[Congressional Bills 110th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 3231 Introduced in Senate (IS)]







110th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                S. 3231

 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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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                              July 8, 2008

   Mr. Kerry introduced the following bill; which was read twice and 
   referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation

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                                 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.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives 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. IMPROVED CONSERVATION OF SHARKS.

    (a) Amendment of High Seas Driftnet Fishing Moratorium Protection 
Act.--Section 610(a) of the High Seas Driftnet Fishing Moratorium 
Protection Act (16 U.S.C. 1826k(a)) is amended--
            (1) in paragraph (1), by redesignating subparagraphs (A) 
        and (B) as clauses (i) and (ii), respectively;
            (2) by redesignating paragraphs (1) through (3) as 
        subparagraphs (A) through (C), respectively;
            (3) by striking the matter preceding subparagraph (A), as 
        redesignated by paragraph (2) of this section, and inserting 
        the following:
    ``(a) Identification.--The Secretary shall identify, and list in 
the report under section 607--
            ``(1) a nation if--'';
            (4) in paragraph (1)(C), as so redesignated by paragraph 
        (2) of this section, by striking the period at the end and 
        inserting ``; or''; and
            (5) by adding at the end the following:
            ``(2) a nation if--
                    ``(A) fishing vessels of that nation are engaged, 
                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 regulatory 
                program to provide for the conservation of sharks, 
                including measures to prohibit any removal 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.''.
    (b) Amendment of Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and 
Management Act.--Section 307(1) of Magnuson-Stevens Fishery 
Conservation and Management Act (16 U.S.C. 1857(1)) is amended--
            (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 carcass;
                    ``(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 naturally attached to 
                the corresponding carcass; or
                    ``(iv) to land any shark fin that is not naturally 
                attached to the corresponding carcass, or to land any 
                shark carcass without the fins (including the tail) 
                naturally attached;''; and
            (2) by striking the matter following subparagraph (R).
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