Vietnam seafood exports face ‘unprecedented’ challenge with looming US ban

The economic loss could reach $500 million a year, according to VASEP.

NOAA notified Vietnam on Aug. 26, saying it would not grant a “comparability finding” for 12 Vietnamese fisheries because of their fishing methods under the United States Marine Mammal Protection Act (MMPA).
NOAA notified Vietnam on Aug. 26, saying it would not grant a “comparability finding” for 12 Vietnamese fisheries because of their fishing methods under the United States Marine Mammal Protection Act (MMPA).Photo: Norges Sjømatråd
Published 17 September 2025, 07:45Updated 17 September 2025, 10:13
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