NOAA Form 370
The NOAA Form 370, Fisheries Certificate of Origin, is required to accompany all
imports of frozen and/or processed tuna
products. It is important that all NOAA Form 370s be filled out properly and
completely. In particular, Section 1 of the form asks for the U.S. Customs entry number.
This piece of information should be readily available from the U.S. Customs broker
handling the entry. Each importer is urged to carefully check each form for this number
before it is submitted. Incomplete forms may lead to a delay or rejection of the filed
paperwork by U.S. Customs and Border Protection.
As of May 12, 2005, the importer of record must within thirty days of
the shipment's entry submit a copy of the Fisheries Certificate of Origin and associated
certifications to the tuna tracking and verification program (70
FR 60, April 12, 2005, pp. 19009-19010). Document may be sent via mail in either
printed or electronic format to:
Tuna Tracking & Verification Program
NOAA Fisheries, Southwest Region
P.O. Box 32469
Long Beach, CA 90832-2469 |
In addition, 64 FR 122, June 25, 1999, pp.
34217-34218 identifies Italy as a Large Scale High Seas Driftnet nation. Import
shipments from Italy containing fish and fish products specified in regulations at 50 CFR 216.24(f)(2)(iii) must also be accompanied by
a NOAA Form 370, and an official of the government of Italy must sign and date the high
seas driftnet certification on the form (Box 7) to certify that the fish or fish products
were not harvested using a large scale driftnet on the high seas.
The NOAA Form 370 is in PDF format and can be viewed and printed in Adobe Acrobat
Reader, which can be downloaded below. Instructions for completing the form are found on
page 2 of the form.
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