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S 1451 112th Congress Senate Public Lands and Natural Resources Fishes Hawaii Marine and coastal resources, fisheries Trade restrictions U.S. territories and protectorates

Billfish Conservation Act of 2011

Introduced: July 29, 2011 See on congress.gov
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Jul 29, 2011
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
Jul 29, 2011
Introduced in Senate
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Billfish Conservation Act of 2011 - Prohibits any person from offering billfish or billfish products for sale, selling them, or having custody, control, or possession of them for purposes of offering them for sale or selling them.

Treats a violation of this Act as an act prohibited by the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act. Subjects a person to a maximum civil penalty of $100,000 for each violation, with each day of a continuing violation constituting a separate offense. Exempts the state of Hawaii and the Pacific Insular Area, except that billfish may be sold under such exemption only in Hawaii and the Pacific Insular Area.

Defines "billfish" as any of the following: (1) blue marlin, (2) striped marlin, (3) black marlin, (4) sailfish, (5) shortbill spearfish, (6) white marlin, (7) roundscale spearfish, (8) Mediterranean spearfish, or (9) longbill spearfish. Excludes swordfish from such definition.

What's happening now July 29, 2011

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.

 Related & companion bills 3
  • S 3422 Related bill Billfish Conservation Act of 2012
  • S 3424 Related bill Billfish Conservation Act of 2012
  • HR 2706 Identical bill Billfish Conservation Act of 2012
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Source documents hosted by congress.gov.

 Committees of jurisdiction 1
 Cosponsors 3
All 3 Democratic 2 Republican 1
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Wicker, Roger F.
Mississippi · Jan 26, 2012
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Cantwell, Maria
Washington · Jan 24, 2012
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Whitehouse, Sheldon
Rhode Island · Jul 29, 2011
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U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 1451: Billfish Conservation Act of 2011. 112th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/112-S-1451/
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"S. 1451: Billfish Conservation Act of 2011." 112th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/112-S-1451/.
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S. 1451, 112th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/112-S-1451/.
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