50 CFR § 600.1200-600.1203 - Magnuson-Stevens Act Provisions - Shark Fin Removal, Possession, Transfer and Landing.

This Subpart of Part 600 of the Code of Federal Regulations governs the removal of shark fins and discarding of the carcass, the possession of shark fins, and the landing into U.S. ports of shark fins without corresponding carcasses under the authority of the Magnuson-Stevens Act. The Regulations implement the Shark Finning Prohibition Act of 2000. They prohibit, among other things: (a) engaging in shark finning (in waters shoreward of the outer boundary of the U.S. EEZ by a foreign fishing vessel and in waters seaward of the inner boundary of the EEZ by a U.S. fishing vessel); (b) possessing shark fins without the corresponding carcasses while on board a U.S. fishing vessel; (c) landing of shark fins without the corresponding carcasses; (d) failing to have all shark fins and carcasses from a U.S. or foreign fishing vessel landed at one time and weighed at the time of the landing;(e) Possessing, purchasing, offering for sale, or selling shark fins taken, landed, or possessed in violation of this Subpart.