Shark Conservation Act of 2008

HR 1464, Great Cats Rare Candids Act of 2008. HR 1947, Hayley's Act - To Promote public safety and improve the welfare of captive big cats, and for other purposes. HR 5741, Shark Conservation Act of 2008. HR 6537, Sanctuary Enhancement Act of 2008 - Issues related to the reauthorization and amendment of the National Marine Sanctuaries Act to establish a National Marine Sanctuary System, to strengthen and clarify management authorities, and for other purposes. S 1033, Great Cats and Rare Canids Act of 2007. S 3333, Whaling Convention Amendments Act of 2008 - Issues related to the amendment of the Whaling Convention Act so that it expressly applies to aboriginal subsistence whaling, and in particular, authorization of the Secretary of Commerce to set bowhead whale catch limits in the event that the International Whaling Commission fails to adopt such limits.

Client expense: $50,000 · Firm income: Not reported

Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE

HR 1464, Great Cats Rare Candids Act of 2008. HR 1947, Haley's Act, To promote public safety and improve the welfare of captive big cats, and for other purposes. HR 2327, Polar Bear Protection Act of 2007. S 1033, Great Cats Rare Candids Act of 2007. Issues relating to the ban on tiger farming. HR 5741, Shark Conservation Act of 2008. H. CON. RES. 350, Expressing the sense of Congress that the United States, through the issues realting to the International Whaling Commission and the appropriate measures to end commercial whaling in all of its forms, including scientific and other special permit whaling, coastal whaling, and community-based whaling, and seek to strengthen the conservation and management measures to facilitate the conservation of whale species, and for other purposes. HR 5534, Bear Protection Act of 2008. S 1406, Polar Bear Protection Act of 2007. HR 5536, To require the Secretary of Commerce to prescribe regulations to reduce the incidence of vessels colliding with North Atlantic right whales by limiting the speed of vessels, and for other purposes. S 2657, To require the Secretary of Commerce to prescribe regulations to reduce the incidence of vessels colliding with North Atlantic right whales by limiting the speed of vessels, and for other purposes.

Client expense: $50,000 · Firm income: Not reported

Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE

1) House Department of Commerce Appropriations bill, 2) S. 3182, Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies Appropriations At, 3) HR. 2638, Consolidated Security, Disaster Assistance, and Continuing Appropriations Act, 2009 4) HR 21, Oceans Conservation, Education, and National Strategy for the 21st Century Act 5) S. 3314, National Ocean Protection Act 6) Implementation of the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act 7) US accession to the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea 8) Sea Turtle Conservation Act 9) HR 4087, Flexibility in Rebuilding American Fisheries Act of 2007 10) HR 5425, Flexibility in Rebuilding American Fisheries Act of 2008 11) S. Res. 17, A joint resolution direction the United States to initiate international discussions and take necessary steps with other Nations to negotiate an agreement for managing migratory and transboundary fish stocks in the Arctic Ocean 12) HR 5741, Shark Conservation Act of 2008 13) S. 3231, Shark Conservation Act of 2008 14) HR 4174, Federal Ocean Acidification Research and Monitoring Act of 2008 15) S. 1581, Federal Ocean Acidification Research and Monitoring Act of 2008

Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: Not reported

Government targets: Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Natl Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), SENATE, U.S. Trade Representative (USTR)