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3.1(c) Prohibition of Transactions with Companies without a Public Policy Prohibiting Shark Finning

Effective

  • September 1, 2012
  • 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.

    December 31, 2022
  • April 19, 2023
  • November 8, 2023

Adopted

  • January 23, 2012

Amended

  • October 20, 2015
  • 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.

    July 27, 2021
  • April 6, 2022
  • April 19, 2023
  • November 8, 2023

Gear Type(s)

All Gear Types
This measure also applies to the PVR

Processors, traders, importers, transporters, marketers and others involved in the seafood industry shall not conduct transactions with companies that do not have a public policy prohibiting shark finning and requiring sharks be landed with fins naturally attached, if retained. For the purposes of this measure a policy is “public” if it is published on the company’s website or is otherwise available to the general public.

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