Sanctions Bill Targets Overfishing by Chinese Vessels
House Foreign Affairs Committee ranking member Gregory Meeks, R-N.Y., and Rep. Young Kim, R-Calif., who chairs the Foreign Affairs Subcommittee on East Asia and the Pacific, introduced a bill Dec. 1 that would require the president to sanction foreign entities, individuals and vessels that engage in illegal, unreported and unregulated fishing.
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The Stop Illegal Fishing Act is needed because overfishing by foreign vessels, especially from China, is destroying fisheries, a Meeks-Kim press release says. The Foreign Affairs Committee is scheduled to mark up the bill Dec. 3.
Sen. Tim Kaine, D-Va., reintroduced similar legislation in April (see 2504110017).