((a)) ** Prohibition** No person shall offer for sale, sell, or have custody, control, or possession of for purposes of offering for sale or selling billfish or products containing billfish.

((b)) ** Penalty** For purposes of , a violation of this section shall be treated as an act prohibited by .section 1858(a) of this titlesection 1857 of this title

((c)) ** Exemptions for traditional fisheries and markets**

((1)) Subsection (a) does not apply to billfish caught by US fishing vessels and landed and retained in the State of Hawaii or Pacific Insular Areas as defined in .

((2)) Subsection (a) does not apply to billfish landed by foreign fishing vessels in the Pacific Insular Areas when the foreign caught billfish is exported to non-US markets or retained within Hawaii and the Pacific Insular Areas for local consumption.

((d)) ** Billfish defined** In this section the term “billfish”—

((1)) means any fish of the species—

((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); and

((2)) does not include the species Xiphias gladius (swordfish).