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Viewing cable 09BRASILIA651, BRAZIL: TURTLE/SHRIMP 2009 CERTIFICATION UNDER

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Reference ID Created Released Classification Origin
09BRASILIA651 2009-05-21 19:53 2011-07-11 00:00 UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY Embassy Brasilia 
VZCZCXRO0371
RR RUEHRG
DE RUEHBR #0651 1411953
ZNR UUUUU ZZH
R 211953Z MAY 09
FM AMEMBASSY BRASILIA
TO RUEHC/SECSTATE WASHDC 4350
INFO RUEHSO/AMCONSUL SAO PAULO 4090
RUEHRI/AMCONSUL RIO DE JANEIRO 7762
RUEHRG/AMCONSUL RECIFE 9559
RUCPDOC/DEPT OF COMMERCE WASHDC
RUEHRC/DEPT OF AGRICULTURE WASHDC
 
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. 
 
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