Shark Conservation and Management in the United States

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R48951

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7

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Active

Published

Jul 15, 2026

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Jul 16, 2026, 10:23 am UTC

Authors: Anthony R. Marshak, Pervaze A. Sheikh

Source topics: Endangered Species Act (ESA) Policy & Programs, Oceans & Fisheries, Wildlife & Ecosystems

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Related federal bills

• HR 3360To amend and enhance the High Seas Driftnet Fishing Moratorium Protection Act to improve the conservation of sharks.
  117th Congress
• S 1372A bill to amend and enhance the High Seas Driftnet Fishing Moratorium Protection Act to improve the conservation of sharks, and for other purposes.
  117th Congress
• HR 207To direct the Secretary of Commerce to establish a task force regarding shark depredation, and for other purposes.
  119th Congress
• S 2314A bill to direct the Secretary of Commerce to establish a task force regarding shark depredation, and for other purposes.
  119th Congress
• HR 4051To direct the Secretary of Commerce to establish a task force regarding shark depredation, and for other purposes.
  118th Congress
• HR 2076To require the Federal Communications Commission to issue an order providing that a shark attack is an event for which a wireless emergency alert may be transmitted, and for other purposes.
  119th Congress
• S 1003A bill to require the Federal Communications Commission to issue an order providing that a shark attack is an event for which a wireless emergency alert may be transmitted, and for other purposes.
  119th Congress
• HR 9376To require the Federal Communications Commission to amend the rules of the Commission to include a shark attack as an event for which a wireless emergency alert may be transmitted, and for other purposes.
  118th Congress
• S 4832A bill to require the Federal Communications Commission to amend the rules of the Commission to include a shark attack as an event for which a wireless emergency alert may be transmitted, and for other purposes.
  118th Congress
• HR 3831To amend the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act to prohibit feeding sharks in the exclusive economic zone off the State of Florida.
  119th Congress
• HR 3697To amend the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act to provide flexibility for fishery managers and stability for fishermen, and for other purposes.
  116th Congress
• HR 59To amend the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act to provide flexibility for fishery managers and stability for fishermen, and for other purposes.
  117th Congress
• HR 3718To reauthorize and amend the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act, and for other purposes.
  119th Congress
• HR 4690To reauthorize and amend the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act, and for other purposes.
  117th Congress
• HR 8862To reauthorize and amend the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act, and for other purposes.
  118th Congress
• HR 3377JAWS Act
  115th Congress
• HR 5308JAWS Act
  113th Congress
• HR 2951JAWS Act
  114th Congress
• HR 5248Sustainable Shark Fisheries and Trade Act
  115th Congress
• S 2764Sustainable Shark Fisheries and Trade Act of 2018
  115th Congress
• HR 788To amend and enhance the High Seas Driftnet Fishing Moratorium Protection Act to improve the conservation of sharks.
  116th Congress
• S 3099Access for Sportfishing Act of 2016
  114th Congress
• HR 133To enhance Federal enforcement of hate crimes, and for other purposes.
  117th Congress
• HR 4587To provide that the Administrator of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration shall not issue an interim or final rule that includes an area closure in the South Atlantic for species managed under the Snapper-Grouper Fishery Management Plan until the South Atlantic Great Red Snapper Count study is complete and the data related to that study is integrated into the stock assessment.
  118th Congress
• HR 4094To amend the Central Utah Project Completion Act to authorize expenditures for the conduct of certain water conservation measures in the Great Salt Lake basin, and for other purposes.
  118th Congress
• HR 1792To amend the South Pacific Tuna Act of 1988, and for other purposes.
  118th Congress
• HR 1437To authorize livestock producers and their employees to take black vultures in order to prevent death, injury, or destruction to livestock, and for other purposes.
  118th Congress
• HR 2950To authorize the Secretary of the Interior, through the Coastal Program of the United States Fish and Wildlife Service, to work with willing partners and provide support to efforts to assess, protect, restore, and enhance important coastal landscapes that provide fish and wildlife habitat on which certain Federal trust species depend, and for other purposes.
  118th Congress
• HR 2982To establish the New York-New Jersey Watershed Restoration Program, and for other purposes.
  118th Congress
• HR 4596To reauthorize the Bureau of Reclamation to provide cost-shared funding to implement the endangered and threatened fish recovery programs for the Upper Colorado and San Juan River Basins.
  118th Congress
• S 2321An original bill making appropriations for the Departments of Commerce and Justice, Science, and Related Agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2024, and for other purposes.
  118th Congress