Identifier
Created
Classification
Origin
09BRASILIA651
2009-05-21 19:53:00
UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY
Embassy Brasilia
Cable title:
BRAZIL: TURTLE/SHRIMP 2009 CERTIFICATION UNDER
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UNCLAS BRASILIA 000651
SENSITIVE
SIPDIS
OES/OMC FOR J.HOGAN
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: SENV EFIN ETRD BR
SUBJECT: BRAZIL: TURTLE/SHRIMP 2009 CERTIFICATION UNDER
PUBLIC LAW 101-162- MEDIA NOTE DELIVERED
REF: STATE 45122
(U) THIS CABLE IS SENSITIVE BUT UNCLASSIFIED AND NOT FOR INTERNET
DISTRIBUTION.
UNCLAS BRASILIA 000651
SENSITIVE
SIPDIS
OES/OMC FOR J.HOGAN
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: SENV EFIN ETRD BR
SUBJECT: BRAZIL: TURTLE/SHRIMP 2009 CERTIFICATION UNDER
PUBLIC LAW 101-162- MEDIA NOTE DELIVERED
REF: STATE 45122
(U) THIS CABLE IS SENSITIVE BUT UNCLASSIFIED AND NOT FOR INTERNET
DISTRIBUTION.
1. (SBU) On May 18, 2009, the Deputy Chief of Mission provided both
the head of Brazil's Secretariat for Aquaculture and Fishing (SEAP)
(which is a unit within the Presidency and separate from the
Agriculture Ministry) Altemir Gregolin and the Ministry of Exterior
Relations' (MRE) Director of the Department for the Environment and
Special Themes Luis Alberto Figueiredo Machado with a copy of the
May 4 Media Note contained in REFTEL. That Media Note concerned
Public Law 101-162 and the protection of sea turtles from harmful
shrimp fishing practices. In pertinent part, the Media Note states
that "[i]f shrimp products are from a non-certified country [such as
Brazil], a government official of the harvesting nation must also
certify the shrimp was caught without harming sea turtles. . . .
However, the Department of State must determine in advance that a
country wishing to use this exception has in place an enforcement
and catch segregation system for making such individual shipment
certifications. Presently, only Brazil and Australia have shown
that they have a system in place for specific fisheries."
2. (SBU) This information was also provided to Francisco Osvaldo
Barbosa, International Affairs Advisor for SEAP; Fernando Lyrio,
Head of the Office for International Affairs for the Ministry of the
Environment; Maria Ines Miranda, Advisor to the president for the
Brazilian EPA (IBAMA); and Fernando Coimbra, the MRE' Director of
the Division for the Environment.
KUBISKE
SENSITIVE
SIPDIS
OES/OMC FOR J.HOGAN
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: SENV EFIN ETRD BR
SUBJECT: BRAZIL: TURTLE/SHRIMP 2009 CERTIFICATION UNDER
PUBLIC LAW 101-162- MEDIA NOTE DELIVERED
REF: STATE 45122
(U) THIS CABLE IS SENSITIVE BUT UNCLASSIFIED AND NOT FOR INTERNET
DISTRIBUTION.
1. (SBU) On May 18, 2009, the Deputy Chief of Mission provided both
the head of Brazil's Secretariat for Aquaculture and Fishing (SEAP)
(which is a unit within the Presidency and separate from the
Agriculture Ministry) Altemir Gregolin and the Ministry of Exterior
Relations' (MRE) Director of the Department for the Environment and
Special Themes Luis Alberto Figueiredo Machado with a copy of the
May 4 Media Note contained in REFTEL. That Media Note concerned
Public Law 101-162 and the protection of sea turtles from harmful
shrimp fishing practices. In pertinent part, the Media Note states
that "[i]f shrimp products are from a non-certified country [such as
Brazil], a government official of the harvesting nation must also
certify the shrimp was caught without harming sea turtles. . . .
However, the Department of State must determine in advance that a
country wishing to use this exception has in place an enforcement
and catch segregation system for making such individual shipment
certifications. Presently, only Brazil and Australia have shown
that they have a system in place for specific fisheries."
2. (SBU) This information was also provided to Francisco Osvaldo
Barbosa, International Affairs Advisor for SEAP; Fernando Lyrio,
Head of the Office for International Affairs for the Ministry of the
Environment; Maria Ines Miranda, Advisor to the president for the
Brazilian EPA (IBAMA); and Fernando Coimbra, the MRE' Director of
the Division for the Environment.
KUBISKE