House Passes Illegal Red Snapper and Tuna Enforcement Act

The House of Representatives has passed S. 283, the Illegal Red Snapper and Tuna Enforcement Act, incorporating provisions aimed at giving federal enforcement agencies a chemical-testing methodology to verify the country of origin of seafood and crack down on illegal, unreported, and unregulated (IUU) fishing and seafood fraud.
House Science, Space, and Technology Committee Chairman Brian Babin (R-TX) announced the bill's passage on September 15, noting that the House-passed version folds in provisions from his own bill, H.R. 3706, the Standards for Understanding Source and Habitat Identification Act...
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