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Union Calendar No. 471 

110TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 5741 

[Report No. 110–740] 

To amend the High Seas Driftnet Fishing Moratorium Protection Act and 

the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act to 

improve the conservation of sharks. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

APRIL 9, 2008 

Ms. BORDALLO (for herself, Mr. FALEOMAVAEGA, Mr. ABERCROMBIE, Mr. 

FARR, Mr. PALLONE, Mr. HINCHEY, Mrs. CHRISTENSEN, and Mr. GONZALEZ) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee 

on Natural Resources 

JULY 8, 2008 

Additional sponsors: Mr. WAXMAN, Mr. ALLEN, Mrs. CAPPS, Mr. GILCHREST, 

Mr. GRIJALVA, Mr. INSLEE, and Ms. LEE

JULY 8, 2008 

Reported with an amendment, committed to the Committee of the Whole 

House on the State of the Union, and ordered to be printed 

[Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed in italic] 

[For text of introduced bill, see copy of bill as introduced on April 9, 2008] 

A BILL 

To amend the High Seas Driftnet Fishing Moratorium Protection Act and the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act to improve the conservation 

of sharks. 


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1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Shark Conservation Act 

5 of 2008’’. 

6 SEC. 2. AMENDMENT OF HIGH SEAS DRIFTNET FISHING 

7 MORATORIUM PROTECTION ACT. 

8 Section 610(a) of the High Seas Driftnet Fishing Mor9 atorium Protection Act (16 U.S.C. 1826k(a)) is amended— 

10 (1) by striking so much as precedes paragraph 

11 (1) and inserting the following: 

12 ‘‘(a) IDENTIFICATION.—The Secretary shall identify, 

13 and list in the report under section 607— 

14 ‘‘(1) a nation if—’’; 

15 (2) in paragraph (1) by redesignating subpara16 graphs (A) and (B) as clauses (i) and (ii), respec17 tively; 

18 (3) by redesignating paragraphs (1) through (3) 

19 as subparagraphs (A) through (C), respectively; 

20 (4) by moving subparagraphs (A) through (C) 

21 (as so redesignated) 2 ems to the right; 

22 (5) in subparagraph (C) (as so redesignated) by 

23 striking the period at the end and inserting ‘‘; and’’; 

24 and 

25 (6) by adding at the end the following: 


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1 ‘‘(2) a nation if— 

2 ‘‘(A) fishing vessels of that nation are en3 gaged, or have been engaged during the preceding 

4 calendar year, in fishing activities or practices 

5 that target or incidentally catch sharks; and 

6 ‘‘(B) the nation has not adopted a regu7 latory program to provide for the conservation of 

8 sharks, including measures to prohibit removal 

9 any of the fins of a shark (including the tail) 

10 and discarding the carcass of the shark at sea, 

11 that is comparable to that of the United States, 

12 taking into account different conditions.’’. 

13 SEC. 3. AMENDMENT OF MAGNUSON-STEVENS FISHERY 

14 CONSERVATION AND MANAGEMENT ACT. 

15 Section 307(1) of Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conserva16 tion and Management Act (16 U.S.C. 1857(1)) is amend17 ed— 

18 (1) by amending subparagraph (P) to read as 

19 follows: 

20 ‘‘(P)(i) to remove any of the fins of a shark 

21 (including the tail) at sea; 

22 ‘‘(ii) to have custody, control, or possession 

23 of any shark fin aboard a fishing vessel unless 

24 it is naturally attached to the corresponding car25 cass; 


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1 ‘‘(iii) to transfer any shark fin from one 

2 vessel to another vessel at sea, or to receive any 

3 shark fin in such transfer, without the fin natu4 rally attached to the corresponding carcass; or 

5 ‘‘(iv) to land any shark fin that is not nat6 urally attached to the corresponding carcass, or 

7 to land any shark carcass without the fins (in8 cluding the tail) naturally attached;’’; and 

9 (2) by striking the matter following subpara10 graph (R). 


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Union Calendar No. 471 

110TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 5741 

[Report No. 110

–740] 

A BILL 

To amend the High Seas Driftnet Fishing Moratoimprove the conservation of sharks. Fishery Conservation and Management Act to rium Protection Act and the Magnuson-Stevens 

JULY 8, 2008 

Reported with an amendment, committed to the Comand ordered to be printed mittee of the Whole House on the State of the Union, 


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