With the stroke of a pen on Thursday, 2 August, U.S. President Donald Trump signed a bill into law that bans the sale of Pacific billfish caught in U.S. waters in the 48 contiguous states.
Sponsored by U.S. Rep. Darren Soto (D-Florida), H.R. 4528 closes a loophole in the Billfish Conservation Act. That law, passed in 2012, banned the importation of billfish, which includes marlin, sailfish, and spearfish, in the continental United States ...
