

The Seafood Import Monitoring Program, or SIMP, establishes the reporting and recordkeeping requirements needed to prevent illegal, unreported, and unregulated fishing and/or misrepresented seafood from entering U.S. commerce. SIMP provides updated harmonized tariff schedule codes, three alpha codes, and catch certificate forms.
Contact U.S. Customs and Border Protection for any questions on selecting harmonized tariff schedule codes.
Harmonized tariff schedule codes are available for download in PDF and Excel file formats.
The three alpha code list includes the species that require the full set of SIMP records.
Three alpha codes are available for download in PDF and Excel file formats.
The Model Catch Certificate form is used for recording harvest events, both wild-capture and aquaculture. This form consists of the following parts:
The model catch certificate form is available for download in several languages.
The model aggregated catch certificate form is used for recording harvest events, both wild-capture and aquaculture. This form consists of two parts—the justification for data elements and format for electronic reporting and the certificate for traceability harvest and landing receipt for small-scale harvest events.
The model aggregated catch certificate form is available for download in several languages.