H.R. 5770 · 117th Congress
Forage Fish Conservation Act of 2021
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Veasey12 signed on when it was introduced; the rest joined later. Cosponsors who withdrew aren't shown.
This bill addresses the management and conservation of forage fish.
What it does: CRS summary · Introduced in House · Oct 28, 2021
Forage Fish Conservation Act of 2021
This bill addresses the management and conservation of forage fish.
The Department of Commerce must issue a definition for the term forage fish. It must consider certain factors in defining such term, including whether a species covered by the definition (1) is at a low trophic level; (2) is generally small to intermediate-sized; (3) occurs in schools or other dense aggregations; (4) contributes significantly to the diets of other fish, marine mammals, or birds; and (5) serves as a conduit for energy transfer to species at a higher trophic level.
Commerce must also 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 of 2021
Latest action (Nov 16, 2021): Subcommittee Hearings Held.
Policy area: Animals · Origin: House · Introduced: Oct 28, 2021
Official page on Congress.gov · Bill text (GovInfo) · Status record (XML)
No recorded floor vote found.