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U.S. Implementation of WTO Turtle/Shrimp Decision

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  10 March 2017

Sean D. Murphy
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Contemporary Practice of the United States Relating to International Law
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American Journal of International Law , Volume 94 , Issue 2 , April 2000 , pp. 361 - 363
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Copyright © American Society of International Law 2000

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References

1 Sean D. Murphy, Contemporary Practice of the United States, 93 AJIL 493 (1999).

2 See Pub. L. No. 101-162, §609, 103 Stat. 988, 1037-38 (1989) (codified at 16 U.S.C. §1537 note (1994)).

3 [Editor’s Note: Sec Revised Guidelines for the Implementation of Section 609 of Public Law 101-162 Relating to the Protection of Sea Turtles in Shrimp Trawl Fishing Operations, 64 Fed. Reg. 36,946 (1999). As of July 1999, 41 foreign states were certified under Sec. 609: Argentina, the Bahamas, Belgium, Belize, Canada, Chile, China, Colombia, Costa Rica, Denmark, the Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Fiji, Finland, Germany, Guatemala, Guyana, Haiti, Honduras, Iceland, Indonesia, Ireland, Jamaica, Mexico, the Netherlands, New Zealand, Nicaragua, Nigeria, Norway, Oman, Panama, Peru, Russia, Sri Lanka, Suriname, Sweden, Thailand, the United Kingdom, Uruguay, and Venezuela. See U.S. Dep’t of State Press Release on Suriname: Sea Turtle Convention and Shrimp Imports (July 2, 1999), available in <http://secretary.state.gov/www/briefings/statements/1999/ps990702a.html>.]

4 [Editor’s Note: Earth Island Inst. v. Christopher, 942 F.Supp. 597 (Ct. Int’l Trade 1996), vacated sub nom. Earth Island Inst. v. Albright, 147 F.3d 1352 (Fed. Cir. 1998).]

5 [Editor’s Note: Inter-American Convention for the Protection and Conservation of Sea Turtles, Dec. 1,1996, S. Treaty Doc. No. 105-48 (1998).]

6 David Balton, Director of the Office of Marine Conservation, U.S. Dep’t of State, Remarks to the Eleventh Annual Judicial Conference of the U.S. Court of International Trade on Social Justice Litigation: The CIT and WTO (Dec. 7,1999), avaikblein <http://www.state.gov/www/policy_remarks/1999/991207_balton_turtles.html>.