# High Seas Driftnet Fishing Moratorium Protection Act; Identification and Certification Procedures To Address Shark Conservation
> **Rule** · Final rule. · Published 2013-01-16 · Effective 2013-01-16 · 78 FR 3338
## Document
- **Document number:** 2013-00703
- **Category:** other
- **Species:** shark
- **Federal Register citation:** 78 FR 3338
- **Publication date:** 2013-01-16
- **Effective date:** 2013-01-16
- **NOAA docket:** Docket No. 1103210208-2676-02
## Abstract

This final action sets forth identification and certification procedures to implement provisions of the Shark Conservation Act, which amended the High Seas Driftnet Fishing Moratorium Protection Act (Moratorium Protection Act), to address shark conservation in areas beyond any national jurisdiction. This action also amends the definition of illegal, unreported, or unregulated (IUU) fishing for purposes of the Moratorium Protection Act.

## Source
- [Federal Register document](https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2013/01/16/2013-00703/high-seas-driftnet-fishing-moratorium-protection-act-identification-and-certification-procedures-to)
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