Sen. Dan Sullivan is introducing legislation that goes after illegal Chinese fishing operations. Sullivan announced the Fighting Foreign Illegal Seafood Harvest Act – also known as the FISH Act – on a visit to Kodiak Thursday.
Sullivan says Democratic Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse, of Rhode Island, helped author the bill.
“This is a very bipartisan bill, and a very needed bill,” said Sullivan.
The FISH Act directs the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration to compile a blacklist of foreign vessels that have engaged in unsanctioned fishing – and ban them from U.S. ports. It also beefs up the Coast Guard’s ability to inspect foreign ships. And it calls for more regular reports to Congress on illegal fishing activities.
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