Great news for Marlin, Sailfish and Spearfish !
On October 5, 2012, President Obama signed the Billfish Conservation Act
into law, effectively banning the importation of all billfish into the
continental United States. The signing marks the culmination of a united
undertaking by a diverse coalition of angling and conservation
organizations working in cooperation with a bipartisan group of
congressional champions. Although there are no commercial fisheries
targeting billfish in the US, the US has been the largest importer of
billfish in the world, importing about 30,000 billfish annually.
More details here on the IGFA Website here.
More of these guys around for future generations
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