Federal bill would identify ahi origins

Federal bill would identify ahi origins

A bipartisan federal billwould buckle down on pinpointing illegal, unregulated and unreported fishing on imported snapper and tuna. Co-introduced by U.S. Sens. Brian Schatz, D-Hawaii, and Ted Cruz, R-Texas, the Illegal Red Snapper and Tuna Enforcement Act that would direct the National Institute of Standards and Technology and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration to develop a standard methodology of identifying where fishers catch…