HeinOnline is a subscription-based resource containing thousands of academic and legal journals from inception; complete coverage of government documents such as U.S. Statutes at Large, U.S. Code, Federal Register, Code of Federal Regulations, U.S. Reports, and much more. Documents are image-based, fully searchable PDFs with the authority of print combined with the accessibility of a user-friendly and powerful database. For more information, request a quote or trial for your organization below.
![handle is hein.congrecreports/crptxabkv0001 and id is 1 raw text is: AUT-ENTICATED
US. GOVERNMENT
INFORMATION
GPO
115TH CONGRESS REPORT
2d Session HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 115-775
TO MAKE TECHNICAL AMENDMENTS TO CERTAIN MA-
RINE FISH CONSERVATION STATUTES, AND FOR OTHER
PURPOSES
JUNE 22, 2018.-Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of
the Union and ordered to be printed
Mr. BISHOP of Utah, from the Committee on Natural Resources,
submitted the following
REPORT
together with
ADDITIONAL VIEWS
[To accompany H.R. 4528]
[Including cost estimate of the Congressional Budget Office]
The Committee on Natural Resources, to whom was referred the
bill (H.R. 4528) to make technical amendments to certain marine
fish conservation statutes, and for other purposes, having consid-
ered the same, report favorably thereon without amendment and
recommend that the bill do pass.
PURPOSE OF THE BILL
The purpose of H.R. 4528 is to make technical amendments to
certain marine fish conservation statutes.
BACKGROUND AND NEED FOR LEGISLATION
Billfish is the common name used for a broad category of preda-
tory and highly migratory species characterized by their spear-like
bill.1 Billfish are marine fish species that generally belong to the
family Istiophoridae and can be found primarily in tropical and
sub-tropical waters in oceans across the globe.2 Management of
these species is typically governed by international fishing treaties,
Ihttps://billfish.org/education/what-are-billfish/.
21d at 2.
79-006](ViewImageLocal?handle=hein.congrecreports/crptxabkv0001&div=1&collection=&method=preview&ext=.png&size=3)