Report to Congress Pursuant to the Shark Finning Prohibition Act of 2000 (Public Law 106-557)

By Department of Commerce

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Title:	Report to Congress Pursuant to the Shark Finning Prohibition Act of 2000 (Public Law 106-557)
Author:	Department of Commerce
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Language:	English
Subject:	Government publications, Department of Commerce and Labor Document, Commerce.
Collections:	Government Library Collection, Department of Commerce Collection
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Publisher:	Government Printing Office


Citation APA MLA Chicago Of Commerce, B. D. (n.d.). Report to Congress Pursuant to the Shark Finning Prohibition Act of 2000 (Public Law 106-557). Retrieved from http://gutenberg.cc/

Excerpt
Excerpt: Management Authority in the United States 1.2 Current Management of Sharks in the Atlantic Ocean 1.3 Current Management of Sharks in the Pacific Ocean 1.4 U.S. Regulations to Implement the Shark Finning Prohibition Act 1.5 National Marine Fisheries Service Enforcement Actions Pertaining to the Shark Finning Prohibition Act 2. U.S. Imports and Exports of Shark Fins and Enforcement of the Shark Finning Prohibition Act 2. Exports of Shark Fins 2.2 Imports of Shark Fins...

Table of Contents
Table of Contents: 1. Introduction -- 1.1 Management Authority in the United States -- 1.2 Current Management of Sharks in the Atlantic Ocean -- 1.3 Current Management of Sharks in the Pacific Ocean -- 1.4 U.S. Regulations to Implement the Shark Finning Prohibition Act -- 1.5 National Marine Fisheries Service Enforcement Actions Pertaining to the Shark Finning -- Prohibition Act -- 2. U.S. Imports and Exports of Shark Fins and Enforcement of the Shark Finning Prohibition Act -- 2.1 Exports of Shark Fins -- 2.2 Imports of Shark Fins -- 3. International Efforts to Advance the Goals of the Shark Finning Prohibition Act -- 3.1 Bilateral Efforts -- 3.2 Regional Efforts -- 3.2.1 Northwest Atlantic Fisheries Organization (NAFO) -- 3.2.2 Inter-American Tropical Tunas Commission (IATTC) -- 3.2.3 International Commission for the Conservation of Atlantic Tunas (ICCAT) -- 3.2.4 Multilateral High-Level Conference on the Conservation and Management of Highly -- Migratory Fish Stocks in the Western and Central Pacific (MHLC) -- 3.2.5 South Pacific Tunas Treaty (SPTT) -- 3.2.6 International Council for the Exploration of the Seas (ICES) -- 3.2.7 Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) and the Convention on Migratory Species -- 3.2.8 North Pacific Interim Scientific Committee for Tuna and Tuna-like Species (ISC) -- 3.2.9 Sub-Saharan Africa -- 3.2.10 Department of State's Regional Environmental Hub Program -- 3.3 Multilateral Efforts -- 3.3.1 Food and Agriculture Organizations of the United Nations (FAO), Committee on -- Fisheries (COFI) -- 3.3.2 International Union for the Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources (IUCN) -- 3.3.3 Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Flora and Fauna -- (CITES) -- 4. National Marine Fisheries Service Research on Sharks -- 4.1 Data Collection and Stock Assessments -- 4.2 Incidental Catch Reduction -- 4.3 Post-Release Survival -- 4.4 Education and Outreach -- 4.5 Fishing Capacity -- 5. Conclusion