David E. Frulla
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Kelley Drye has one of the nation’s foremost multidisciplinary practices in the area of marine fisheries and resource management.
The firm brings together an excellent skillset in fisheries litigation, regulatory procedure and government relations. Our fisheries practice attorneys are part of a team of seasoned lobbyists, as well as economists, public relations professionals and other attorneys with expertise of particular value to commercial fishing businesses.
We combine in-depth industry knowledge with a full-service law firm specializing in areas of key importance to global fishing businesses. In addition to fishery and marine resource conservation and management, our team handles matters involving international trade and customs, trade regulation, food and drug law, food safety, cross-border transactional counseling and negotiation, arbitration and business law.
Kelley Drye’s Fisheries practice group is capable of assisting domestic and international commercial fishing-related businesses in a variety of ways, including:
Our clients include fishermen’s associations in some of the highest-volume and highest-value fisheries in America; vertically integrated multinational fishing companies; and large aquaculture and canning businesses.
Kelley Drye is also experienced in a range of international maritime and fisheries issues, including the U.S. cabotage laws and emerging ballast water treatment requirements; regimes for monitoring food safety, country of origin labeling and “illegal, unregulated, and unreported” harvests; and treatment of fish and fish products in regional and multilateral trade regimes and talks.
We often work with a wide range of world-class fisheries scientists located in South Africa, New Zealand, Canada and the United States. Often the best approach to emerging-resource and protected-resource issues is to move proactively to confront problems with a reasonable, science-based and industry-driven response. Utilizing these resources, these contacts have helped other clients surmount a wide range of fisheries management challenges.
This unique combination of talents enables Kelley Drye to help commercial fishing businesses navigate the complex web of national and international management agencies, treaty organizations, trade laws and transactional nuances that is the key to success in this global industry.
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