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.
- April 19, 2023
- November 8, 2023
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.
- April 6, 2022
- April 19, 2023
- November 8, 2023
Gear Type(s)
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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