U.S. maintains ban on Costa Rican shrimp buying

The United States maintains an embargo on shrimp exports from Costa Rica to the United States by bad fishing practices that cause the killing of turtles.

The environmental organization Programa Restauracion de Tortugas Marinas (Pretoma), a Costa Rican non-profit NGO that was founded in 1997, says that the embargo will continue, according to the 7490 Public Release of the Department of State, on 27 May, in compliance with Section 609 of Public Law 101-162.
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