Shark Finning Prohibition Act

Shark Finning Prohibition Act
Long title	An Act to amend the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act to eliminate the wasteful and unsportsmanlike practice of shark finning.
Acronyms (colloquial)	SFPA
Enacted by	the 106th United States Congress
Citations
Public law	Pub. L. 106–557 (text) (PDF)
Statutes at Large	114 Stat. 2772
Codification
Acts amended	Magnuson–Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act
Titles amended	16 U.S.C.
U.S.C. sections amended	1857
Legislative history
	Introduced in the House of Representatives as H.R. 5461 by Duke Cunningham (R–CA) on October 12, 2000; Committee consideration by House Committee on Natural Resources, Subcommittee on Fisheries, Wildlife, Oceans and Insular Affairs; Passed the House on October 30, 2000 (voice vote ); Passed the Senate on December 7, 2000 (Unanimous Consent ); Signed into law by President Bill Clinton on December 21, 2000 ;
Major amendments
	Shark Conservation Act of 2009

The Shark Finning Prohibition Act was signed into law by Bill Clinton on December 21, 2000. It had forbidden finning by any vessels in the U.S. Exclusive Economic Zone (up to 200 nautical miles (370 km; 230 mi) offshore), and possession of fins by any U.S.-flagged fishing vessels on international waters. It also prohibited any fishing vessel from landing at a U.S. port with shark fins whose weight exceeds 5% of the total weight of shark carcasses landed or on board. These provisions left loopholes that would successfully be exploited in its first court test.