{"id":22163,"date":"2025-04-01T09:45:15","date_gmt":"2025-04-01T09:45:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.selinawamucii.com\/news\/?p=22163"},"modified":"2025-04-01T09:50:20","modified_gmt":"2025-04-01T09:50:20","slug":"chilean-sea-bass-to-get-costlier-after-u-s-judge-upholds-import-ban","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.selinawamucii.com\/news\/2025\/04\/01\/chilean-sea-bass-to-get-costlier-after-u-s-judge-upholds-import-ban\/","title":{"rendered":"Chilean sea bass to get costlier after U.S. judge upholds import ban"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Sourced from the world\u2019s end, the expensive Chilean sea bass could get dearer after a federal judge backed a 2022 import ban.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Judge David Leibowitz of Florida on April 1, 2025 ruled against<\/u><\/a> Southern Cross Seafoods from Texas which had lodged the anti-ban case in 2022.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The United States banned all shipments from a sustainable region near Chile following refusal by Russia in 2021 to set international catch limits.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Russia\u2019s decision derailed 40-year conservation efforts by the 26-member Commission on the Conservation of Antarctic Marine Living Resources (CCAMLR).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Reactions by CCAMLR signatories included the U.S.\u2019 choice to bar imports while the UK continued fishing its previous quota. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cEconomic Blow\u201d<\/strong><\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

The fishing industry, which prides in the economic returns of the lucrative fish, now expects seafood inflation<\/u><\/a> after the latest ruling. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Although actually a toothfish from the cold regions of Patagonia, this fish lands on American plates as \u201cChilean sea bass.\u201d Its buttery white meat and savory flavor add to a price tag that mostly owes to its survival status. \u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Since Chile\u2019s businessmen first marketed it<\/u><\/a> and the nickname stuck, sustainable Chilean sea bass has been retailing from $30 a pound. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

But as the United States also sources from non-CCAMLR waters, domestic rates sometimes fall within ordinary sea bass\u2019 price range<\/u><\/a>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

For affordability, frozen seafood stores sell the fish in portions of 5 to 6 ounces, an accessible range. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ban or not, the United States has traditionally represented 15 to 20% of the worldwide imports of the species. This portion does not count illegal hauls, as the statistics below reveal.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

United States\u2019 Chilean Sea Bass\/Patagonian Toothfish Statistics <\/strong><\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Worldwide Patagonian toothfish, which includes \u201cChilean sea bass,\u201d comes from near Antarctica, the Indian Ocean and the southwestern Atlantic. At over 50,000 tonnes<\/u><\/a> annually, as of 1999, the United States is the second biggest importer of Patagonian toothfish (Dissostichus eleginoides<\/em>).    <\/p>\n\n\n\n

How much Chilean sea bass does the U.S. import<\/strong>? <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Of the\u00a016,000 tonnes\u00a0<\/u><\/a>of Chilean sea bass that the world harvested legally in 2000, the U.S. shipped in 20%. This amount excludes Chilean sea bass from illegal fisheries and Patagonian toothfish from other sources. \u00a0In the 2000s, the United States averaged\u00a010,000 tonnes<\/u><\/a>\u00a0in import volumes or 15% of the worldwide landings for this regional species. Illegal imports however could have been twice that amount, according to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA).\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

What is the historical import<\/strong> volume<\/strong> of Patagonian sea bass from Chile and elsewhere by the U.S.<\/strong>? <\/p>\n\n\n\n

According to the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), Chile exported 95.4% of the global toothfish quantities between 1985 and 2000. The overseas territories of Australia and France, among others, provided the remainder. According to one database by Fishstat+, courtesy of FAO, the United States imported\u00a0less than 10,000 tonnes<\/u><\/a>\u00a0of Patagonian toothfish annually, before 2000. A rival database by the European Union (EU), also on FAO, brings the U.S\u2019 imports to over 50,000 tonnes per year. Only Japan imported more over the period, at\u00a0over 200,000 tonnes<\/u><\/a>\u00a0per year due to nearness to sources.\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Sourced from the world\u2019s end, the expensive Chilean sea bass could get dearer after a federal judge backed a 2022 import ban.\u00a0 Judge David Leibowitz of Florida on April 1, 2025 ruled against Southern Cross Seafoods from Texas which had lodged the anti-ban case in 2022.   The United States banned all shipments from a sustainable region…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":22164,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[2],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"\nChilean sea bass to get costlier after U.S. judge upholds import ban - Selina Wamucii | Food & Agriculture News<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.selinawamucii.com\/news\/2025\/04\/01\/chilean-sea-bass-to-get-costlier-after-u-s-judge-upholds-import-ban\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Chilean sea bass to get costlier after U.S. judge upholds import ban - 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