((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).