§ 285.34 - Restrictions on sale.

(a) Any Atlantic bluefin tuna less than the large medium size class may not be, or attempted to be, purchased, bartered, traded, sold, or offered for sale, or retained or possessed by a dealer or seafood processor in any state unless it is lawfully imported and is accompanied by the Commission's Bluefin Tuna Statistical Document.

(b) Except for a bluefin tuna landed in a Pacific state and remaining in the state of landing, a bluefin tuna that is possessed by a dealer or seafood processor is deemed to be a bluefin tuna harvested from the Atlantic Ocean by a United States vessel unless it is accompanied by the Commission's Bluefin Tuna Statistical Document.