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S. 3424 112th Congress Senate

Billfish Conservation Act of 2012

Official title: A bill to prohibit the sale of billfish.

Introduced: July 24, 2012 See on congress.gov
Public Lands and Natural Resources FishesHawaiiMarine and coastal resources, fisheriesTrade restrictionsU.S. territories and protectorates
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Jul 24, 2012
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Jul 24, 2012
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
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 Latest action July 24, 2012

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

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Billfish Conservation Act of 2012- 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 from such prohibition billfish: (1) caught by U.S. vessels and landed in the state of Hawaii or the Pacific Insular Area (PIA), or (2) landed by foreign vessels in the PIA if the foreign caught billfish is exported to markets outside the United States or retained within the PIA for local consumption.

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.

 Related & companion bills 3
  • HR 2706 Billfish Conservation Act of 2012
  • S 1451 Billfish Conservation Act of 2011
  • S 3422 Billfish Conservation Act of 2012
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U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 3424: Billfish Conservation Act of 2012. 112th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/112-S-3424/
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"S. 3424: Billfish Conservation Act of 2012." 112th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/112-S-3424/.
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S. 3424, 112th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/112-S-3424/.
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