What is the FISH Act?The Fighting Foreign Illegal Seafood Harvest Act (FISH) will build on prior legislation to reduce the amount of illegal, unregulated, and unreported fishing that occurs by “blacklisting offending vessels from U.S. ports and waters, bolstering the U.S. Coast Guard’s enforcement capabilities, and advancing international and bilateral negotiations to achieve enforceable agreements and treaties.” (Sullivan, 2023)
The bill plans to reduce illegal, unregulated, and unreported fishing by:
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