Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Shark Conservation Act 
of 2008’’. 
SEC. 2. AMENDMENT OF HIGH SEAS DRIFTNET FISHING 
MORATORIUM PROTECTION ACT. 
Section 610(a) of the High Seas Driftnet Fishing Mor-
atorium Protection Act (16 U.S.C. 1826k(a)) is amended— 
(1) by striking so much as precedes paragraph 
(1) and inserting the following: 
‘‘(a) IDENTIFICATION.—The Secretary shall identify, 
and list in the report under section 607— 
‘‘(1) a nation if—’’; 
(2) in paragraph (1) by redesignating subpara-
graphs (A) and (B) as clauses (i) and (ii), respec-
tively; 
(3) by redesignating paragraphs (1) through (3) 
as subparagraphs (A) through (C), respectively; 
(4) by moving subparagraphs (A) through (C) 
(as so redesignated) 2 ems to the right; 
(5) in subparagraph (C) (as so redesignated) by 
striking the period at the end and inserting ‘‘; and’’; 
and 
(6) by adding at the end the following: 
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‘‘(2) a nation if— 
‘‘(A) fishing vessels of that nation are en-
gaged, or have been engaged during the preceding 
calendar year, in fishing activities or practices 
that target or incidentally catch sharks; and 
‘‘(B) the nation has not adopted a regu-
latory program to provide for the conservation of 
sharks, including measures to prohibit removal 
any of the fins of a shark (including the tail) 
and discarding the carcass of the shark at sea, 
that is comparable to that of the United States, 
taking into account different conditions.’’. 
SEC. 3. AMENDMENT OF MAGNUSON-STEVENS FISHERY 
CONSERVATION AND MANAGEMENT ACT. 
Section 307(1) of Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conserva-
tion and Management Act (16 U.S.C. 1857(1)) is amend-
ed— 
(1) by amending subparagraph (P) to read as 
follows: 
‘‘(P)(i) to remove any of the fins of a shark 
(including the tail) at sea; 
‘‘(ii) to have custody, control, or possession 
of any shark fin aboard a fishing vessel unless 
it is naturally attached to the corresponding car-
cass; 
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‘‘(iii) to transfer any shark fin from one 
vessel to another vessel at sea, or to receive any 
shark fin in such transfer, without the fin natu-
rally attached to the corresponding carcass; or 
‘‘(iv) to land any shark fin that is not nat-
urally attached to the corresponding carcass, or 
to land any shark carcass without the fins (in-
cluding the tail) naturally attached;’’; and 
(2) by striking the matter following subpara-
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 Morato-
rium Protection Act and the Magnuson-Stevens 
Fishery Conservation and Management Act to 
improve the conservation of sharks. 
JULY 8, 2008 
Reported with an amendment, committed to the Com-
mittee of the Whole House on the State of the Union, 
and ordered to be printed 
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