped with a full suite of international trade information and access to detailed, up-to-date and comprehensive trade data.  The National Marine Fisheries Service monitors trade flow involving more than 70,000 entry fillings of marine fisheries products each month.  The U.S. and NMFS are party to over a dozen multinational Regional Fisheries Management Organizations (RFMO), treaties and conventions which, as party to, obligates the U.S. to assure compliance with the multinational agreements for fisheries trade generated by those entities.  In addition to these obligations there are 21 U.S. laws or statutes that require NMFS to assure numerous requirements directed toward the ultimate sustainability of global marine resources through that legal framework.