NOAA Form 370

The NOAA Form 370, Fisheries Certificate of Origin, is required to accompany all imports of frozen and/or processed tuna products and is to be submitted to U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) at the time of importation.  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.  Incomplete forms may lead to a delay or rejection of the filed paperwork by CBP.

Effective February 12, 2009, the importer of record must within ten 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 (74 FR 8, January 13, 2009, pp. 1607-1620).  Documentation may be sent via mail in either printed or electronic format to:

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.