16 U.S.C. § 1827a — Prohibition on sale of billfish

(a) Prohibition. No person^* may offer billfish or a product containing billfish for sale, sell it, or possess or control it for either purpose.
(b) Penalty. For section 1858(a), a violation is treated as an act prohibited by section 1857.
(c) Exemptions for traditional fisheries and markets. (1) Subsection (a) does not cover billfish caught by United States vessels and landed and kept in Hawaii or the Pacific Insular Areas. (2) It does not cover billfish landed by foreign vessels in those Pacific areas when the foreign-caught billfish is exported to non-United States markets or kept in Hawaii and those areas for local consumption.
(d) Billfish defined. “Billfish” means fish^* of these species: (1)(A) Makaira nigricans (blue marlin); (B) Kajikia audax (striped marlin); (C) Istiompax indica (black marlin); (D) Istiophorus platypterus (sailfish); (E) Tetrapturus angustirostris (shortbill spearfish); (F) Kajikia albida (white marlin); (G) Tetrapturus georgii (roundscale spearfish); (H) Tetrapturus belone (Mediterranean spearfish); and (I) Tetrapturus pfluegeri (longbill spearfish). (2) It does not include Xiphias gladius (swordfish).