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United States Extends Ban on Shark Finning to Pacific Ocean

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NOAA 2/2/2002- The federal ban on shark finning has been extended to the Pacific Ocean by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's National Marine Fisheries Service, an agency of the U.S. Department of Commerce. The new regulations, effective March 13, 2002, implement the Shark Finning Prohibition Act of 2000. The regulations make it unlawful for any federally regulated fishing vessel to carry or land shark fins without the entire shark carcass.

This prohibition on shark finning in the Pacific Ocean will immediately reduce waste of shark meat and will also prohibit foreign vessels from landing fins in U.S. ports without corresponding shark carcasses.

"Today's action is another indicator of this Administration's commitment to the conservation of marine resources," said retired Navy Vice Admiral Conrad C. Lautenbacher, Jr., under secretary of commerce for oceans and atmosphere.

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