H.R. 531
South Pacific Tuna Treaty Act of 2025
Sponsor: Aumua Amata Coleman Radewagen
1 cosponsor
Official summary
Written by the Congressional Research Service.
South Pacific Tuna Treaty Act of 2025
This bill revises federal requirements for U.S. commercial fishing vessels operating in the South Pacific. The changes reflect amendments to the South Pacific Tuna Treaty that were agreed to at Nadi, Fiji, on December 3, 2016. The treaty details mutual obligations of the United States and 16 Pacific Island countries when U.S. fishing vessels operate in the region.
Text of the bill
(a) In general. Section 5(a) (16 U.S.C. 973c(a)) is amended—
(1) by striking Except as provided in section 6 of this Act, it at the beginning and inserting It;
(2) by striking paragraphs (3) and (4);
(3) by redesignating paragraphs (5) through (13) as paragraphs (3) through (11), respectively;
(4) in paragraph (3), as so redesignated, by inserting , except in accordance with an agreement pursuant to the Treaty after Closed Area;
(5) in paragraph (10), as so redesignated, by striking or at the end;
(6) in paragraph (11), as so redesignated, by striking the period at the end and inserting a semicolon; and
(7) by adding at the end the following:
(12) to violate any of the regional terms and conditions; or
(13) to violate any limit on authorized fishing effort or catch.
(b) In the Licensing Area. Section 5(b) (16 U.S.C. 973c(b)) is amended—
(1) by striking Except as provided in section 6 of this Act, it and inserting It;
(2) by striking paragraph (5); and
(3) by redesignating paragraphs (6) and (7) as paragraphs (5) and (6), respectively.