The record

LegislationLegislation· Mar 2026
S 688 Passed Senate — in House

Sponsored by Dan Sullivan (R)

Fighting Foreign Illegal Seafood Harvests Act of 2025

Bars foreign vessel owners engaged in illegal fishing from entering the US and establishes a public list of such vessels.

Tradeoff

Creates enforcement tools against illegal, unreported, and unregulated (IUU) fishing globally. Authorizes $10 million annually through for Commerce Department implementation and $2 million for a National Academies study on IUU fishing's economic impact.

What's in it

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Requires $587 million in spending over 2026-2030, with negligible impact on direct spending and revenues.

This funds reauthorization of the National Sea Grant College Program through 2031 and expands federal enforcement of anti-illegal fishing regulations and a vessel blacklist system.

S. 688, FISH Act of 2025 · Oct 2025

Passed the Senate by on March 22, 2026 — now in the House.

  1. Senate

    Introduced

    (Feb 24, 2025)

  2. Senate

    Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation(Feb 24, 2025)

  3. Senate

    The Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation voted to send it to the floor

    Reported(Apr 30, 2025)

    Committee report S. Rept. 119-101.

  4. Senate · Amended

    Senator Sullivan's

    Agreed to by (S.Amdt. 4744 · Mar 22, 2026)

    Removes Treasury sanctions and the ban on seafood imports from IUU vessels, and cuts the vessel list authorization from $20,000,000 to $10,000,000.

    No individual votes were recorded.

  5. Senate

    Passage of the bill

    Passed by (Mar 22, 2026)

    No individual votes were recorded.

  6. House

    Received from the Senate

    Received(Mar 24, 2026)