Effective
- September 1, 2012
- December 31, 2022
Effective December 31, 2022
The July 27, 2021, amendment added a fins naturally attached requirement.
This change is effective December 31, 2022, for all gear types.
The text of the measure that you see on this page is current and complete. For details on how participating companies will be audited on this measure, see the audit protocol.
Adopted
- January 23, 2012
Amended
- October 20, 2015
- July 27, 2021
Amended July 27, 2021
The July 27, 2021, amendment added a fins naturally attached requirement.
This change is effective December 31, 2022, for all gear types.
The text of the measure that you see on this page is current and complete. For details on how participating companies will be audited on this measure, see the audit protocol.
Gear Type(s)
Processors, traders, importers, transporters and others involved in the seafood industry shall not conduct transactions with vessels that carry out shark finning and/or do not land all sharks with fins naturally attached, if retained.
For the purpose of determining if a vessel is conducting shark finning and/or has not landed all sharks with fins naturally attached, if retained, processors, traders, importers, transporters, marketers and others involved in the seafood industry will rely upon the publicly available conclusions of investigations conducted by the RFMOs or national governments. After a period of 2 years from the date of the conclusion of the investigation, processors, traders, importers, transporters, marketers and others involved in the seafood industry can resume transactions with those vessels identified above, provided the vessels are not involved in further incidents.
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