A resolution expressing the sense of the Senate that the United States should promote the adoption of, and the United Nations should adopt, a resolution at its October meeting to protect the living resources of the high seas from destructive, illegal, unreported, and unregulated fishing practices.

Bill: 109-sres-610
Sponsor: Sen. Stevens, Ted [R-AK]
Introduced: 2006-09-29 in the Senate
Policy area: International Affairs
Subjects: Environmental Protection
Fishery agreements
Fishery management
Fishing boats
Habitat conservation
Marine and coastal resources, fisheries
Marine ecology
Marine resources conservation
Overfishing
Public Lands and Natural Resources
Sustainable fisheries
United Nations

Summary:
action_date: 2006-09-29
text: 
Expresses the sense of the Senate that the United States: (1) should continue to demonstrate international leadership regarding the conservation and sustainable use of high seas living marine resources by promoting adoption of a resolution at this year's U.N. General Assembly calling on all nations to prohibit destructive fishing activity in areas where there are no applicable conservation or management measures or in areas with no applicable international fishery management organizations or agreements until conservation and management measures consistent with the Magnuson-Stevens Act, the United Nations Fish Stocks Agreement, and other relevant instruments are implemented; and (2) calls upon U.N. member nations to adopt a resolution to protect the living resources of the high seas from destructive fishing practices.

action_date: 2006-12-06
text: 

(This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary of that version is repeated here.)

 
Expresses the sense of the Senate that the United States: (1) should continue to demonstrate international leadership regarding the conservation and sustainable use of high seas living marine resources by promoting adoption of a resolution at this year's U.N. General Assembly calling on all nations to prohibit destructive fishing activity in areas where there are no applicable conservation or management measures or in areas with no applicable international fishery management organizations or agreements until conservation and management measures consistent with the Magnuson-Stevens Act, the United Nations Fish Stocks Agreement, and other relevant instruments are implemented; and (2) calls upon U.N. member nations to adopt a resolution to protect the living resources of the high seas from destructive fishing practices.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2006-12-06
text: Resolution agreed to in Senate without amendment and with a preamble by Unanimous Consent. (text: CR 12/7/2006 S11388-11389)
action_date: 2006-12-06
text: Passed/agreed to in Senate: Resolution agreed to in Senate without amendment and with a preamble by Unanimous Consent.(text: CR 12/7/2006 S11388-11389)
action_date: 2006-12-06
text: Senate Committee on Foreign Relations discharged by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR 12/7/2006 S11388-11389)
action_date: 2006-12-06
text: Senate Committee on Foreign Relations discharged by Unanimous Consent.(consideration: CR 12/7/2006 S11388-11389)
action_date: 2006-09-30
text: Referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations. (text of measure as introduced:  CR S10757-10758)
action_date: 2006-09-29
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S10758)
action_date: 2006-09-29
text: Introduced in Senate