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Industry witness backs FISH Act; urges blacklist, port bans and international enforcement
Summary
Industry and trade witnesses told a House subcommittee that the bipartisan FISH Act (referred to in testimony as HR 37 56) would give U.S. authorities new enforcement tools—an IUU vessel registry and U.S. port-entry/import bans—to stop illegally caught seafood from entering U.S. markets.
Justin Conrad, founder of Bay Hill Seafood Sales and chair‑elect of the National Fisheries Institute, told the subcommittee that illegal, unreported and unregulated (IUU) fishing damages legitimate harvesters and consumer confidence and recommended stronger enforcement tools.
“The FISH Act would go after the bad actors,” Conrad said, describing a vessel blacklist, U.S. port-entry…
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