S. 283
Illegal Red Snapper and Tuna Enforcement Act
Summary:
• Requires key agency leadership (NOAA Administrator and Under Secretary of Commerce for Standards and Technology, in consultation with U.S. Customs and Border Protection and the Coast Guard) to jointly develop a standard methodology, based on chemical analysis, for identifying the country of origin of seafood to support enforcement against illegal, unreported, and unregulated (IUU) fishing and seafood fraud
• The methodology must minimize processing time, involve a field kit carriable by one person, be consistent with law enforcement needs, and where practicable be usable on prepared foods like ceviche, sashimi, sushi, and poke
• Pilot studies must be conducted on red snapper (as a stationary stock example) and tuna (as a highly migratory stock example), with the Under Secretary required to report to Congress within 2 years
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• The methodology must minimize processing time, involve a field kit carriable by one person, be consistent with law enforcement needs, and where practicable be usable on prepared foods like ceviche, sashimi, sushi, and poke
• Pilot studies must be conducted on red snapper (as a stationary stock example) and tuna (as a highly migratory stock example), with the Under Secretary required to report to Congress within 2 years
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