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

Initially Adopted

  • January 23, 2012

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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3.1 Sharks

3.1(a) Shark-Finning Policy

3.1(b) Prohibition of Transactions with Shark-Finning Vessels

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3.2 Large-Scale Pelagic Driftnets Prohibition

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3.3 Full Retention of Tunas

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3.4 Skipper Best Practices

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3.5 Transactions with Vessels that Use Only Non-entangling FADs

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3.6 Transactions with Vessels Implementing Best Practices for Sharks, Sea Turtles and Seabirds

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3.7 Transactions with Vessels or Companies with Vessel-Based FAD Management Policies

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