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H.Con.Res. 229 (110th)

Expressing the sense of the Congress that the United States should seek a review of compliance by all nations with the International Commission for the Conservation of Atlantic Tunas' conservation and management recommendations for Atlantic bluefin tuna and other species, and should pursue strengthened conservation and management measures to facilitate the recovery of the Atlantic bluefin tuna, and for other purposes.

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9 October 2007

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Received in the Senate and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.

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Declares that it is the sense of the Congress that the United States, through the International Commission for the Conservation of Atlantic Tunas, should: (1) pursue a review and assessment of compliance with conservation and management measures adopted by the Commission for the 2006 Eastern Atlantic and Mediterranean bluefin tuna fishery and other fisheries subject to Commission jurisdiction; (2) address noncompliance by nations through appropriate actions including, as appropriate, deducting a proportion of a future quota for a country to compensate for such country exceeding its quota in prior years; (3) pursue a meaningful discussion of the implementation and effectiveness of a specified Commission recommendation relating to a recovery plan for bluefin tuna in the Eastern Atlantic and Mediterranean; and (4) seek to strengthen conservation and management of Eastern Atlantic and Mediterranean bluefin tuna by making recommendations to halt the decline of the stock and begin to rebuild it.

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