NMFS Seeking Information about Illegal Fishing, for Hill Report
The National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) is seeking information about nations whose vessels are engaged in illegal, unreported, or unregulated (IUU) fishing, or fishing that targets or incidentally catches sharks. The information will be used to identify nations pursuant to the High Seas Driftnet Fishing Moratorium Protection Act (Moratorium Protection Act), it said in a Federal Register notice.
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The Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Reauthorization Act of 2006 requires the Secretary of Commerce to identify in a biennial report to Congress those nations whose fishing vessels are engaged in IUU fishing, or fishing that affects sharks.
Information should be received by April 30, at the NMFS Office of International Affairs, Attn.: MSRA Information, 1315 East-West Highway, Silver Spring, MD 20910. Email address: IUU.PLMR.Sharks@noaa.gov or fax (301) 713-2313.