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Dear Minister Collins,

I am writing to express my support for the implementation of the Measures to prevent the importation of illegal, unreported and unregulated seafood, known familiarly as the draft IUU seafood imports framework. I understand that the framework is under consideration by the Albanese Government.

In Australia, 65% of seafood we eat is imported. Yet Australia currently has no laws that prevent the import and sale of unethical, destructive or exploitative wild-caught or farmed seafood. There are no requirements to trace seafood back to the point of catch, which leaves Australian consumers in the dark. Internationally, there is a growing movement to ensure that seafood imported into countries is subject to stronger rules to close markets to illegal, unreported or unregulated (IUU) seafood. It is essential that this ambition is delivered upon, to avoid Australia from becoming a dumping ground for seafood produced through IUU fishing.

I congratulate DAFF for exploring the development of the framework over the past few years. Now it’s time to use those learnings and implement the framework in order to keep dodgy seafood out of Australia.

I urge you to push for the government to deliver a robust and ambitious framework to achieve the following:

- Strengthen the transparency and traceability in domestic and imported seafood
- Expand the framework to address fisheries and supply chains at risk of human rights abuses
- Stop fraud and mislabelling throughout the supply chain and strengthen seafood labelling laws to include the species, its origin and how it was caught or farmed.

Australians deserve to know what they’re eating. It is critical that Australia cleans up our seafood imports, and you have the power to get this critical work over the line.

Thank you!

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In Australia, 65% of seafood we eat is imported.

Yet Australia currently has no laws that prevent the import and sale of unethical, destructive or exploitative wild-caught or farmed seafood.

There are no requirements to verify where our seafood comes from, which leaves Aussies in the dark.

Over the past few years, the Australian Government has been developing a framework to ensure that imported seafood undergoes more scrutiny at the border.

The government’s framework was due to be released last year, but has been delayed. Without new laws, Australia risks becoming a dumping ground for seafood from IUU fishing.

We need to know where our seafood is coming from to prevent the import of products of illegal, unreported and unregulated (IUU) fishing – which damages our oceans.

It is now time to get these critical changes across the line.

We’re calling on the Australian Government to deliver, and keep dodgy seafood out of Australia.

Yet Australia currently has no laws that prevent the import and sale of unethical, destructive or exploitative wild-caught or farmed seafood.

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