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NMFS Extends Grace Period for New Seafood ACE Filing Requirements Until April 9

The National Marine Fisheries Service is extending by an additional two days a grace period for new filing requirements on high-risk seafood imports (see 1712190028), CBP said in a CSMS message. Originally set to end April 7 (see 1802080025), NMFS…

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is extending the “informed compliance period” for Seafood Import Monitoring Program ACE filing requirements until April 9 “to establish its conclusion on a weekday.” The extension “was determined to be in the best interest of trade and NMFS,” allowing “more resource availability of NMFS and CBP support personnel to confer with and assist trade should there be any release issues,” the CSMS message said. “Beginning April 9, filings for products flagged for NMFS SIM (NM8) data, with no SIMP data, that are incomplete, or that contain erroneous SIM PGA data, must be corrected before they will be accepted.”