Proposed Rule to Implement the 2010 International Commission for the Conservation of Atlantic Tunas (ICCAT) Shark Recommendations

This action implements two recommendations adopted at the 2010 annual meeting of the International Commission for the Conservation of Atlantic Tunas (ICCAT). Recommendation 10-07 prohibits the retention, transshipping, landing, storing, or selling of oceanic whitetip sharks. Recommendation 10-08 prohibits the retention, transshipping, landing, storing, or selling of hammerhead sharks in the family Sphyrnidae, except for Sphyrnidae tiburo, taken in the Convention area in association with ICCAT fisheries.