S. 1372 · 117th Congress
Sustainable Shark Fisheries and Trade Act of 2021
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This bill addresses the conservation and management of sharks.
What it does: CRS summary · Introduced in Senate · Apr 27, 2021
Sustainable Shark Fisheries and Trade Act of 2021
This bill addresses the conservation and management of sharks.
The bill prohibits the importation into the United States of shark products from a nation that does not have measures to provide for the conservation and management of sharks and measures to prohibit shark finning (the removal of a shark's fins, including the tail, and discarding the remainder of the shark at sea) that are comparable to those of the United States. The bill includes exceptions to this prohibition for law enforcement, subsistence purposes, education, conservation, or scientific research.
The Department of Commerce must certify nations with protections for sharks that are comparable to those of the United States.
Commerce must revise its regulations to include rays and skates as species that are subject to the Seafood Import Monitoring Program. (The Seafood Import Monitoring Program has data reporting and recordkeeping requirements for imported fish or fish products entering U.S. commerce.)
Written by the nonpartisan Congressional Research Service. All summary versions on Congress.gov
About this bill and sources
Official title: Sustainable Shark Fisheries and Trade Act of 2021
Latest action (Apr 27, 2021): Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
Policy area: Animals · Origin: Senate · Introduced: Apr 27, 2021
Official page on Congress.gov · Bill text (GovInfo) · Status record (XML)
No recorded floor vote found.