Identifier
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07BRASILIA288
2007-02-16 18:12:00
UNCLASSIFIED
Embassy Brasilia
Cable title:  

TEDS VISIT BY REO SUCCESSFUL

Tags:  SENV ETRD XR BR 
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E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: SENV ETRD XR BR
SUBJECT: TEDS VISIT BY REO SUCCESSFUL

UNCLAS BRASILIA 000288

SIPDIS

SIPDIS

DEPT FOR OES/OMC:CSTANGER

E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: SENV ETRD XR BR
SUBJECT: TEDS VISIT BY REO SUCCESSFUL


1. On February 14-15 the Regional Environmental Officer (Hub) for
South America traveled to Belem at the start of the shrimping season
to work with the GOB inspectors as they conducted their annual
pre-season TEDs verification check. During the last Turtle Excluder
Device (TEDs) verification visit by the Department of State and
National Marine Fisheries Service in November and December, 2006,
the US team had several concerns about the efficacy of the Brasilian
TEDs program, in particular the level of training of the inspectors.
Efforts by DOS, NMFS, and the Regional Environmental Officer (Hub)
for South America in providing training materials to these local
inspectors resulted in an increased understanding of GOB TEDs
regulations by the GOB inspectors and a program that is comparable
in effectiveness to the U.S. program.


2. Vigilance and training are the cornerstones of effective TEDs
programs in the United States as well as other countries. Info
addresses who wish to have copies of the training materials so that
they can make them available to host government fisheries inspection
and enforcement units should contact the regional environmental Hub
in Brasilia.

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