Declares the sense of the Congress regarding: (1) conservation and management of Atlantic bluefin tuna in the Atlantic Ocean and the Mediterranean Sea; (2) U.S. opposition to further quota reductions for nations harvesting Atlantic bluefin tuna in a specified area, and insistence that member nations harvesting in such area implement comparable conservation and rebuilding programs for the Atlantic bluefin tuna resource; and (3) the continued harvesting by fishermen from member countries of the International Commission for the Conservation of Atlantic Tunas which does not comply with the conservation and management recommendations of the Commission, which will be considered by the Congress to diminish the effectiveness of an international fishery conservation program and to be subject to an embargo under the Atlantic Tunas Convention.
Declares that the United States should encourage: (1) other nations with significant markets for Atlantic bluefin tuna to prohibit their importation from harvesting nations which do not comply with the conservation and management recommendations of the Commission; and (2) the Commission to adopt recommendations authorizing the use of discretionary trade actions as enforcement against nations that undermine the effectiveness of such conservation and management recommendations.
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce.
Introduced in House
Introduced in House
Referred to the House Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries.
Referred to the Subcommittee on Fisheries Management.
Executive Comment Requested from Commerce, State.
Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries discharged.
Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries discharged.
Mr. Studds asked unanimous consent to discharge from committee and consider.
Considered by unanimous consent. (consideration: CR H10928-10930)
Passed/agreed to in House: On agreeing to the resolution Agreed to without objection.
On agreeing to the resolution Agreed to without objection.
Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
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Received in the Senate.
Referred to the Committee on Commerce.