S. 5053 · 116th Congress
Forage Fish Conservation Act
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BlumenthalSponsorNo cosponsors.
This bill addresses the management and conservation of forage fish. (A forage fish is any fish at a low trophic level that contributes significantly to the diets of other fish, marine mammals, or birds and serves as a conduit for energy transfer to species at a higher trophic level.)
What it does: CRS summary · Introduced in Senate · Dec 17, 2020
Forage Fish Conservation Act
This bill addresses the management and conservation of forage fish. (A forage fish is any fish at a low trophic level that contributes significantly to the diets of other fish, marine mammals, or birds and serves as a conduit for energy transfer to species at a higher trophic level.)
The Department of Commerce must establish guidelines to assist regional fishery management councils in (1) developing a list of unmanaged forage fish areas and prohibiting the development of any new forage fish fisheries until the potential impacts of such fisheries have been assessed; and (2)setting annual catch limits for forage fish fisheries that assess, specify, and reduce such limits by the diet needs of other fish species and marine wildlife.
The bill adds shad (American shad and hickory shad)and river herring (blueback herring and alewife)to the list of managed stocks for the New England and Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management Council.
Written by the nonpartisan Congressional Research Service. All summary versions on Congress.gov
About this bill and sources
Official title: Forage Fish Conservation Act
Latest action (Dec 17, 2020): Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
Policy area: Animals · Origin: Senate · Introduced: Dec 17, 2020
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No recorded floor vote found.