[Congressional Bills 110th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H. Con. Res. 94 Engrossed in House (EH)]

  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
110th CONGRESS
  1st Session
H. CON. RES. 94

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                         CONCURRENT RESOLUTION

Whereas nearly 1,000,000,000 people around the world depend on fish as their 
        primary source of dietary protein;
Whereas the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization has found that 75 
        percent of the world's fish populations are currently fully exploited, 
        over exploited, significantly depleted, or recovering from 
        overexploitation;
Whereas scientists have estimated that a significant percentage of big predator 
        fish such as tuna, marlin, and swordfish are gone from the world's 
        oceans as a result of overfishing by foreign fishing fleets;
Whereas the global fishing fleet capacity is estimated to be up to 250 percent 
        greater than is needed to catch what the ocean can sustainably produce;
Whereas the Congress recognized the threat of overfishing to our oceans and 
        economy and therefore included the requirement to end overfishing in the 
        United States by 2011 in the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and 
        Management Reauthorization Act of 2006 (Public Law 109-479);
Whereas the United States Commission on Ocean Policy and the Pew Oceans 
        Commission identified overcapitalization of the global fishing fleets as 
        a major contributor to the decline of economically important fish 
        populations;
Whereas harmful fishing subsidies encourage overcapitalization and overfishing; 
        support destructive fishing practices such as high seas trawling that 
        would not otherwise be economically viable; and amount to billions of 
        dollars annually;
Whereas such subsidies have also been documented to support illegal, 
        unregulated, and unreported fishing, which impacts commercial fisheries 
        in the United States and around the world both economically and 
        ecologically;
Whereas harmful fishing subsidies are concentrated in relatively few countries, 
        putting other fishing countries, including the United States, at an 
        economic disadvantage;
Whereas the United States is a world leader in advancing policies to eliminate 
        harmful fishing subsidies that support overcapacity and promote 
        overfishing; and
Whereas a wide range of countries are currently engaged in historic negotiations 
        to end harmful fishing subsidies that contribute to overcapacity and 
        overfishing: Now, therefore, be it
    Resolved by the House of Representatives (the Senate concurring),  
That the United States should continue to promote the elimination of 
harmful fishing subsidies that lead to--
            (1) overcapitalization;
            (2) overfishing; and
            (3) illegal, unregulated, and unreported fishing.

            Passed the House of Representatives June 5, 2007.

            Attest:

                                                                 Clerk.
110th CONGRESS

  1st Session

                            H. CON. RES. 94

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                         CONCURRENT RESOLUTION

     Encouraging the elimination of harmful fishing subsidies that 
 contribute to overcapacity in commercial fishing fleets worldwide and 
          that lead to the overfishing of global fish stocks.